On July 18th, 2016, the American Trauma Society’s – Trauma Registry and Data Council (TRDC) presented a Trauma Registrar Educational Webinar, "Data Validation for Trauma Registrars." The American College of Surgeons states “The data in a trauma registry can be used in a variety of ways. These ways define the purpose at a given hospital,” (Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient: pg 63 1999, Committee on Trauma American College of Surgeons). Most often the primary purpose of a trauma registry is identified as being performance improvement with secondary purposes of research and data analysis. Whether one is attempting to execute appropriate performance improvement measures, perform research or conduct data analysis, it is necessary to ensure valid data exists within the registry. The old adage “garbage in, garbage out” is applicable with the trauma registry and the value of the registry is directly proportionate to the validity of the data contained within the registry and the ability to transform that data into meaningful information. Four key processes to validate data are single variable validation, multiple-variable validation (also known as logic processes), test/retest validation, and inter-rater reliability. This course defined how to identify components of each type of validation process and components to creating a validation policy. The user will be able to identify components for each type of validation, appropriate use of each validation process, and the steps in creating a validation process policy. This webinar qualifies for 1 Hour of CSTR Recertification CEUs (Category III - Coding and Scoring Concepts). To qualify for credit, you must complete the survey below.