Core content for wilderness medicine fellowship training of emergency medicine graduates.
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.
The Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Grant S
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Lipman
Lori
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Weichenthal
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Stuart Harris
Scott E
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McIntosh
Tracy
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Cushing
Michael J
MJ
Caudell
Darryl J
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Macias
Eric A
EA
Weiss
Jay
J
Lemery
Mark A
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Ellis
Susanne
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Spano
Marion
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McDevitt
Christopher
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Tedeschi
Jennifer
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Dow
Vicki
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Mazzorana
Henderson
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McGinnis
Angela F
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Gardner
Paul S
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Auerbach
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D055813:Wilderness Medicine / Q000193:education*