• Course Description
  The BLS Instructor Essentials Course is designed to prepare instructor candidates to teach AHA
  Instructor-led and blended learning courses. The course educates instructor candidates on how to
  adequately 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.
  Course Objectives
  At the end of the BLS Instructor Essentials Course, instructor candidates will be able to –
  Identify the prerequisites to becoming an AHA Instructor
  – Describe the usability of the PAM
  – 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 instructor materials: the instructor manual, lesson
  plans, course videos, and skills testing checklists
  – Identify discipline-specific course formats available to complete 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
  – Describe effective AHA Instructor feedback and remediation techniques
  – Demonstrate the administration of skills testing with the use of the skills testing checklists
  Target Audience
   Any certified BLS provider with IP letter within less than 6 months

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