Field Training Officer: Tips and Techniques for Ftos, Preceptors, and Mentors

Field Training Officer is a clear and concise introduction to the use of preceptors in training emergency medical services personnel. This easy-to-use reference will help experienced EMTs and Paramedics assume the important preceptor role in the training of new personnel.
The Field Training Officer's Toolbox provides comprehensive and concrete guidance on how to effectively perform the job of field training officer (FTO). Extensively field-tested, the approach presented has been used by the authors since 1998 and has helped train EMTs and paramedics in college, hospital, fire department, and third service programs.
Bruce Nepon, MA, Ed, NREMTP is a member of the faculty at the Paramedic Technology Program of Delaware Technical and Community College. He brings 35 years of EMS experience as a provider, EMS department manager, program coordinator, and educator, in both the public and private sectors, at the ALS and BLS levels. He has presented regionally and nationally on field and clinical instruction and evaluation in EMS, and continues to teach and practice in the classroom, lab, clinical, and field settings.
Barry Eberly, NREMT-P, has more than 35 years of experience in Delaware EMS. His first teaching experience was as an instructor for structural and industrial fire fighting at the Delaware State Fire School. Later, his focus shifted to EMS, where he served as a paramedic, shift supervisor, and field training officer before retiring with more than 25 years of service. Since retiring from municipal service, he has served as an instructor for EMT students at Bayhealth Medical Center and for paramedic students at Delaware Technical and Community College.