The Journal: Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
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"Wilderness
& Environmental Medicine is the leading
publication for cutting edge advances in the science and
practice of wilderness medicine." --Paul S.
Auerbach, MD
Opportunity to Publish
The Wilderness Medical Society invites submissions to our
journal Wilderness & Environmental
Medicine (WEM) from authors who want to take
advantage of our established publication's unique scope,
wide readership, and international recognition in the field
of wilderness medicine.
WEM is the quarterly medical journal
of the Society's peer-reviewed
publication dedicated to wilderness medicine topics. In
2008, WEM began its 17th year. Its audience is a diverse group of
medical and and allied health professionals who choose WEM as their primary wilderness medical resource.
WEM receives cutting edge manuscripts from around the globe.
Each is reviewed by a panel of the Journal's peer
reviewers. The Editorial Board represents an international
group of renowned experts whose focus is on the many aspects
of wilderness medicine. With its full-text online access, WEM is even more
accessible to its supportive readership and medical investigators.
This link will take you to Author
Instructions. You'll find descriptions
on manuscript categories, how to format your paper, what
goes on your title page, digital file requirements for
figures, and a copyright release form that is required prior
to publication.
When your manuscript is ready to submit
to Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, click here, then on the link for new authors.
WEM Web-based Manuscript
Submission and Peer Review
AllenTrack, our online submission and peer review program,
makes WEM journal more efficient, accommodating, and accessible to
authors and peer reviewers worldwide. We join many other
scientific journals in becoming all electronic – submitted,
reviewed, and edited in electronic formats. Online manuscript
submission and peer review streamlines the editorial
process and shorten publication time, making papers
in both electronic format and hardcopy format available much
more quickly to our worldwide readership.
Authors may continue to submit their papers to
Managing Editor Jonna Barry on CD or via email. Mail CD to Jonna Barry,
Editorial Office, 1505 N. Royer St., Colorado Springs, CO
80907 or send via email to jonna@wms.org.. The editorial staff will place the paper
into the online system so the authors still benefit from
its streamlined review an editorial process. Read the Author Instructions
before preparing, mailing or emailing your manuscript
WEM CME
Activity*
Beginning with WEM Vol. 18, No. 1,
one (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Continuing Medical Education Credit
is available to Wilderness Medical Society member physicians
for each of the three predetermined CME articles per issue.
To obtain your
CME credit, log-on to Members Only, use the CME link to the articles, follow the link to the
online questions, answer the questions correctly, and a CME
certificate will be presented at the end of the test that
you can print.
CMEs for Peer Reviewers
WEM is pleased to offer 3 category
one (1) CME PRA credits to our peer reviewers at the end
of the calendar year for each manuscript
reviewed.
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*Wilderness and
Environmental Medicine CME Activity
Objectives: After
evaluating a specific article published in Wilderness and
Environmental Medicine, participants in the Wilderness
Medical Society journal-based CME Program should be able to
demonstrate an increase in, or affirmation of, their
knowledge of wilderness medicine. Participants should be
able to evaluate the appropriateness of the information as
it applies to the provision of patient care or counseling.
Participants: This
program is designed for physicians caring for individuals
with wilderness medical problems or counseling patients
about avoiding wilderness-related health problems who wish
to advance their knowledge of wilderness medicine.
Credits: This activity has been
planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential
Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education through the sponsorship of the
Wilderness Medical Society. The Wilderness Medical Society
is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical
education for physicians. The Wilderness Medical Society
designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim
credit commensurate with the extent of their participation
in the activity.