Anyone with a current ALSO status can attend an ALSO Instructor Course.
To maintain your ALSO Approved Instructor status, you must meet two requirements every three years:
*Please note: ALSO Approved Instructors with five-year status are still required to teach in three courses. Upon your expiration date, if you meet the teaching requirements and complete the ALSO Online Instructor Renewal Course, you will renew for three more years.
If your ALSO Approved Instructor status has expired, you must do all of the following to regain your status:
Your ALSO Approved Instructor status and expiration date are located on your ALSO wallet card. For AAFP members, this is found in your AAFP transcript, for non-members, is in your AAFP account, along with your letter of participation. In addition, teaching instances are recorded in the AAFP account or transcript each time an individual is listed as an instructor on a course dashboard.
No. Keep in mind that learners spend hours preparing for the ALSO Live Course by completing the Online course. Additionally, to keep the course schedule on track, instructors must adhere strictly to the time allotted for their skills workstations.
We encourage non-ALSO Approved Instructors to obtain the most up-to-date version of the ALSO Instructor manual (.pdf).
Please note that this manual and the ALSO manual are available to all ALSO Approved Instructors as part of the ALSO Online Instructor Renewal Course.
Upon completing the Instructor Course, the Learners are considered ALSO Instructor Candidates. To become an ALSO Approved Instructor, you must teach in an ALSO or BLSO Course within one year of your ALSO Live Instructor Course date and have a current Advisory Faculty observe your teaching skills. The advisory faculty must complete an evaluation form, which the Sponsor will keep on file for two years. The Sponsor will check the box for ‘Recommend Approved Instructor’ next to your name on the dashboard submitted after the Live course.
Search for ALSO Courses in AAFP Global Search.
Most course Sponsors are open to inviting an Advisory Faculty to be on-site to observe the Instructor Candidate teaching workstations and group testing and recommending them for Approved Instructor.
Yes. Consider your faculty and course circumstances and use your best judgment about your capabilities to serve in both roles at your course.
Yes. Each course is required to have an Advisory Faculty to consult with during their planning and execution of the course, if needed. They may serve remotely, being fully available to the Course Director during the Live course date and serving onsite when needing to observe Candidates.
When we have important updates or release new ALSO content editions, we notify ALSO Approved Instructors and ALSO coordinators in the following ways:
ALSO Department (dashboard and status inquiries)
Email also@aafp.org
(800) 274-2237, ext. 7506
(For efficiency, please do not contact individual staff.)
Member Resource Center (orders, invoice, AAFP ID assistance)
(800) 274-2237
Email aafp@aafp.org