- Delivery: Flipped Classroom (precourse work before face-to-face class)
- Duration of Online Content: 4 hours
- Duration of In-Person Session: 5 hours
- Price: $180
In the 2020 AHA Update, a new delivery method was released for the instruction of PALS. It’s most similar to a “flipped-classroom approach” where the didactic portion is completed online before class and the in-person session is more focused on the instruction of skills, scenarios, & testing. This course requires completion of the mandatory precourse self-assessment AND completion of the mandatory precourse work (videos) before class. You can work at your own pace and the program saves your progress. There are knowledge checks embedded into the video material so we strongly encourage you to dedicate time to complete the video feed. The estimated completion time of the online portion is 4 hours and 3.0 CME.
You must complete the Precourse Self-Assessment with >80% & the PreCourse Work prior to the start of your course at https://elearning.heart.org/course/426.
- Please note that the Precourse Self-Assessment states a minimum score of 70%. Due to the fast-paced nature of this course when we meet in-person, we prefer for students to come prepared and familiar with the curriculum. The purpose of this assignment is to refresh your cardiac knowledge and ensure competency prior to coming to class.
You must bring a 2020 PALS Student Manual to participate. The Student Manual can be hard-copy or an eBook and must be AHA, no summaries, or “AHA-approved” documents/PDFs. Student Manuals can be purchased from an authorized AHA vendor (links below) prior to class. Please do not wait until arrival to class to attempt to purchase your eBook. We do not sell hard-copy PALS books in the classroom. We are also not permitted to library or loan students books per the AHA. If you do not have a book when you arrive to class, you cannot participate. This is an AHA rule, not just a requirement of our team.
A hard-copy of your completion certificates will be collected upon your arrival to class. If both certificates are not in-hand, you cannot participate in class. During the face-to-face session on the date scheduled above, we will review the curriculum from the video, complete skills practice and testing, and complete the course exam. The minimum score for the course exam is an 84%. All AHA classes are open source therefore you can use your Student Manual, class notes, and printed AHA algorithms. Each student has one opportunity to remediate the exam. Failure to successfully pass the exam will result in the need for the student to retake the course per the AHPA
