February 24, TRAIN Learning Network: Managing, Sharing, Disseminating Public Health Training Content for Today s Workforce

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1 February 24, 2016 TRAIN Learning Network: Managing, Sharing, Disseminating Public Health Training Content for Today s Workforce

2 What is TRAIN? The TRAIN Learning Network provides a platform for agencies and organizations to: Manage, disseminate, and share trainings for professionals and volunteers who work to protect and improve the public s health Share best practices, lessons learned Powered by the TRAIN Learning Management System (LMS) platform Operates through a collaborative network of affiliates and partners to provide thousands of training offerings to more than one million learners

3 TRAIN.org What is the goal? To create a unified network for sharing and coordinating learning across agencies and organizations in order to train the workforce for current and future challenges. How is TRAIN.org managed? Coordinated by the Public Health Foundation Agencies and organizations manage individual learning portals Distributed learning content across participating organizations

4 Who Uses TRAIN: Affiliates Federal agencies State health departments and other state agencies Local health departments

5 Who Uses TRAIN: Affiliates

6 Who uses TRAIN: Learners More than one million registered TRAIN learners overall Public health professionals Ex: Epidemiologists, health educators, program managers/ directors, frontline staff Health care professionals Ex: Nurses, physicians, physicians assistants

7 Where do they work? Work Setting N % Healthcare Services 289, % Academic/ educational institution 164, % Official Public Health Agencies 157, % State/ Territory 69, % Local 67, % Regional/ Area 11, % Federal 8, % Other Government Agencies (except Military) 150, % Non-Profit Organization (except Healthcare) 84, % Private Industry (except Healthcare) 46, % Military 21, % Indian Health Service 3,852.03% Tribal Health Sites 3,174.03% Other 124, % TOTAL # of TRAIN Learners =1,020,324

8 What do they do? Professional Role 1. Nurse 125, Emergency Responder 106, Administrator / Director / Manager 100, Administrative Support Staff 75, Student 79, Teacher / Faculty 64, Volunteer 60, Health Educator 59, Law Enforcement 57, Allied Health Professional 45, Mental and Behavioral Health Professional 39, Laboratory Professional / Technician 29, Physician 23, Public Health Official 23, Outreach / Field Worker 22, Environmental Health Professional 18, Communicable Disease / Infection Control Staff 17, Epidemiologist / Surveillance Staff 13,112

9 Who uses TRAIN: Course Providers Nearly 4,000 course providers Federal, state, and local government health agencies Ex: National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Universities Ex: University of North Carolina, University of Minnesota, Columbia University Professional associations and organizations Ex: National Association of County and City Health Officers (NACCHO), American Public Health Association (APHA), Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)

10 What is on TRAIN? Training content Online modules (from 5-hour courses to 10-minute quick learns) Webinars Resources Content on TRAIN addresses a wide range of public health topics Quality improvement Communications Cultural competency Public health preparedness Epidemiology More!

11 How Do State HDs Use TRAIN? Workforce Development Train staff and other health workers Report on training Build core competencies of the workforce Connect with local health departments and other agencies

12 How Do State HDs Use TRAIN? Prepare documentation for PHAB accreditation Use nationally adopted competencies such as the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals Identify gaps in competence Create training plans Document and track employee progress and attendance Include improvement courses in a QI plan

13 TRAIN State Examples Demonstrating staff participation in topical trainings: Quality improvement Performance Management Leadership trainings for workforce development plans Partnering with other organizations (ex. hospitals) to offer joint trainings New Employee Orientations Urgent Trainings Delivering Credit Hours Partnering with local hospitals to offer joint trainings

14 Examples of TRAIN Use Demonstrating staff participation in topical trainings: Quality Improvement Leadership Development Partnering with other organizations (ex. hospitals) to offer joint trainings Urgent Trainings (ex. Ebola, Dengue) Delivery of Credit New Employee Orientations

15 Looking Ahead Building a new TRAIN platform Modern user experience Expanded functionality

16 Looking Ahead Meeting the needs of today s workforce Increased collaboration across agencies and partners Greater reach to the public health workforce

17 Thank You!

18 Contact Information Public Health Foundation TRAIN Director Elissa Golan