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Register for the 2025 Public Health Learning Forum

November 18-21, 2025

Join us online this fall for the 2025 Public Health Learning Forum! The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is happy to share that registration is now open for this valuable learning opportunity to be held November 18-21. To help sustain performance improvement efforts when many organizations are facing funding and travel-related concerns, this event is being offered virtually and at no cost.

Sessions will focus on training and tools to support public health workforce development, quality improvement, and performance management to strengthen governmental public health workforce capacity. All who are interested are welcome. Register today to save your spot!

Check Out Our July Spotlight eLearning Article: Start with the Gaps – Conducting a Training Needs Assessment

PHF is excited to launch our new eLearning article series on LinkedIn! Each month, we’ll spotlight a timely topic in eLearning for public health professionals. 

Our first article, Start with the Gaps – Conducting a Training Needs Assessment, explores why training needs assessments matter, what they are, best practices for conducting them, and how PHF can support both your eLearning and needs assessment initiatives though our eLearning Development Services.

Mark Your Calendars for the Council on Linkages’ September 12th Meeting

Join the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice for its next meeting on September 12, 2025 from 1-3pm EDT. Hear the latest updates on the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community, Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, and Retention and Recruitment Toolkit. The meeting agenda, materials, and additional information will be available on the meeting webpage as the date approaches.

New Service Available: Minimizing Disruption when Implementing AI

While artificial intelligence (AI) can bring significant benefits to the work of public health organizations, it may also disrupt existing workflows and culture, leading to short-term challenges. PHF now offers a service to facilitate using the Modular kaizen model to help organizations identify potential points of disruption, assess their severity and urgency, determine who and what might be affected, and estimate the likely timeline of disruption. Learn more in a new blog post about using Modular kaizen to minimize disruptions and PHF’s AI service.

New Academic Health Department Partnerships Toolkit

The newly redesigned PHF.org makes it easier than ever to access key public health resources with a modern look, improved navigation, and mobile-friendly design. One new resource available is the AHD Partnerships Toolkit. Developed by PHF in collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, this toolkit organizes resources and tools to help develop, expand, and sustain AHD partnerships. Explore the AHD Partnerships Toolkit to learn more about how these partnerships enhance public health education and training, research, and service delivery.

Looking to strengthen and expand partnerships between health departments and academic institutions? Explore PHF’s new environmental scan service offering.

30+ Hours of CNE Courses for Nurses – Top Rated and Ready to Explore

We’re proud to present a specially curated Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) course collection for nurses, now available on the TRAIN Learning Network (TRAIN). This collection brings together highly rated (4+ star) courses across key public health topics, making it easier than ever to earn CNE credits – all in one place. Topics include:

• Veterans Health and Mental Health
• Measles
• Disaster Preparedness
• Sexual Health, Family Planning, and Pregnancy

Start learning today and earn the CNE credits you need with courses you can trust.

Explore PHF’s Quality Improvement Tools to Advance Public Health Performance

The use of quality improvement (QI) methods and tools is critical to support the work of performance improvement (PI) professionals. PHF’s Quality Improvement Tools to Advance Public Health Performance toolkit, an online supplement to the Public Health Quality Improvement Encyclopedia (2012), features QI tools tailored for public health practitioners. These tools can assist organizations to fulfill their missions, improve community health outcomes, and increase their efficiency and effectiveness.

PHF’s PI experts have activated these QI tools in the field. Need help implementing these tools? Explore PHF’s Performance Improvement Consulting Services for technical assistance and training tailored to meet your needs.

Expand Your Reach and Empower Your Learners: Consider TRAIN for Your Training Content

If you provide public health training, look no further than the TRAIN Learning Network (TRAIN) to maximize your visibility. As a TRAIN Course Provider, your organization can reach over 6 million learners across the public health spectrum while gathering valuable insights on your learners. You also contribute to a robust national catalog of over 5,000 trainings to share knowledge and help build a stronger public health workforce. For more sophisticated learning management and tracking needs, PHF offers an Advanced Course Provider Organization partnership. This package allows course provider organizations the ability to set up and restrict content to private groups of learners, deeper reporting, and additional training support. To learn more, contact Mike Barry.