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EM PGY-1
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Wilderness Medicine affords the opportunity to combine passion for the outdoors with passion for medicine. Many people pursue wilderness medicine to be better equipped to use their medical training and expertise in medical situations they may encounter outside the hospital such as fishing, backpacking, mountain biking, etc. Others apply the training in lower resource settings on medical service trips abroad. Some make it a significant part of their career in medicine. It also provides an excellent teaching platform (ex. making the physiology of altitude more interesting). WM can provide opportunities for team building exercise through scenario-based training in medical school or residency. Some medical schools and residency programs have wilderness medicine built into the curriculum, but many do not. This blog entry aims to provide a primer of ways to explore an interest in wilderness medicine.
