About Training Development

Learn how to design and develop quality training to improve public health.

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Source: Public Health Infrastructure Center — Content from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (public domain).

What to know * Training should improve competence, capacity, and performance. * Use a systematic development process to help ensure your training will be successful. * CDC provides resources to develop quality training for public health. Two colleagues sharing a laptop while developing a new training. Definition of training Training is an organized activity that provides information and instruction to help a learner attain knowledge and/or skills. The goal of training is to improve the learner’s competence, capacity, and performance. Using communication and education techniques, training increases knowledge and changes attitudes to build the learner’s skills. Use a systematic approach Using a systematic process for training development ensures that you follow key steps for successful development, provides a guide for managing the training project, and helps support communication about the project with your team. Many frameworks and models are available to help you break down the training development process into actionable steps. One example is the ADDIE model. ADDIE is an acronym for the five stages of the training development process: Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. Each stage has a deliverable that supports the next stage and includes opportunities to gather feedback and make changes to your training as you develop it. Use the specific framework or model that fits your training needs, that you are most comfortable with, or that your organization prefers. Learn more about training development The resources below are available to support and enhance the quality of your training development, delivery, and evaluation processes. They can be used with any training development framework or model. Assess Training Needs * Assess Training Needs: Conducting Needs Analysis Design Training * Design Training: Learning Objectives Develop Training * Develop Training: Making Your Webinar Engaging * Develop Training: Quality E-Learning Checklist * Develop Training: Captivating and Motivating Adult Learners * Develop Training: Offering Continuing Education Accreditation Evaluate Training * Evaluate Training: Building an Evaluation Plan * Evaluate Training: Measuring Effectiveness Training Development Resources * Training Development Resources CDC’s Quality Training Standards * Quality Training Standards * Indicating Training Quality to Learners

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