RTTDC 5th Edition Orientation Course

Course Description

The Resource-Variable Trauma Team Development Course (RTTDC®) is designed to improve the quality and effectiveness of early trauma care in settings where resources vary. It emphasizes a team-based approach to the initial assessment and stabilization of injured patients, promoting efficient use of available resources and improving patient outcomes.

This faculty orientation course focuses on the administrative, operational, and educational aspects of RTTDC. It outlines how to become a course site, how to set up and organize a course, and how to use the required systems and documentation. It also provides guidance on effectively teaching RTTDC, including facilitation and team-based learning strategies.

In addition, it reviews what to expect on the day of the course, including roles, responsibilities, and course flow, as well as the steps required after the course is completed.

PLEASE NOTE:

The updated RTTDC 5th edition manual will be available as a PDF at the launch of the course. The PDF will be accessible to students and faculty in the Learning Management System as a file/module in their respective courses.

A printed version of the manual will not be available upon launch. The ACS Trauma Education Team will provide updates regarding the availability of the printed RTTDC 5th Edition manual. If you have questions, please reach out to our team at [email protected].

Target Audience

The target audience for this course includes:

  • Course Directors
  • Instructors
  • Site Coordinators
  • Facilitators

Learning Objectives

In this course, participants will learn how to:

  • Explain the required steps that need to be taken before, during, and after the RTTDC course to ensure a compliant and quality educational offering.
  • Describe the roles and responsibilities of those involved in RTTDC course administration and delivery.
  • Outline the systems and documentation required to offer a successful course.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.00 Certificate of Completion
Course opens: 
04/15/2026
Course expires: 
12/31/2030

Disclosure Information

In accordance with ACCME regulations (ACCME Standard 3), the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone who is able to control the content of the activity has disclosed all financial relationships with any ineligible companies in the 24 months prior to their involvement in the educational activity. There is no minimum financial threshold; we ask that you disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. You should disclose all financial relationships regardless of the potential relevance of each relationship to this education.

 

Ineligible Company: Companies that are ineligible to be accredited in the ACCME system (ineligible companies) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Financial Relationships: Financial relationships are relevant if the following three conditions are met for the individual who will control content of the education: 1) a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company; 2) the financial relationship existed in the last 24 months; 3) the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship.  

All CME Planners and Speakers /Moderators/Discussants/Authors/Editors involved in the development and/or presentation of CME content must complete this form. This form must be updated whenever circumstances require.

 

Disclosures

For course-specific disclosure listings, please refer to the disclosure insert provided at your course site.

This course will offer a Certificate of Completion. 

Available Credit

  • 0.00 Certificate of Completion
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