Western Trauma Course
Western Trauma Course (WTC)
The Western Trauma Course (WTC) provides rural and remote health care practitioners with the education, re-training and re-skilling to successfully assess, triage and manage acute trauma patients, and is specifically aimed to meet the needs of rural and remote health care professionals, considering such issues as sparse population, limited medical facilities and staffing, and longer transport times.
To conduct this course we engage a minimum of three clinical exports to deliver the course content and share their experiences in trauma management including and/or paediatric specialists, trauma surgeons, trauma nurse educators and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
The WTC covers the essential components of early trauma management.
Course overview and content
- eLearning modules
- interactive discussions
- practical hands on skill stations and trauma case scenarios.
Participants receive the eLearning module and a course manual approximately 3 weeks before the course and are provided with a
certificate of attendance on completion.
Course participants will:
- learn new skills
- refresh skills not practised for some time
- gain confidence to deal with trauma patients
- gain knowledge in how to best organise their departments to receive trauma patients.
Course length
The program is a 1 day multidisciplinary course of 9.5 hours.
Course calendar 2026
- Narrogin 21 February 2026
- Karratha 28 March 2026
- Margaret River 6 June 2026
- Perth 31 July 2026
- Carnarvon 10 September 2026
- Northam 7 November 2026
Applications
If you are interested in applying for WTC courses you will need to complete the application form (external site). If you require a hard copy of the application form please email on WATTEU@health.wa.gov.au.
Once offers have been accepted, cancellation policy applies.
Courses are booked in the rural health care regions in consultation with the education and development departments in the regional hospitals and the regional directors of nursing.
Medical staff are invited to attend the course through their respective Primary Health Networks and emergency departments, while the nurses are invited through the hospitals within the health care regions.
Course cost
The costs are as follows:
- WA Health Medical employee – $795.00
- Non WA Health Medical employee – $1,195.00
- WA Health Nursing employee – $555.00
- Non WA Health Nursing employee – $835.00
- Nursing/Medical students and volunteer ambulance officers – $555.00
Course accreditation
Australian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) PDP program (external site): The Western Trauma Course (WTC) is approved for 9.5 ACEM CPD hours.
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) (external site) Participants in the ANZCA and FPM CPD program may claim their attendance under the Knowledge and Skills activity ‘Short format learning’ at 2 credits per hour.
Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine (ACRRM) (external site): The Western Trauma Course (WTC) is accredited for PDP Units - 11 Educational Activity and 2 Performance Review and 2 MOPS (Emergency Medicine) hours.
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) (external site): The Western Trauma Course (WTC) is accredited as a CPD Accredited Activity (40 points) under the RACGP CPD program.
Participant testimonials
We strive to meet the needs of both course participants and course instructors. The feedback we receive ensures that the course content is continually revised according to best practice and objectives are being met.
Below is a selection of comments from the evaluation forms:
- Easily the best course I have been to regarding trauma management. The local knowledge, experts working in the area and the interactions from medical staff doing the course aided in the learning.
- Most well organised, well set-up, informative and professional instructors and course I have come across in last five years! Well done and thanks a million.
- Really great course – thanks. It would be great if all our DMO’s could attend and the roster covered.
- Fabulous course. All my learning needs were met and I will take away a lot from this course. Loved the manual.
More information
Western Australian Trauma Training and Education Unit
Royal Perth Hospital
Trauma Services
L1, R Block
Wellington street, Perth WA 6000
WATTEU@health.wa.gov.au
92248075
