Wilderness Medicine Interest Group

Mission

The Wilderness Medicine Interest Group is a student organization at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill which has been founded for the purpose of exposing and educating students to the specialty of wilderness medicine. Our objectives are to equip students with the necessary skills to practice medicine where access to care is limited.

What is Wilderness Medicine?

Wilderness medicine focuses on medical problems and treatment in remote environments. It includes aspects of physiology, clinical medicine, preventive medicine, disaster relife, and public health. While wilderness medicine shares many interests and methods with other specialties such as sports medicine and emergency medicine, it incorporates a unique spectrum of topics and distinctive perspective that validate it as an individual field of study.

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INTERNET RESOURCES

Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine www.appwildmed.org

Nantahala Outdoor Center: www.nocweb.com

SOLO (Stonehearth Outdoor Learning Opportunities): www.stonehearth.com

Wilderness EMS Institute: www.wemsi.on.ca

Wilderness Medical Society: www.wms.org

Wilderness Medicine Outfitters: www.wildernessmedicine.com

WMSociety Student Groups: www.wms.org/studentgroups/indes.htm

Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA): www.wildmed.com

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Maintained By Pai Liu, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
WMIG is a student interest group affiliated with the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine.