Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor course 10E

This course is suitable for those who have been nominated as having ATLS® Instructor Potential (IP) within the last two years and meet the eligibility requirements.

This status can only be gained after taking the ATLS® course or the ATLS® Reverification course.

Why take this course? 

After passing this course, you will achieve Instructor Candidate status. 

What you'll gain

You should then be able to fully complete your ATLS® Instructor training by teaching the ATLS® course as a member of the faculty.

You will need to do this within a year of completing your ATLS® Instructor course.

After attending this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the educational foundations underlying the ATLS® course
• Explain how to develop a positive learning environment
• Use objectives and outcomes effectively
• Facilitate different types of learning
• Create interactivity in teaching and learning
• Adopt a systematic approach to planning and teaching interactive scenarios sessions
• Discuss how improvements can be made to other’s teaching, through feedback and analysis of sessions
• Discuss and plan the requirements needed for ATLS® assessments
• State the roles and responsibilities of the ATLS® instructor
• Set up and teach each of the skill stations using the 4 step technique
• Set up and manage a practice and a test moulage station
• Describe how to mentor a candidate on a provider course
• Record and feedback on participant’s results

This highly interactive course combines discussions, tutorials, skills teaching and simulated patient management scenarios (moulage).  There are continual assessments throughout the course, where you will be able to demonstrate your skills in the:

• Developing questions for a brief scenario and leading an interactive discussion
• Managing a moulage scenario
• Teaching a skill

You will have to complete the MCQ test on the course.

Some ATLS® centres use animal tissue on courses. Please check with the centre in advance if this is a concern for you. The Bjorn Saven Centre at RCS England doesn't use animal tissue on ATLS®. 

You will receive access to pre-course resources on the RCS VLE 6-8 weeks before the course. Your login details to the VLE will be emailed to you (to the email address registered on your RCS account).

Pre-course preparation is essential.

View the full ATLS® Instructor programme