About CDC TRAIN

Key points

  • CDC TRAIN offers access to thousands of courses, including those that offer continuing education (CE).
  • CDC TRAIN is free for millions of public health professionals.
  • CDC TRAIN is part of the national TRAIN Learning Network.
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Overview

CDC TRAIN is a FREE online learning platform, also known as a learning management system (LMS). It is for public health and healthcare professionals, and others interested in learning about health-related topics. CDC TRAIN is part of the only nationwide public health LMS. Health departments, federal agencies, and partners use this LMS collaboratively. The shared system is called the TRAIN Learning Network and is owned and managed by the Public Health Foundation.

Continuing Education Update

Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO), a system CDC previously used to offer courses for continuing education (CE), retired at the end of 2025. If you need learner support for a previous TCEO account, please use the contact us form.

Get help with CDC TRAIN & TCEO

Use the contact us form to get help with both CDC TRAIN and Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO).

Explore CDC TRAIN Benefits

CDC TRAIN saves time, reduces costs, and streamlines training access and delivery for both learners and public health training providers.

CDC TRAIN helps learners by

  • Offering access to thousands of courses, including those developed by CDC experts. Topics cover emergency response, infectious disease prevention, health promotion, and much more.
  • Providing FREE continuing education (CE) for many courses. CDC's accredited courses provide up to 10 types of CE for public health and healthcare professionals like physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and veterinarians.
  • Expanding access to quality public health training in rural and remote areas. This ensures public health and healthcare professionals have access to training opportunities regardless of location.
  • Helping health departments act quickly during emergencies. CDC TRAIN quickly bridges knowledge gaps by expediting training for responses in real-time and accelerating course accreditation approval.

CDC TRAIN helps public health training providers by

  • Reducing costs through free access to CDC TRAIN and CE credit opportunities for learners.
  • Consolidating all CDC CE offerings into one platform to improve access and efficiency for learners and staff.
  • Enabling flexible, fast training delivery through tools that organize group courses by topic, role, or skill level.

For more information about CE opportunities and to explore the courses available, visit CDC TRAIN.

Get Quality Trainings Delivered to Your Inbox

CDC Learning Connection promotes FREE trainings for the public health and healthcare workforce. Many offer free CE, meet CDC's Quality Training Standards, and are available in CDC TRAIN.

Sign up to receive the monthly curated CDC Learning Connection e-newsletter through our contact us form.

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Public Health Infrastructure Center; About Division of Workforce Development