The network relies on the agency s expertise and technology to disseminate information to public health officials. The audience is primarily public health workers throughout the country. The network uses live satellite classes to inform and educate thousands of public health workers. The director, field director, and project manager were interviewed. The network needs to be able to get the latest health information out to the public when outbreaks occur, so the technology helps balance out the speed of travel-carried diseases.
Every health worker needs to be a knowledge worker .
Users need to develop technology skills because of the movement into the digital domain. They must access information quickly and distribute it quickly. The network would like to use more WBT in the future to deliver learner support, provide administrative services, and do post-testing and evaluations. The network s courses are not designed to teach technology skills. The network has taken a successful print-based course on tuberculosis and used it as the basis for a WBT course .