Provides the skills and knowledge to treat life-threatening injuries. Designed for doctors who care for injured patients.

Provider courses are also offered at Vancouver Coastal Health, Interior Health and Fraser Health. Find out more info about all ATLS courses on this page.

Upcoming sessions:

• Find out about general info and registration for all sessions on this page.

The Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) is a one-and-a-half day course designed to improve trauma patient outcomes by providing nurses with foundational trauma knowledge, skills, and a systematic Trauma Nursing Process to guide trauma patient care.

Courses offered include:

• More info coming soon.
  

‎Emergency Practice, Interventions and Care Canada (EPICC) Trauma - 2025 Courses

• View upcoming courses on the EPICC Learning website.

The Specialist Trauma Advisory Network (STAN), in collaboration with medical imagers/imaging departments and trauma clinicians developed clinical practice guidelines to support clinicians when caring for the major trauma patient. The goal of this learning module is to ensure that clinicians have the right imaging for the right trauma patient at the right time.

• Visit PHSA's Learning Hub to enrol in this self-directed course.

An introductory session on how to understand and apply trauma team activation criteria in the emergency setting for a major trauma patient.

• Visit PHSA's Learning Hub to enrol in this self-directed course.
  

The first VGH Trauma Symposium will be held on Monday, April 28, 2025. Please see event poster for the preliminary agenda,and visit the registration link. 

The Michael Brown Scholarship for Equity in Trauma Care, an award generously supported by the Brown Family in memory of their son Michael, is open to UBC-affiliated residents, medical students, and early career researchers. 

For questions about the event, please contact the event organizers by email.