Instructions for Completion of the Self-Assessment:
1. The Regional Trauma and Emergency Healthcare Advisory Council (RAC) Self-Assessment Tool is designed to be completed with the regional stakeholder and the RAC staff.
2. The RAC Executive Director or Chair will assign specific sections to the various committees for review and completion.
3. The RAC leaders, stakeholders and committee members review the current RAC activities, documents, to include procedures, protocols, guidelines, and website to score the specific elements.
4. If the specific elements do not fit into a defined committee, the element will be scored by the RAC board after reviewing the RAC activities, documents, to include procedures, protocols, guidelines, and website.
5. The RAC will complete an assessment of all elements and assign a score.
6. Once all the elements have been assessed and scored, the RAC leaders, stakeholders, and committee members will identify those elements that have a score less than 3.
7. The RAC leaders will assign those elements with an assessment score of less than 3 to the various committees to develop an action plan to move the assessment score of 1 or 2 to a 3.
8. Assessment elements that do not align with the various committee and have an assessment score less than 3, will have their action plan developed by the RAC board.
9. All action plans must follow the “SMART” goal format: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timebound.
10. Assessment elements with a score of 5, are identified as “best practice” models.
11. The RAC leaders, stakeholder, and committees will develop a paper, PowerPoint, Ted-Talk, Youtube, or other process to share the best practices with other RACs at the RAC Executive Director / Chairs meeting, EMS Conference, or other forum within the next twelve months.
12. The completed self-assessment scoring tool, action plans, and best practice model sharing modalities documents are included in the RACs annual report.
