Training Name: Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities Basic Training (PRTF)

Activity Code: 0CMSPRTF_ONL

Training Description: This training cultivates and refines surveyor skills, fosters understanding of the PRTF survey process, and enhances surveyors' overall ability to survey PRTF facilities. This includes the ability to:

• Conduct observation, interviews, and record review to gather information and identify concerns.
• Employ critical thinking to analyze and investigate any concerns identified during the survey.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the applicable regulations and interpretive guidelines needed to address those concerns.
• Make accurate compliance decisions.
• Document deficiencies in a manner consistent with CMS's principles of documentation (POD).

Prerequisites: None