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Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Reverification course 11E

ATLS® is a global course, teaching a systematic process of trauma care for patients with life-threatening injuries. 

This revision one-day course allows you to reverify your ATLS® Provider status and is offered as an alternative to re-taking the full two day ATLS® course. ATLS® Provider status is valid for four years and you can take the ATLS® Reverification course up to six months after your Provider status has lapsed. 

Throughout this interactive course, highly knowledgeable faculty will help you refresh your practical, theoretical and personal skills essential for the management of trauma patients. 

ATLS® Reverification is a hybrid course, with mandatory pre-course e-learning that must be completed in full by 7am the day before the face-to-face course. For more information, please visit the Format tab below. 

We accept bookings and applications from clinicians who work or live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Malta and British Overseas Territories. All ATLS® Reverification course applicants must provide proof of their ATLS® Provider status when applying for a place on ATLS® Reverification course. 

Provider status obtained on a course outside the UK will have to be verified through the American College of Surgeons. 

This course is worth 10 CPD points

Membership and other discounts apply on all courses held at the Bjorn Saven Centre (RCS England, London). Members receive a 10% discount worth £49.90 on ATLS® Reverification courses. Please go to booking options for details. Explore our membership options

Where can I attend ATLS® Reverification?

ATLS® Reverification courses are delivered at the Bjorn Saven Centre (RCS England, London) and centres in the UK. See below for upcoming course dates, locations and course fees (course fees vary between venues).

The ATLS® Reverification course held on 10 December at BSC, RCS is the ATLS® 11th edition pilot.

  • £519.00
  • 1 Day
  • 10.00 CPD Points
£519.00
1 Day days
10.00 CPD Points

Suitability

This course is open to ATLS® providers who regularly manage severely injured patients and who have taken the ATLS® course within the last four and a half years. 

Providers who do not regularly manage severely injured patients should reverify by attending the full two-day ATLS® Provider course. The one-day course requires a high degree of familiarity with trauma resuscitation and uses the provider's own experiences to illustrate important principles of trauma management. 

Reverification of your ATLS® provider status must happen no later than six months after your status lapses (which happens four years after you take the course).

If you wait any longer than six months, you will need to re-take the full two-day ATLS® course. 


Learning Outcomes

After attending this course, you will be able to:

  • Demonstrate refreshed knowledge of all principles of ATLS® and its safe, reliable method for immediate management of the injured trauma patient
  • Effectively use the standardised language of trauma care

Format

ATLS® combines a variety of well established and effective learning formats such as interactive discussions, clinical scenarios with embedded skills and demonstrations. You will be encouraged to share knowledge and experience with your peers throughout 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®.

Mandatory, pre-course e-learning

Before the course, you will be required to complete the pre-course e-learning consisting of one module, including videos and MCQs. It takes approximately 1-2 hours to complete this work. Completion of the mandatory part of the e-learning is a requirement to attend the course. Participants who have not completed the mandatory part of the e-learning in full by 7am the day before the course will not be allowed to participate in the course and will forfeit their course fee. 

You will have access to all e-learning modules and videos and we strongly recommend that you complete the e-learning in full in preparation for the course. 

Course participants will receive access to the pre-course e-learning resources on the RCS VLE via notification with login details four weeks before the course at the latest. 

It is also mandatory to read the ATLS® student course manual prior to the face-to-face component of the course. 

Assessment

You will be assessed throughout the course and you have to pass all assessed sessions to pass the course and be awarded ATLS® provider status. 

There are interactive sessions and clinical scenario stations and your performance of practical skills and contribution to discussions that test participants' core knowledge will be assessed throughout these sessions.

You will also take an MCQ test consisting of 40 questions with the pass mark of 30/40. If you are unsuccessful on the course you can take up to two resits within three months of the course. You will not be given your answer sheet or told which questions you answered incorrectly. Reading the ATLS® manual prior to the course is the best preparation for the MCQs - there are no lectures in the face-to-face component of the course; you must arrive with a high level of clinical knowledge. 

Initial assessment of the trauma patient will also take place on the last day of the course. You will also be given a simulated clinical scenario and you will be assessed on the initial assessment and management of a patient according to objective assessment criteria. If you are unsuccessful in your first attempt on the course you will be given the opportunity to repeat the initial assessment of the trauma patient on the course using a different scenario. If unsuccessful, at the course director's discretion, you might be given a final resit on another course. 

If you have not met the minimum standard to pass the course you will not be given the opportunity to re-sit failed sessions and you will have to successfully complete another provider course to gain ATLS® provider status. 

Additional Information

How to become an ATLS® Instructor

When participating in an ATLS® course, you may be nominated as having Instructor Potential (IP).

Faculty are looking for participants who demonstrate excellent core knowledge, a commitment to the ATLS® principles and the skills and attitude necessary for the role of an ATLS® instructor. You will also need to be working at ST 4 level (or equivalent) or above.

If you have been nominated as an ATLS® IP, you will need to attend an ATLS® Instructor course. Please take a look at our list of ATLS® Instructor courses

Becoming an ATLS® Instructor is a fulfilling way to further your professional development while sharing your trauma management knowledge with motivated course participants and colleagues. Alongside this, we are always keen to hear from people interested in becoming faculty for other RCS courses. 

Booking Options

Royal College Of Surgeons Courses

Wed
10
Dec
2025
£519.00
LONDON, United Kingdom

10 Dec 2025

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£519.00

Pricing notes:

Full price: £519.00
Faculty: £465.00 (10% Discount)
Fellow: £465.00 (10% Discount)
Affiliate: £465.00 (10% Discount)
STM: £465.00 (10% Discount)

Course Fees:

Please note, we require full payment upon booking. Take a look at the cancellation policy first.

LONDON, United Kingdom

Location:

RCS - Bjorn Saven Centre for Surgical Education
LONDON
WC2A 3PE
United Kingdom
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