U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Quality Training Standards

About this resource:

Non-Systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: February 2025

Workgroups: Public Health Infrastructure Workgroup

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) webpage outlines 8 training development standards to serve as a quality benchmark for trainings developed or funded by CDC. These standards are:

  • Training needs assessment informs training development
  • Training includes learning objectives
  • Training content is accurate and relevant
  • Training includes opportunities for learner engagement
  • Training is designed for usability and accessibility
  • Training evaluation informs improvement
  • Training includes opportunity for learner assessment
  • Training includes follow-up support for the learner
Read more about this resource

Objectives related to this resource (3)

Increase the proportion of state and territorial public health agencies that use core competencies in continuing education — PHI‑06
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of local public health agencies that use core competencies in continuing education — PHI‑07
Target met or exceeded
Increase the proportion of tribal public health agencies that use core competencies in continuing education — PHI‑09
Baseline only

Suggested Citation

1.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). Quality Training Standards. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/training-development/php/qts