title: Medical student electives in wilderness medicine: curriculum guidelines.
abstract: Wilderness medicine has been a part of medical student education for many years and is becoming more popular. To help standardize and improve the student experience, we surveyed current elective directors to gain an understanding of what experts in the field thought were priority elements in a wilderness medicine elective. Although there is a diversity of opinion among leaders in the field, there are multiple topics on which there is concordance on inclusion or exclusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA (Drs Lareau and Caudell); Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Tech-Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA (Dr Lareau). Electronic address: stephlareau@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lareau
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA (Drs Lareau and Caudell).
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Caudell
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY (Dr Pandit).
authors.forename: Kiran B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (Dr Hiestand).
authors.forename: Brian C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Hiestand
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004190:Disasters; D004501:Education, Medical; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D013337:Students, Medical; D055813:Wilderness Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*
keywords: curriculum; medical student elective; wilderness medicine curriculum; wilderness medicine electives