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About Us
The Laboratory Training Branch (LTB)
LTB partners with internal CDC and external
subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop and deliver continuing
education courses in a variety of training modalities for the public
health and clinical laboratory community. Training modalities include
hands-on, multi-day laboratory training workshops, national
teleconferences, seminars, train-the-trainer workshops, and web-based
products. These courses address the need for laboratory professionals
to maintain essential skills, conduct high-quality tests, and adopt new
testing technologies and practice. LTB also works closely with the
SMEs to evaluate each training activity to provide valuable insight
into the adaptation of the training material into daily laboratory
practice to determine training impact.
LTB STAFF
LTB employs a diverse mixture of health
scientists and multimedia specialists to meet the changing needs of
laboratory training. Health scientists with laboratory experience and
instructional design backgrounds assist the SMEs in identifying
training goals and developing training content focused on critical
learning objectives. Multimedia specialists with expertise in
photography, videography, animation, and audio production provide the
technical expertise needed to incorporate enhanced "sight and sound"
into online learning formats.
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
LTB applies adult learning practices and
instructional design models such as ADDIE (Analysis, Design,
Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) to create focused and
effective laboratory training programs.
LTB PARTNERS
LTB partners with laboratories and programs
across CDC and the public health laboratory system with a need to
transfer information to the public health and clinical laboratory
audience. LTB also works closely with public health laboratories to
identify training needs and share them with CDC programs. LTB partners
across federal agencies as well with long standing relationships with
FDA, EPA, DOD, DOS, FBI and Homeland Security to contribute subject
matter expertise. LTB also partners with APHL and WHO to establish a
variety of training distribution mechanisms.
EVALUATION
LTB assists SMEs in developing comprehensive
training evaluation strategies based upon the Kirkpatrick Four-Level
Training Evaluation Model. Through evaluation LTB is able to provide
partnering programs with critical information related to training
effectiveness and identify potential areas of improvement in future
course offerings. Verification of skill or method adaptation in the
public health and clinical laboratory community is a powerful tool in
justifying the funding needed to maintain current training and develop
future training programs.
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