Wilderness Medical Society
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Wilderness Medical Society | |
Founded | 1983 |
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Headquarters | 6705 W. Hwy 290, Suite 607-243 Austin, Texas 78735 |
Location | |
Members | 4,200 |
Website | [1] |
The Wilderness Medical Society was created on 15 February 1983 by three physicians from
Academy of Wilderness Medicine
The academy seeks to provide a system of adult education and certification in a modern and standardised way to provide a set level of knowledge and education for practitioners working in the wilderness arena.[10][11]
The goals of the academy are to:
- Professional designation for achievement in Wilderness Medicine
- Validation for the public, patients, and clients of practitioner education in Wilderness Medicine
- Recognition for completing high quality standards in Wilderness Medicine
- Continuing medical education (CME) credit for acquisition of knowledge and hands-on experiences in Wilderness Medicine
- The advancement of an internationally recognized curriculum of Wilderness Medicine categories, topics, and skills [12]
The Academy also maintains the curriculum for the Fellowship award. This curriculum is completed over a maximum of a 5-year period and culminates in the award of Fellow being bestowed at the Society's annual conference. The award of the Fellowship allows the holder to use the post-nominal letters FAWM (Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine), as of early 2020 there were just over 600 current Fellows. The Academy also manages a "Master's Degree Fellow Program", which bestows a Master Fellow designation, allowing the holder to use the post-nominal letters MFAWM (Master Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine). The Master Fellow degree program is an advanced, post-fellow certification that was created to denote individuals who have excelled in a specific sub-discipline within the scope of wilderness medicine in addition to being Fellows of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. The Master program is an attempt to:
- Further the academic programs of the WMS.
- Allow additional academic enrichment opportunities for WMS members.
- Create a group of experts in specific sub-disciplines for utilization in teaching, lecturing and research development.
- Create a cadre of ever-evolving leaders for the WMS to utilize.[13]
FAWM curriculum
The curriculum for participants wishing to gain fellowship is modular and is divided into Electives, Required Topics and Experience:
Required/Core Topics are divided into twelve sub-headings:[14]
- Hyperbaric Medicine
- Tropical and Travel Medicine
- High Altitude[15] & MountaineeringMedicine
- Expedition Medicine
- Field Craft and Equipment
- Rescue and Evacuation
- Sports Medicineand Physiology
- Preventive Medicine, Field Sanitation& Hygiene
- General Environmental Medicine
- Improvised and Alternative Medicine
- Disaster & Humanitarian Assistance
- Wilderness Emergencies and Trauma Management[16]
FAWM credits can be gained in a number of ways such as:
- Attending WMS conferences
- Completing online tests after reading journal articles
- Watching online lectures
- Publishing peer-reviewed articles
- Teaching in the area of Wilderness Medicine [16]
Activities
The Wilderness Medical Society organizes annual conferences and meetings for members and interested parties.[17][18]
Notable Fellows
- Dr. Paul Auerbach – Founder of WMS and past president of the WMS.
- Dr. Paul Bromley – Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner, prehospital clinician and lecturer in clinical physiology.[19][20][21]
- Dr. Sundeep Dhillon – Physician and physiologist.[22]
- Dr. Hannah Evans – GP and expedition medicine instructor and lecturer.[23][24]
- Dr. Clayton Everline – Author of 2 editions of "Surf Survival" (2011, 2019) and Sports Medicine doctor on Oahu.[25]
- Dr. Seth C. Hawkins – First physician to be designated a Master Fellow;[26] editor of the textbook Wilderness EMS; executive editor of Wilderness Medicine Magazine; founder of the Carolina Wilderness EMS Externship.
- Mr. Rhodri Jordan – Remote Paramedic and educationalist.[27]
- Dr. Tom E Mallinson – Prehospital Doctor and Academic. Senior Lecturer for the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine[28][29]
- Mr. Aebhric O'Kelly – Dean Emeritus of the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine.[30][31]
- Dr. Matt Wilkes – Senior Editor of the Adventure Medic Website, PhD researcher and anaesthetist.[32][33][34][35]
Affiliated groups
- Backcountry Pulse[citation needed]
- College of Remote and Offshore Medicine, Malta.[37]
- Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS)[38]
- NOLS Wilderness Medicine[39]
- American College of Emergency Physicians – Wilderness Section[40]
- International Hypoxia Symposia[citation needed]
- Everest ER[41]
- Institute for Altitude Medicine[42]
- EcoMed[43]
- Wilderness Medicine Programs – Roane State Community College[citation needed]
- Mountain & Marine Medicine[citation needed]
- Waves of Health[44]
- Argentine Mountain Medicine Society[45]
- WildMedix[46]
- Hawk Ventures[47]
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