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ATLS Program and Courses

Course Content

Different versions of this course content are delivered to meet the needs of each audience.

Student Course

  • Teaches medical core content in an interactive format
  • Hands-on skills sessions in simulated trauma settings
  • Successful completion status valid for 4 years from course date

Student Refresher Course

  • Provides doctors the opportunity to maintain a current status
  • ½-day or 1-day course format
  • Content overview, triage scenarios, written and practical tests included

Instructor Course

  • Student Course participants identified as having instructor potential may advance to the Instructor Course within a specified time frame
  • Teaches the doctor how to teach the Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®) Student Course
  • Eligibility to participate is limited to doctors in countries where the program has been introduced and promulgated by the ACS

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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Accreditation

Through an agreement between the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, MOC Program participants may record completed self-assessment programs or simulation activities developed and accredited by the American College of Surgeons in Section 3 of the Royal College's MOC Program.
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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Through an agreement between the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, MOC Program participants may record completed self-assessment programs or simulation activities developed and accredited by the American College of Surgeons in Section 3 of the Royal College's MOC Program.

CME Credit

The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of * AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of * credits meet the requirements for Self-Assessment.

*The maximum number of credits varies depending on the type of ATLS course.

Instructor Reverification

Please contact the ATLS Program Office at 312-202-5160 or traumaeducation@facs.org to learn how to update to the 10th Edition.