Readiness Skill Sustainment Training Program (RSSTP). 

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. 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; with approximately 20 participants per course. Each trauma lecture participant (nurses and enlisted medics) receives one Continuing Education credit for each lecture attended. CME is pending. 

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 ambulance ride along (5 different locations within a 10 mile radius of Osborn Medical Center)

The FY 2012 RSSTP schedule: 

Jan 16-Feb 02, 2012 (ancillary specialists/technicians only)

Feb 06-17, 2012

Feb 13-24, 2012

Mar 05-16, 2012

Mar 12-29, 2012 (ancillary specialists/technicians only)

Apr 09-20, 2012

Apr 16-27, 2012

May 07-18, 2012

May 14-31, 2012 (ancillary specialists/technicians only)

Jun 04-15, 2012

Jun 11-22, 2012

Jul 09-20, 2012

Jul 16-Aug 02, 2012 (ancillary specialists/technicians only)

Aug 13-24, 2012

Aug 20-31, 2012

Sep 04-14, 2012

Sep 10-27, 2012 (ancillary specialists/technicians only)