Core Content for Wilderness Medicine Fellowship Training of Emergency Medicine Graduates. (17th January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lipman, Grant S.; Weichenthal, Lori; Stuart Harris, N.; McIntosh, Scott E.; Cushing, Tracy; Caudell, Michael J.; Macias, Darryl J.; Weiss, Eric A.; Lemery, Jay; Ellis, Mark A.; Spano, Susanne; McDevitt, Marion; Tedeschi, Christopher; Dow, Jennifer; Mazzorana, Vicki; McGinnis, Henderson; Gardner, Angela F.; Auerbach, Paul S.; DeIorio, Nicole M.
• Is Part Of: Academic emergency medicine. Volume 21:Number 2(2014:Feb.)
• Page Start: 204
• Page End: 207
• Publication Date: 2014-01-17
• Subjects: Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; 616.02505
• DOI: 10.1111/acem.12304
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1069-6563

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="acem12304-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Wilderness medicine is the practice of resource‐limited medicine under austere conditions. In 2003, the first wilderness medicine fellowship was established, and as of March 2013, a total of 12 wilderness medicine fellowships exist. In 2009 the American College of Emergency Physicians Wilderness Medicine Section created a Fellowship Subcommittee and Taskforce to bring together fellowship directors, associate directors, and other interested stakeholders to research and develop a standardized curriculum and core content for emergency medicine (EM)‐based wilderness medicine fellowships. This paper describes the process and results of what became a 4‐year project to articulate a standardized curriculum for wilderness medicine fellowships. The final product specifies the minimum core content that should be covered during a 1‐year wilderness medicine fellowship. It also describes the structure, length, site, and program requirements for a wilderness medicine fellowship.</p> </abstract>