University of Maryland Medical Center, Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, CSTARS - The University of Maryland Medical Center supports the goals and mission of Military-Civilian Partnership for Trauma Readiness Grant program with the University of Maryland Medical Center, Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, CSTARS project. The goal of the proposed project is to build upon a current Military-Civilian Partnership to improve the nation’s response to public health and medical emergencies. The objectives for the proposed project are: (1) train military personnel in trauma care, (2) train military personnel in trauma center operations and performance improvement activities, (3) create an objective method for capturing and evaluating skills attainment and readiness in alignment with Medical Joint Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (Med-KSA) measures, (4) assess the impact of the project services, and (5) disseminate project information to stakeholders. The expected outcomes are (1) Rotating Participants receive superior training in trauma care, (2) Rotating Participants and Cadre provide care to trauma patients, (3) Cadre maintain a high level of skills and readiness in providing trauma care, (4) military personnel participate in performance improvement activities, (5) pre- and post-evaluation activities, (6) feedback after deployment from graduates of the CSTARS project to improve the teaching of trauma care skills, and (7) an objective evaluation of Med-KSA skills attainment and readiness measures. The products from this project are (1) a trauma care training curriculum based on best practices, research, and performance improvement activities, (2) a tool allowing the Cadre to evaluate Rotating Participant’s Med-KSA skills attainment and readiness measures objectively, (3) share project results at national and regional conferences, and (4) a final report, including evaluation results.
