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Hey all, I certainly agree with most of what was said already. I am, however, I am going to offer a slightly different perspective. This is based on my experience in our hiring process and then over the following months training the new hires in our FTO process. For what its worth, our FTO process is a minimum of 4-6 months long, typically being 6 months to 9 months for a brand new medic. It is based on the law enforcement San Jose Model and we have used it for about 15 years with very good results. Anyway, Over the years I have seen multiple students from these "medic Mills" (we have a couple in the area" come and intern, and then come and try to get hired. Over the years we have had a number of graduates from the year long medic mill courses get hired, though I cant recall any of the "fast track" (6 months) medics actually completing the process. I will say that as a general stereo type the ones from the medic mills tend to test poorer, and subsequently tend to have a steeper learning curve than their more traditionally trained counterparts. The knowledge gaps are larger, but most importantly the typical students who tend to fall into the propaganda traps of these schools tend to be students coming directly out of their EMT courses and have no previous experience in EMS. This also contributes the many challenges they face. That said, we have many who have done quite well at our service, but it definitely takes them longer to get there. I attribute this directly to our FTO program. An organized, structured, professionally ran and validated FTO program can overcome many of the gaps and challenges that these students will face. The front line in this is of course the FTO's , how you select them, how you train them, how you retain and motivate them...but that is a different discussion. For you, in addition to all of the above answers, I would suggest seeking out a service with an actual FTO/FTEP program (not just a glorified preceptor or orientation program) and try to get on. Your learning process will be greatly accelerated, and this in turn will help your professional development.

Same place, I remember going into chat and there would be Terri, aussiphil, scotty, dustbunny, and the drama queens, the internet stalking and AK there to figure out the fakes. We had alot of fun (thanks scotty). Then there were the paragods that would come in and tell you, you were an idiot and then came squint who atleast gave you the chance to learn and then called you an idiot lmao. Still like being here and seeing people get crotchities knickers in a knot, and dwyane with his sense of humor and what I like the best is "they have all stopped checking my gramar and spelling" think its been 6 years for me now