FAWM Electives:

ID# Topic
Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
01-005 Introduction to Therapeutic Hyperbaric Oxygen
01-006 Marine Envenomations
01-007 Introduction to Hyperbaric Chamber Operations
01-008 Duties and Roles of the Dive Medical Officer
01-009 Pre-participation Physical Examination and Screening for Diving
01-010 The Dive Medical Officer Medical Kit
01-011 Altitude and Diving
01-012 Diving Accident Management
01-013 Long Term Consequences of Diving
01-014 Principles of Recompression Therapy
01-015 Diving and Special Populations
01-016 Oxygen Toxicity
01-017 Case Scenarios in Diving Accidents
01-018 Case Scenarios in Recompression Therapy
01-019 Introduction to Mixed-gas, Closed
01-020 Closed Circuit Diving
01-021 Open Water Rescue Techniques
01-022 Diving Ophthalmology
01-023 Women and Diving
01-024 Shark Attacks
01-025 Nitrogen Narcosis
01-026 Decompression Illness
01-027 Breath-hold Diving
01-028 Diving Thermal Extremes
Tropical and Travel Medicine
02-003 Overview of Viral Illness while Traveling
02-006 Managing a Travel Medicine Clinic
02-011 Group Travel Practical Exercise
02-013 Children & Elderly in the Wilderness
02-015 Surviving Hostage Situations
02-016 Rabies
02-018 Overview of Plague
02-019 Viral Hepatitis
02-020 Recognition and Management of Dengue Fever
02-021 The Immunocompromised Traveler
02-022 Air Travel and Safety
02-024 Lyme Disease
02-025 Advice for Travelers with Heart and Lung Problems
02-026 Resources for Pre-travel Preparation
02-027 Special Considerations of Long-term Travel and the Expatriate
02-031 Overview of Hanta Virus
02-032 Overview of Leptospirosis
02-036 Special Medical Considerations in African Travel
02-037 Special Medical Considerations in Central American Travel
02-038 Special Medical Considerations in South American Travel
02-039 Special Medical Considerations in South East Asian Travel
02-040 Special Medical Considerations in South West Asian Travel
02-041 Special Medical Considerations in Central Asian Travel
02-042 Special Medical Considerations in European Travel
02-043 Case Studies in Diarrhea in Travelers (ws)
02-044 Case Studies in Dermatology (ws)
02-045 Case Studies in Fever in Travelers (ws)
02-046 Case Studies in Malaria in Travelers (ws)
02-047 Case studies and Pre-travel advice for Women (ws)
02-048 Case Studies in Immunizations (ws)
02-050 Water-borne Parasitic Infections
02-052 The Interpersonal Features of Group Travel
02-053 Ebola Virus
02-054 Overview of Infectious Disease in Adventure Travel
02-055 Persistent Diarrhea after Travel
02-056 Pathogens in Adventure Travel
02-057 HIV and Adventure Travel
02-058 Tuberculosis and Adventure Travel
02-059 Medical Considerations of Air Travel
02-060 Cruise Ship Medicine
02-061 Chagas Disease
02-062 Schistosomiasis
High Altitude & Mountaineering Medicine
03-003 Altitude Sickness and Miscellaneous Disorders
03-005 Altitude Considerations in the General Traveler
03-006 Exercise at High Altitude
03-008 High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
03-009 High Altitude Cerebral Edema
03-010 The Eye at High Altitude
03-011 Pregnancy at High Altitude
03-012 Nutrition at High Altitude
03-013 Mountain Medicine in Extreme Environments
03-014 Women and High Altitude Adventure Travel
03-015 Children and High Altitude Adventure Travel
03-016 Drug Abuse in High Altitude Climbing
03-017 Acclimatization
03-018 High Altitude Neurologic Disorders
03-019 The Gamow Bag
Expedition Medicine
04-003 Medical Kits for Expeditions
04-004 Medicine and Adventure at the South Pole
04-005 Psychological Issues in Adventure Travel
Field Craft and Equipment
05-005 Leave No trace Camping/Hiking
05-007 Backpacking Skills
05-011 Survival Shelters
05-012 Survival Signaling
05-014 Survival Leadership
05-016 All purpose Ropes and Knots
05-017 Surviving in the Desert
05-018 Knife & Tool Selection for Travel in the Wilderness
05-019 Celestial navigation (ws)
05-020 Plant Identification & collection (ws)
05-021 Surviving in the Arctic
05-022 Surviving at Sea
05-023 Surviving in the Jungle
05-024 Wilderness Survival for Kids
05-025 Overview of GPS Navigation
05-027 Marine Medical Kit
05-028 Overview of Survival in Extreme Environments
05-029 General Gear Selection - First Aid Kits, Packing and Outdoor Equipment
05-030 Fire Safety for Wildlands
05-031 Portable Ultrasound in Wilderness Medicine
05-032 GPS Navigation Techniques
05-034 Surviving an Air Crash
05-035 Medical Aspects of Flooding
05-036 Clothing for Desert Travel
05-037 Maritime Communications and Emergencies
Rescue and Evacuation
06-002 Avalanche Rescue
06-003 Critical Incident Management
06-004 Critical Incident Debriefing and Pshychology
06-005 Overview of Fire-Ground Rescue Operations
06-006 White Water Injuries and Rescue
06-007 Introduction to High Angle Rescue Operations
06-009 Transporting the Dead
06-010 Overview of Accidents and Rescue Operations in Mountaineering
06-011 Wilderness Rescue for Backcountry Travelers
06-012 Forensic Search and Rescue
06-013 Improvised Rescue Techniques
06-014 Maritime Medicine
06-015 Telemedicine in Extreme Environments
06-016 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Wilderness
06-017 Helicopter Rescue Operations
06-018 Snowmobile Rescue Techniques
06-019 Search and Rescue at Sea
06-020 Extended Rescues in the Wilderness
06-021 Roles of Medical Care Providers in Wilderness Medicine
06-022 Accident Prevention for the Wilderness Traveler
06-023 Decision Making and Safety in Wilderness Backcountry Travel
Sports Medicine and Physiology
07-003 Physiology of Heat Exchange
07-005 Injuries from Water-related Sports
07-006 Injuries from Climbing
07-007 Injuries from Skiing & Snow Boarding
07-008 Injuries from Mountain-Biking
07-009 Cognitive Impairment in High-Risk Wilderness Settings
07-011 Training for Wilderness Adventures
07-012 Medical and Safety Aspects of Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding
07-013 Injuries from Surfing and Windsurfing
07-014 Ocean Paddling Related Injuries
Preventive Medicine, Field Sanitation & Hygiene
08-003 Field latrines
08-004 Food Inspection and Preparation
General Environmental Medicine
09-008 Overview of Envenomations
09-015 Miscellaneous Insect Bites and Stings
09-016 Arachnid Bites and stings: Scorpions & Spiders
09-017 Killer Bees
09-018 Fire Ants
09-021 Venomous Snakes and Envenomation
09-022 Venomous Lizards and Envenomation
09-023 Medical Kits for Desert Travel
09-024 Special Heat Problems in Urban Settings
09-026 Jungle Medicine
09-028 Overview of Avalanche
09-029 Cold Weather Clothing Selection
09-030 Health Maintenance at Sea
09-031 Overview of Animal, Reptile, and Arthropod Attacks
09-032 Hypothermia and Cold Water Immersion
09-033 Overview of Heat and Solar Injuries
09-034 Cold Injuries in Children
09-035 Antivenins
09-036 Cold Physiology
09-037 Suffocation in Powder Snow
09-038 Overview of Medicine at Sea
09-039 Seasickness
09-040 Space Medicine
Improvised and Alternative Medicine
10-003 Overview of Primitive Medicine
10-004 Alternative Medicine Strategies and the Wilderness Traveler
10-005 Medicinal Plants
10-006 Clinical Hypnosis in the Wilderness
Disaster & Humanitarian Assistance
11-002 Refugee Planning and Management
11-004 Overview of Chemical Warfare Agents
11-005 Management of Radiologic Incidents and Casualties
11-006 National and International Relief Organizations
11-007 Overview of the National Disaster Management System
11-008 Camp Construction for Large Groups
11-009 Psycho-social responses to Disaster
11-010 Travel Medicine for Volunteer Physicians in Developing Countries
11-011 Fundamentals of Outbreak Investigation
11-012 Overview of Natural Disasters and Volunteering
11-013 Adapting to Isolation and Darkness
11-014 Mass Casualty Situations
11-015 Wilderness Emergencies and Group Decisions
Wilderness Emergencies and Trauma Management
12-006 Death & Dying
12-013 Wilderness Trauma and Creativity
12-018 Overview of Tactical Medical Support to Law Enforcement
12-019 Overview of Tactical Medical Support to Military Special Operations
12-020 Overview of Wilderness First Aid
12-023 Management of Cardiac & Pulmonary Emergencies in the Wilderness
12-028 Overuse Injuries in the Wilderness Setting
12-030 The Wilderness Poison Control Center
12-031 Overview of Anti-Venom
12-034 Stress and Panic Reactions in the Wilderness
12-035 Medical Emergencies at Sea
12-036 Hunting Injuries
12-037 Management of Ear, Nose and Throat Injuries and Conditions
12-038 Care of the Injured in the Wilderness for Extended Periods
12-039 Wilderness Medicine Case Scenarios
12-040 CPR in the Wilderness Environment
12-041 Field Management of Dislocations
12-042 Management of Diabetes in the Wilderness
12-043 Neurologic Conditions in the Wilderness
12-044 Management of the Acute Abdomen in the Wilderness
12-045 Use of Traction Splinting in the Wilderness
12-046 Management of Shock in the Wilderness
12-047 Intravenous Access in Austere Environments
12-048 Medicine in Austere Settings
12-049 Hemorrhage Control Techniques
12-050 Trauma and Hypothermia
12-051 Overview of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)
Wilderness Medicine Faculty Development
13-001 Excellence in Teaching
13-002 Fundamentals of Adult Learning Theory
13-003 Preparing Presentations
13-004 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
13-005 Curriculum Development
13-006 Feedback and Evaluation
13-007 Information Mastery in Medicine
13-008 Planning for Courses, Conferences and Seminars
13-009 Teaching One on One and Small Groups
13-010 Teaching Procedures
13-011 The Educator's Portfolio
13-012 Ambulatory & Bedside Teaching
13-013 Faculty Mentoring and Leadership
13-014 Managing Successful Meetings
13-015 Testing and Evaluation- Outcomes Assessment
Wilderness Medicine Research
14-001 Introduction to Research
14-002 Formulating the Research Question
14-003 Study Design
14-004 Fundamentals of Handling Data
14-005 Fundamentals of Epidemiology
14-006 Fundamentals of Statistical Applications
14-007 Ethics in Research
14-008 Funding, Grants and Resources
14-009 The Research Proposal
14-010 Writing for Publication
14-011 Presenting Research (Presentations & Posters)
14-012 Human and Animal Use Studies

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