Employee Education System (EES) — EES partners with VA, VHA program offices, and Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) to provide quality workforce education and training. EES also offers accredited courses and programs, in association with 17 national and two state accrediting bodies. The Employee Education System (EES) Simulation Division provides simulation-based, clinical education and training using a train-the-trainer model, and serves as the hub that supports a National Simulation Network of over 150 VA Medical Centers that conduct simulation-based clinical training locally delivered to their staff.

Understanding the Context

Veterans battling COVID-19 across the nation benefitted when VA’s Employee Education System (EES) invested in VA becoming an approved provider organization. Approved provider organizations are authorized by national accreditation institutions to award continuing education in various disciplines.