Wilderness Medical Society
2150 E 1300 S,
Suite 500
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
(801) 990-2988
(801) 990-2987
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What's New
12/26/2008
New wilderness medicine elective for medical students... in Las Vegas!
12/20/2008
Happy Holidays from the WMS!
Hopefully we're all getting a much needed break away from classes and
rotations.
Congratulations
to those of you who participated in the military match this past week!
Newsletter: A new Cliff Notes (quarterly student newsletter) has been posted to the website. The wilderness medicine section in ACEP released its own quarterly newsletter this month which can be viewed here.
Student leadership: For those of you who applied for the position of Associate Student Representative, the results will be announced soon! Stay tuned for further leadership opportunities on one of our Committees as several of the chairs will be graduating this year.
SIG of the Quarter: LMU- Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine! Go to the SIG Resources page for more information. (Shae and Gina with their dog, Merckx, right)
Facebook: Our group is up to 253 members! Keep spreading the word. There is a new event page for the two main wilderness medicine conferences this winter (Big Sky, MT and Park City, UT). If you plan on attending, drop a note on the event wall so we can plan some student/resident activities.
Electives: A new elective opportunity was just added by Wilderness Medical Associates- Canada. Additionally, the UMASS and WMS electives are full but there are still spots available for courses through NOLS/HAEMR, Utah, and Cornell... all in April. The ever-popular Big Sky rotation is full for this year and next, but Dr. Jeff Daniel's is currently accepting applications for the 2010-2011 academic year. See the WM Electives page for more information.
Fellowships: Stanford and the University of Utah have traditionally offered the only fellowships available in wilderness medicine. As of this past year, however, fellowship opportunities have doubled. Check out these press releases from Harvard and UCSF Fresno for further details. Information on all fellowship programs can be found on the elective page towards the bottom.
New WMS website: The WMS recently updated the layout of their website (see picture below). There is also a new blog which isn't very active at the moment but has great potential. The "educational materials" and "speakers bureau" tabs should come online soon.
If you browse our own website you'll see that it has been updated as well (I didn't want to study for Step 2 anyways)
Please check out the list of current SIGs on the SIG Resources page. If your school's information is out of date, or missing altogether, please let us know. And as always, if you have any stories/pictures you would like to see on the website, or any ideas in general, please send them our way. Thanks.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
9/2/2008
Quite a bit has happened over the past two months. Many of us met up at the 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Snowmass, CO this past July (see picture) and had a great time! Check out the calendar for any upcoming events, including the 2nd Annual Southeastern Conference at UNC from March 28-29th 2009.
A new Cliff Notes (quarterly newsletter) has been posted on the website. Check it out!
Applications are now being accepted for the Associated Student Representative! They are due via email by Friday, 9/26/08. Check out the Cliff Notes for more information. You can download the MS word version here.
Upcoming Events:
9/26: Associate Student Rep
applications due
9/27: Northeast MedWar Race
10/11: Midwest MedWar Race
10/27-30: ACEP Scientific
Assembly- Chicago, IL
10/26-30: ACOEP Scientific
Seminar- Las Vegas, NV
11/1-4: WMS Hawaii
Our Facebook group has reached 160 members... join today!
7/1/2008
There is an opportunity to do research in Nepal this Fall with Allison Mulcahy, a 3rd year EM resident at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. Please see the posting on Facebook and the Google group for more information.
6/28/2008
Check out the recent Cliff Notes from Stephanie Lareau, the WMS Student Representative for the 2008-2009 academic year!
6/15/2008
We recently created a SIG "group page" on Facebook© to provide an outlet for students to meet and discuss all aspects of wilderness medicine. Attending an upcoming conference? Scheduled for a student elective? Planning something special with your SIG? Join the group and tell us about it! This will also serve as the SIG photo album for future events.
Is your SIG registered with the WMS? Check out SIG resources for an updated list of all current SIGs!
Last updated 12/20/08