• Erik L Grove and Bo Løfgren.
• aDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital bResearch Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus cDepartment of Internal Medicine, Regional Hospital of Randers, Randers, Denmark.
• Eur J Emerg Med. 2014 Apr 1;21(2):142-4.

AbstractWe aimed to implement the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) basic life support (BLS) and automated external defibrillator (AED) course as a mandatory peer-led training programme for medical students and to evaluate the satisfaction with this course. Medical students certified as ERC BLS/AED instructors were recruited as student trainers and organizers of the course, which was included as a mandatory part of the curriculum for second-year medical students before first clinical rotation. After each course, questionnaires were distributed to evaluate the peer-led training programme. In total, 146 students were trained and assessed. The quality of the course was rated as 9.4±0.8 (10-point scale, 10 being best), and the majority (95%) felt better prepared for their clinical rotation. Implementation of the ERC BLS/AED course as a mandatory peer-led training programme for medical students is feasible. The course has been very well accepted and the students feel better prepared for their first clinical rotation.

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