title: Professional organisation profile: a faculty of expedition and wilderness medicine for Australasia.
abstract: A profile of the recent genesis of the Sub-Faculty of Expedition Medicine into a Faculty of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine of The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine is presented. Information is given on aims, structure, professional grades of membership, and the various activities of the Faculty, including publications and scientific meetings.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. peter.leggat@jcu.edu.au
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Leggat
authors.forename: Marc T M
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D044362:Australasia; D005101:Expeditions / Q000592:standards*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D055813:Wilderness Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*