Readiness Skill Sustainment Training Program (RSSTP).
Readiness Skills Sustainment Program. This two-week course is designed for military medical personnel to meet Readiness Skills Verification requirements. It includes one day of orientation, two days of trauma lectures and six days of clinical experiences (including a weekend shift). Participants attend approximately 12 one-hour trauma lectures and complete approximately 40 hours of clinical duties.
Clinical rotations are customized, hands-on experiences that enable military personnel to practice needed skills, particularly in preparation for deployment. The program is a partnership with Maricopa Integrated Health System. Courses are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. We are able to accommodate up to 11 nurses and medics, and up to 2 of each ancillary medical specialty. Each trauma lecture participant (nurses and enlisted medics) receives one Continuing Education credit for each lecture attended.
In addition to medics/medical techs and registered nurses, we offer training opportunities for the following ancillary enlisted medical specialties. We can accommodate up to 2 of each these specialties.
- Dietary
- Lab
- Medical Equipment Repair
- Medical Material
- Mental Health
- Optometry
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Radiology
- Respiratory Therapy
- Surgical
We are able to accommodate a dentist and dental tech team through our community outreach program. Please call for more information.
While at Scottsdale Healthcare, participants have the opportunity to work in these areas:
Osborn Medical Center
- Level I Trauma Center
- Trauma ICU
- Osborn ED
Shea Medical Center (approximately 10 miles north of Osborn)
- Shea Pediatric ED
- Shea CV-ICU
Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) (approx 10 miles west of Osborn Medical Center in downtown Phoenix)
- MIHS Burn Unit
- MIHS ED
Pre-hospital ride along with Phoenix Fire Department
The FY 2013 RSSTP schedule:
May 6-17, 2013
Jun 10-21, 2013
Jun 17-28, 2013
Jul 8-19, 2013
Aug 12-23, 2013
Aug 19-30, 2013
Sep 3-13, 2013
For additional information on any of the mentioned programs, please contact:
Lenore Portante
Military Partnership Office Supervisor
Tel: 480-882-6577
R. Vance Nesbitt
Medical Simulation Technician
Tel: 480-882-5784
