Objectives:The cognitive objective of the research is to determine the effectiveness of the training courses in essential emergency medicine procedures in outpatient emergency department as a part of continuous professional training of emergency medical technicians.The pragmatic goal of the research is to offer guidelines for improving the training process of outpatient emergency medicine nurses. Methods: The research was conducted by means of surveying, self-assessment and evaluation before and after the training course in essential emergency medicine procedures in outpatient emergency department at the Institute of Emergency Medicine of the Split-Dalmatia County (hereinafter ZHM SDŽ). Results: The results of the initial survey showed that the subjects in the self-assessment of confidence in performing the majority of essential emergency medicine procedures (87,50% of procedures) felt quite confident, while they felt somewhat confident in performing a smaller number of essential emergency procedures (12,50% of procedures). The results of the final survey showed that the subjects in the self-assessment of confidence in performing essential emergency medicine procedures felt almost completely confident, in contrast to the initial survey when they felt somewhat to quite confident. Conclusions: It was concluded that learning through simulation was effective and that the trainees were satisfied with both the program and the trainees.