# I'm an intern, what courses should I do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Postgrad Education\ **Tags:** internship, education\ **Created:** [November 16, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/im-an-intern-what-courses-should-i-do/2915 "2024-11-16T01:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
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If you are an intern then you want to work on improving your **clinical management** and **confidence** , especially in emergencies. That’s were **advanced life short support courses** are really beneficial. Not only do they massively grow your skills in managing emergencies and prepare you for commserve, but many jobs post-commserve require you to have completed certain of these, so you can’t really go wrong with starting now already. Short courses are usually 1-2 day courses held in-person. They typically involve learning theoretical as well as clinical skills, which is why they are done in-person. They also usually expire within 2-4 years, depending on the course, so you will need to either do them every few years or do the refresher courses before they expire (see below). ### Short Courses Some examples of courses typically done by most doctors include: - _**[BLS (Basic Life Support)](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/basic-life-support-bls-course/271).**_ - _**[ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/advanced-cardiovascular-life-support-acls-course/280).**_ - **_[PALS (Paediatric Advanced Life Support)](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/paediatric-advanced-life-support-pals/278/2)_ or APLS (Advanced Paediatric Life Support)** - _**[ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support)](https://www.atls.co.za/).**_ - _**[EMATT (Emergency Medicine Approach To Trauma).](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/emergency-medicine-approach-to-trauma-ematt/276/2)**_ - _**[EMOVA (Evidence-based Management of Oxygenation, Ventilation and Airway Management).](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/evidence-based-management-of-oxygenation-ventilation-and-airway-management-emova/277/2)**_ - _**[NERS (Neonatal Emergency Resuscitation and Stabilisation) course.](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/neonatal-emergency-resuscitation-and-stabilisation-ners-course/266/2)**_ - _**[AMLS (Advanced Medical Life Support).](https://www.advancedlifesupport.co.za/display_courses/advanced-medical-life-support-for-doctors/)**_ ### Some other helpful courses to do in internship - _**[ePOCUS course (Emergency Point Of Care US)](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/ultrasound-crash-course/274/2).**_ - _**[ECG course](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/paediatric-advanced-life-support-pals-update-course/265/2)**_ 💡 Check out the link below for more courses: #Courses & CPD > Short Courses --- _[View the full topic](https://hub.sadocs.co.za/t/im-an-intern-what-courses-should-i-do/2915)._