Generic Instructor Course

Course structure and programme

GICs are held at centres throughout Europe, and are spreading to centres in North-Africa, the Middle East and Far East. Organised by the local Resuscitation Councils or Course Organisers with GIC permisisons, the courses are standardised, approved and certified by the ERC. This ensures standardisation, uniformity of content, teaching strategy, and formative assessment regardless of the centre. The GIC may be run in the national languages of the respective country that they are held in, or in English. 

The GIC is a two-day course preceded by e-learning modules, which must be completed before the course. The on-site time is dedicated to face-to-face teaching and as much hands-on training as possible.

The course includes workshops in which the candidates learn and practice how to:

• Teach and facilitate learning in a small group discussion
• Teach and facilitate learning a skill with formative assessment
• Run a cardiac arrest simulation teaching session
• Give constructive and corrective feedback to enhance further improvement
• Run a cardiac arrest simulation testing station for summative assessment

All workshops are preceded by demonstrations of the expected competence and by interactive discussion of the topics. Assessment of the GIC candidates is formative thoughout the course, with feedback provided by the instructor trainers. The GIC does not finish with a summative final test.