Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor Essentials Online
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1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ ...OVERVIEW
Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor Essentials Online is organized by American Heart Association (AHA).
Original Release Date: 3/26/2021
Last Review Date: January 2024
Termination Date: 03/25/2027
Description:
BLS Instructor Essentials Online is the self-directed, online portion of the BLS Instructor Essentials blended learning course. Course content covers steps for becoming an AHA Instructor and steps of the instruction cycle: Prepare, Teach, Test & Remediate, Close, and Keep Current. This course includes core information about instructing AHA BLS Provider courses, followed by course-specific information.
The BLS Instructor Essentials Course is designed to prepare instructor candidates to teach AHA Instructor-led and blended learning BLS Provider courses. It educates instructor candidates on how to use AHA Instructor teaching materials, ensure that students meet learning objectives, offer student coaching skills, provide an objective skills performance evaluation, and follow AHA Instructor and course policies. The course covers core content and discipline-specific content required to teach AHA courses.
Learning Objectives:
- At the conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Identify the prerequisites to becoming and AHA Instructor
- Describe the usability of the Program Administration Manual
- Describe the core competencies of an AHA Instructor
- Describe the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle: prepare, teach, test and remediate, close, and keep current
- Identify resources available to an AHA Instructor
- Describe how to use discipline-specific AHA Instructor materials: the Instructor Manual, Lesson Plans, course videos, and skills testing checklists
- Identify discipline-specific course formats available to students for completion of the course
- Describe discipline-specific course completion requirements
- Describe discipline-specific flexibility options available to an AHA Instructor within the course
- Describe the requirements for how to maintain an AHA Instructor status
- Demonstrate structured debriefing skills
- Describe effective AHA Instructor feedback and remediation techniques
- Demonstrate the administration of skills testing with the use of the skills testing checklists
- Describe the use of a CPR Coach
ACCREDITATION & CREDITS
Accreditation Statements:
Joint Accreditation Statements:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by The American Heart Association. The American Heart Association is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AMA Credit Designation Statement - Physicians:
The American Heart Association designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAPA Credit Acceptance Statement – Physician Assistants:
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 1.00 hours of Category I credit for completing this program.
AANP Credit Acceptance Statement – Nurse Practitioners:
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
ANCC Credit Designation Statement - Nurses:
The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 1.25 contact hours.
TARGET AUDIENCE
PhysicianNursingPhysician AssistantCardiologistsStudentsNursesNurse PractitionersSPECIALITIES
CardiologyEmergency Medicine
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