Trauma outreach education: assessing the needs of rural health care providers.

Trauma centers find it a challenge to provide appropriate, cost-effective outreach education. A needs assessment of rural health care providers was conducted to determine "what," "how," and "where" was preferred. The results showed that multidisciplinary rural providers were consistent with their preferences, that they considered case reviews the most effective method, that weekday evenings were the most convenient time, and that their lack of experience was their greatest barrier to learning.