Atls® International Meeting Minutes October 22-23, 2011 ⦁ San Francisco, ca saturday, October 22, 2011 Welcome – Dr. John Kortbeek Tribute to Dr. Brent Krantz – Dr. Brent Eastman

Educators & Scenarios – Dr. Raphael Bonvin

1. 
   14 countries represented
   
   1. 
      History
      
   2. 
      Designation of members
      
   3. 
      Roles & duties
      
   4. 
      Dr. Ali covered history and background of group
      
   5. 
      Discussed how to represent all countries—must all work together for that to happen
      
2. 
   IC—2D
   
   1. 
      2-day versus 1.5-day Instructor course
      
   2. 
      Feedback used for improvements and change
      
   3. 
      Theory, practice, feedback, response Experiment/experience
      
   4. 
      1.5 experiment not included
      
3. 
   Selection of potential Instructors
   
   1. 
      Interpretation of perception of what IP is varies
      
      1. 
         Many influences
         
      2. 
         Seniority was discussed; discrimination against young docs who show potential
         
   2. 
      Recruitment needs
      
   3. 
      Age of program
      
   4. 
      Some Instructor courses have high fees and others have funding from national organization and can offer lower fees
      
      1. 
         Affects people wanting to become Instructors
         
   5. 
      Performance motivation
      
   6. 
      Regional needs
      
      1. 
         “Failing”?
         
         1. 
            Must keep level of selection high to maintain integrity of course
            
   7. 
      ICs teaching a Student course
      
   8. 
      Eligibility
      
4. 
   Scenarios
   
   1. 
      Writing a moulage requires a lot of work
      
   2. 
      Went through 6 moulages
      
      1. 
         Candidate is sole doctor in rural hospital, treat patient, and set up transfer
         
   3. 
      Moulages must be focused; write moulage around objectives
      
   4. 
      Moulages must be realistic
      
      1. 
         “Realistic” is regional and cultural; different in each country
         
   5. 
      They must test core knowledge and must be accurate—match content in chapters
      
   6. 
      Patient report—using “MIST”? standard ABCDE formats
      
      1. 
         Some info is not consistent format
         
      2. 
         Use universal units