ACLS Challenge Course

Description

Training Memo

Challenge Option Defined
Original Release: April 2012

Purpose  This memo is to define a course “challenge” option.

Definition  A “challenge” occurs when a student requests to complete course
testing requirements without participating in an AHA classroom or
online course. Instructors must follow all course testing requirements
as defined in the appropriate Instructor Manual for the course testing
requirements being challenged.

Processes  •  Students cannot challenge a course until 1 year after the release
date of the corresponding product materials. The only exception is
for an instructor updating his or her provider card if the instructor
has completed the 2010 Science Updates required.
•  Students must show their current AHA course completion card
before testing. An expired AHA course completion card is not
acceptable.
•  Students must show the instructor that they have the appropriate
and current course manual.
•  All testing must be performed by an instructor who is current in the
discipline of the AHA course being tested.
•  There is no option for practice or coaching.
•  The challenge testing must be done as a separate session and
cannot be associated with a skills session from a classroom-based
provider course or Part 3 of a blended learning course.
•  The challenge testing must be performed with a 1:1 student-to-
instructor ratio.
•  The testing session will be stopped at the first point the student
fails.
•  No remediation is allowed within the challenge option. A student
may not reattempt the challenge testing.
•  If the student fails the challenge testing, no card will be issued by
the Training Center, and the student should be referred to a
provider course.
•  A course roster must be completed for the challenge, regardless of
whether the student passes or fails.