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2013 AHA Instructor Essentials CoursesFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) As of June 20, 2013General InforationQ! "#at are t#e AHA Instructor Essentials courses$A: The AHA’s Instructor Essentials courses are online, self-directed, discipline-specic courses that include informationneeded to teach classroom courses and conduct skills practice and skills testing sessions for eLearning coursesassociated with each discipline !ompletion of the AHA Instructor Essentials !ourse is a re"uired step to #ecome anAHA Instructor It is also a re"uirement for current Instructors adding a discipline and all AHA $acult% &'ational,(egional and Training !enter $acult%)Q! %o t#e Instructor Essentials courses re&lace t#e Core Instructor Course$A: *es The !ore Instructor !ourse has #een discontinued &although current stock ma% #e used until August +, .+)

 This course was replaced #% the Instructor Essentials courses and is no longer a re"uirement for an% mem#er of theAHA Training 'etworkQ! "#at is co'ered in eac# of t#e AHA Instructor Essentials courses$A: These courses co/er planning and preparation for courses, teaching courses, conducting written e0ams &if applica#skills practice and skills testing and keeping %our Instructor status current Each course includes a general module ana discipline-specic moduleEach course also includes a 1(esources2 ta# containing the electronic AHA 3rogram Administration 4anual &3A4) andthe discipline-specic AHA Instructor !andidate 5ork#ook Please note that the candidate workbook is only accessiblewhen the Instructor candidate is in the discipline specifc module o the course.Q! "#y did t#e AHA create u&dated Instructor courses$A: The AHA de/eloped new Instructor !ourse materials to aid in pro/iding "ualit% and consistenc% in all Instructortraining !hanges in science and class structure implemented since the release of the pre/ious Instructor !oursematerials dro/e the need to de/elop new materials The goal in de/eloping new tools was to recogni6e and respectthe time constraints of Instructor candidates and $acult% while not compromising on the need for "ualit% Instructorde/elopment The new courses make great strides in meeting this goal

Q! "#o is t#e taret audience for t#e AHA Instructor Essentials courses$A: !andidates who wish to #ecome new AHA Instructors must complete an AHA discipline-specic Instructor Essentials!ourse for the discipline that the% want to teach &A!L7, 8L7, Heartsa/er, 3AL7 or 3EA(7) Also, all AHA $acult%&'ational, (egional and Training !enter $acult%) must complete the Instructor Essentials !ourse for the discipline&s)for which the% are $acult%Q! "#at are t#e &rerequisites for takin an AHA Instructor Essentials Course$A: 8efore taking this course, candidates must ha/e a current course completion card for the pro/ider course that the%wish to teach The% must also ha/e aligned with an AHA Training !enter that is accepting new Instructors for thatdisciplineQ! %oes successful co&letion of an Instructor Essentials Course result in an AHA course co&letion caror AHAInstructor card$A: 'o !ompletion of the AHA Instructor Essentials !ourse is one of the re"uirements to #ecome an Instructor To earnan AHA Instructor card, the Instructor candidate must complete all /e steps of the process 9pon completion of anInstructor Essentials !ourse, a certicate of completion is a/aila#le to print and must #e presented #% the Instructorcandidate when heshe attends the classroom Instructor !ourse of the corresponding discipline