Entry requirements
Applicants must be practicing in Ireland and registered with the Medical Council of Ireland. Those eligible to apply for a course are SHOs, registrars, non-career middle grades, specialist registrars and consultants involved in trauma care. Priority for selection for a course will be given to those in trauma-receiving hospitals in the specialities of emergency medicine, anaesthesiology, trauma and orthopaedic surgery, and general surgery, but others in less frontline specialties involved in trauma care are welcome to apply.
Applications are not accepted from interns.
Course allocations
- There are 20 places available on each Provider course.
- There are a limited number of ATLS Provider courses held annually in Ireland, thus there is a high demand for places.
- Places are not allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis – instead, set criteria based on specialty, location, grade and reason for application are used to determine place allocations.
- All correspondence relating to the ATLS Provider course will be sent by email.
- Places will be allocated approximately eight weeks prior to a course date.
- Applicants will have five days from issuing of offers to accept a place on a Provider course and full payment will be required at the time of accepting a place. Failure to adhere to these requirements will result in the place being offered to another applicant.
Fees
The fee for a doctor to attend an ATLS Provider course is €995. The fee to attend as a nurse, paramedical or medical student observer is €125.
Cancellation policy
- A refund, less 20%, will be made if written notice of withdrawal is received more than six weeks prior to the course date. However, ATLS Ireland cannot provide a refund if online modules have been accessed.
- Should you need to cancel your place within the cancellation period please email your site coordinator.
Reverification
- Candidates should recertify their ATLS Provider status every four years. To retain a current status in the ATLS programme, you must reverify within a six month time frame – three months before your status expires to three months after expiration date. You should contact the ATLS National Coordinator at nationalatlsco-ordinator@rcsi.ie for details of reverification at that time.
Apply
Please submit an online application by clicking the 'Apply now' button.
Applicants, please use your existing RCSI CPD Hub credentials when applying.
Note: Please ensure you read the ATLS terms and conditions below before you begin an application.
Payment policy
Payments for this course must be made by credit card only. CPD-SS vouchers cannot be applied at the checkout for this course, as this course is not offered as part of the CPD Support Scheme.
Orders which are fully or partially paid for with the use of a CPD-SS voucher will be cancelled, and your place will not be secure.