KMi is the technology partner with the Public Health Foundation for the TRAIN initiative. Funded by CDC and Focus Area G grants, TRAIN is a unique web-based learning management solution for public health organizations that need to rapidly expand their training capacity by creating a searchable clearinghouse of on-site (classroom) training and allowing seamless login and tracking of eLearning opportunities available within their jurisdictions and across the country. The TRAIN system integrates national, state, and local public health continuing education and training initiatives into a coordinated, nationwide learning system. KMi is responsible for the design, development, deployment, hosting, system administration and ongoing support of the TRAIN system. The TRAIN system is built on KMi’s eLMS Learning Management System platform.

The TrainingFinder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network, or TRAIN, is the nation’s premier learning resource for professionals who protect the public’s health. TRAIN is comprised of the national www.train.org site and participating TRAIN affiliate sites. Affiliate sites are managed by many state public health agencies, academic partners, and others. TRAIN will serve the majority of the U.S. public health workforce.

Because all TRAIN sites are connected, TRAIN users can access information about state, local, national, or international training available to them through any participating TRAIN site.

Presently 24 states, the Medical Reserve Corps and the CDC Division of Quarantine are participating in TRAIN representing over 60% of the nation’s Public Health workforce.

TRAIN is a project funded by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and funding from participating states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This initiative is a true partnership among Federal, State, and Local government agencies; policy making bodies; non-profit organizations; higher education; and private entities. Membership in the TRAIN system is available to anyone through any number of state, regionally, or nationally designated implementations.

www.train.org: To visit the TRAIN national website. You may browse the course catalog without registering.

http://www.phf.org/phworkforce.htm#TRAIN: The Public Health Foundation’s TRAIN webpage.