Medical Student Electives in Wilderness Medicine: Curriculum Guidelines

Publication date: Available online 12 September 2014 Source:Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Author(s): Stephanie A. Lareau , Michael J. Caudell , Kiran B. Pandit , Brian C. Hiestand 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.
Source: Wilderness and Environmental Medicine - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research