The National EMS Management Association’s Emergency Medical Services Field Training and Evaluation Program (EMS-FTEP™) is the gold standard for onboarding new employees. EMS-FTEP™ has been used nationally for over 15 years. Your agency invests significant resources into recruiting and retaining EMTs and paramedics. Preparing them to be successful through a structured field training and evaluation program is critical to ensuring their success and reducing turnover.

The EMS-FTEP™ Basic Field Training Officer (FTO) course is designed to provide the employee and the agency with the greatest possible chance of success by providing a framework that assures employees understand, develop, and demonstrate essential skills and behaviors.

The three-day Basic FTO course will introduce the prospective FTO to the structure, tools, techniques, and concepts of EMS-FTEP™. It will provide instruction in adult learning principles, coaching, evaluation, giving feedback, and documenting trainee performance using EMS-FTEP™ tools. This includes Standardized Evaluation Guidelines, Recruit Training Manual, and Daily Observation Reports.