Rule 15-12-32-2.4.10 - Education1. Level I Trauma Centers must have medical education programs including educational training in trauma for physicians, nurses and pre-hospital providers. The Level I trauma centers must take a leadership role in providing educational activities. Education can be accomplished via many mechanisms (i.e. classic CME, preceptorships, fellowships, clinical rotations, telecommunications or providing locum tenens etc).2. The Level I trauma center is expected to support a surgical residency program. Additionally there should be a senior resident rotation in at least one of the following disciplines: emergency medicine, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery or support a trauma fellowship consistent with the educational requirements of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST). The Level I should provide ATLS courses for the region. 1. A trauma research program must be designed to produce new knowledge applicable to the care of the injured patient. The research may be conducted in a number of ways including traditional laboratory and clinical research, reviews of clinical series, and epidemiological or other studies. Publication of articles in peer-review journals as well as presentations of results at local, regional and national meetings and ongoing studies approved by human and animal research review boards are expected from productive programs. The program should have an organized structure that fosters and monitors ongoing productivity.2. The research program must be balanced to reflect a number of different interests. There must be a research committee, and identifiable Institutional Review Board process, active research protocols, surgeons involved in extramural educational presentations and adequate number of peer reviewed scientific publications. Publications should appear in peer-reviewed journals. In a three-year cycle, the suggested minimum activity is ten publications (per review cycle) from the physicians representing any of the four following specialties: emergency medicine, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neurosurgery.15 Miss. Code. R. 12-32-2.4.10
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-5Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-5 Rule 2.4.11. ResearchMiss. Code Ann. § 41-59-5 Rule 2.4.10. Education