ACLS Instructor

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association, and any fees charged for such a course do not represent income to the Association.

The Core Instructor Course provides a foundation for teaching and facilitating American Heart Association courses in various areas of specialization.

Intended Audience

The Core Instructor course is a prerequisite for:
•    All AHA Instructor candidates
•    AHA Instructors adding other disciplines to their teaching credentials
•    AHA National and Regional Faculty, and Training Center Faculty

The course is also an option for:
• Current AHA Instructors who want to enhance their teaching skills

Course Content

The course content is based on an adult learning model where participants view a scenario, compare teaching principles, and determine which skills need to be enhanced to make training effective.

• Through 20 modules, the course teaches these five general competencies identified by the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (IBSTPI):

• Professional Foundations
• Planning and Preparation
• Instructional Methods and Strategies
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Management
• The course also includes two modules from the American Heart Association:
• Remediation

Course Features

• Highly interactive delivery format
• Core content is based on an adult learning model and core instructor competencies identified by the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (IBSTPI)
• Offers both self-directed and classroom-based options
• Student manual includes the course CD for students' ongoing review 
• Continuing Education credits available if course is taken online 
• Includes module with overview of ECC structure, roster management, etc.

Certification

Participants receive a Certificate of Completion after successfully completing the course.
Instructor candidates must first align with an AHA Training Center accepting new Instructors. The Training Center will provide an authorized code to purchase course materials or the online course key.
Participants complete a series of interactive lessons.

CE Opportunity

Please see AHA’s guidelines at http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/InstructorNetwork/InstructorResources/Core-Instructor-Course-Overview_UCM_318605_Article.jsp

 

This course may be done by request. For more information and to schedule a course please contact Mary Ann Vaughan at (541) 430-7149 or by e-mail at mavemtrn@comcast.net