The path to trauma program administration is often through the clinical ladder which rarely prepares the manager for the tasks of financing and operating a trauma center. To assure managers are successful, whatever their background, TCAA provides the following annually: a Comprehensive PI Course, a Finance and Business Planning Course along with the Annual Meeting (General Sessions, Poster Presentation and Annual Business Meeting).

The TCAA has added a course to educate Trauma Medical Directors about the business and leadership skills needed in their challenging administrative role. The Trauma Medical Director course is limited to a small number of participants to facilitate discussion and problem solving.  The course is held during the TCAA Annual Trauma Conference.

Members enjoy a substantial discount to TCAA conferences and receive audiotapes of the Trauma Center Association of America's Annual Meeting. Members also enjoy exclusive access to the quarterly Audio Web Conferences.

• ConferencesTCAA 15th Annual Trauma Conference - October 2012.  Destination and specific dates - soon to be announced

• AAST ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS ONLINE FOR 71st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery.AAST ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS ONLINE FOR 71st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery.

• The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) will be accepting abstracts for its 71st Annual Meeting beginning January 1, 2012. Abstracts must be submitted online at the AAST website, www.aast.org. The submission deadline is March 1, 2012. 
  • The 71st AAST Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery will be held September 12-15, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa in Kauai, HI. To book a room or for more information on the meeting, visit the AAST website.

• Wake Forest University School of Medicine & Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Present on Friday, February 17th, 2012: Pediatric Trauma: New Concepts & Controversies "How I Do It!" World Wide Interactive Web Symposium. For course information: Brochure Available

• AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center presents: 14th Annual Trauma Symposium on May 21-23, 2012 at Bally's Atlantic City. Registration opens January 2012. This year's program will address the latest advances and topics in trauma, critical care and emergency medicine, while emphasizing the importance of quality patient care. Speakers will include national and regional experts. This educational opportunity offers continuing education credits and networking opportunities for professional healthcare providers who contribute to the interdisciplinary care of the injured patient. www.atlanticare.org/symposium

• Stormont-Vail is offering an ATLS recertification course February 25th, 2012. Registration Available

• Parkview Hospital (Fort Wayne, IN) presents TOPIC on Wednesday, January 25th. Brochure Available

• Webinar Conferences (TCAA Members Only)

  Nothing currently available. 

• See the side panel on the right of this page for instructions on how to register for the webinars.

Recorded courses

• Trauma Finance - 2011
• Marketing your Trauma Services: Annual Trauma Program Report
  
• Physician Coverage: Models for the Current & Upcoming Surgical Shortage
  
• M&M/Peer Review
• Advocacy: Healthcare Reform and the Impact on Trauma Centers - Tuesday, July 13, 2010
• Drop off/Drive by: How to Bill for Trauma Team Activations without Pre-notification
• Mid-Level Practitioners: Filling and Funding the Gap
• Advocacy: Trauma Center Funding and Health Care Reform
• Trauma Finance: Recovering your Program Costs 
• Hospital Acquired Complications: Updates on "Present on Admission" Non-Payment
• Fulfilling your Injury Prevention/Outreach Mission:
  Community-Based Programs that Work
• Getting to Closure
  Performance Improvement Best Practices
• Making the Most of Your Trauma Data:
  Telling the Trauma Program Financial Story to Administration
• Emphasis on Excellence
  Performance Improvement on a Shoestring
• Trauma Finance: Financing Trauma Care: A National Perspective
• Evidence-based JCAHO Safety Practice Protocols for Trauma Services
• Update on ACS Resources for Optimal care of the Injured Patient: How Will Verification Change?
• Trauma Center Finance: A Surgical Perspective
• EMTALA and Non-Emergent Transfers: What Does the Law Really Require
• Managed Care Contracts & Carve Outs - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
• Advocacy: Healthcare Reform & the Impact on Trauma Centers - Tuesday, July 19 2011
• Collections, Denials & Appeals - Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Please contact Tracey Bardey for more information on accessing these recorded sessions:
tracey@traumafoundation.org or (575) 525-9511