Wellness & Wilderness Medicine

This Wilderness Medicine curriculum is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the comprehensive skills to be mentally, physically and emotionally prepared for effective practice in remote and challenging wilderness environments. The course objectives focus on foundational principles of wilderness medicine, and addresses the importance of health and wellness in a variety of wilderness medicine settings.

Topics include understanding and managing environmental influences, learning about strength and endurance training for outdoor adventures, maximizing diet and nutrition, minimizing stress, building leadership and team building skills and surviving unexpected situations with competence and efficiency. The curriculum aims to enhance healthcare professionals’ personal and professional wellbeing by providing information and skills that will help them make informed decisions, manage health risks effectively, and be competent leaders. Through a combination of theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice, the course will address the core components of resilience and how to prevent physical, mental and emotional exhaustion in stressful or austere situations, ultimately ensuring high standards of patient care and safety during outdoor adventures.

Course Topics

  • “Foundations of Wilderness Medicine: Core Concepts and Responsibilities for Healthcare Professionals in the Wild” 
  • “Interconnections of Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Human Health: Implications for Wilderness Medicine Providers” 
  • Conditioning for Wilderness and Outdoor Activities: Part 1 Aerobic Conditioning 
  • Conditioning for Wilderness and Outdoor Activities: Part 2 Strength Training 
  • “Essential Nutrition Strategies for Wilderness Expeditions: Managing Food, Diet, and Hydration for Optimal Emergency Response” 
  • Lower Extremity Injuries in Wilderness and Outdoor Activities 
  • “Optimizing Rest, Sleep, Recovery, and Rejuvenation: Essential Strategies for Enhancing Resilience and Response in Wilderness Medicine”
  • Stress Management: Essential Techniques for Reducing Stress and Enhancing Emergency Response in Remote Settings. 
  • “Beyond Survival: Fostering Teamwork, Human Connection, and Community Engagement in Wilderness Medicine” 
  • “Prepared to Explore and Prepared to Respond:  Essential Routines, Tips and Practical Skills for Successful Wilderness and Foreign Expeditions” 

This course will be applicable to the following medical professionals:

  • Specialty Physicians
  • Non-specialty Physicians
  • Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
  • Nurses
  • First Responders 
  • Wilderness and Emergency Medical Technicians
  • Paramedics 
  • Military medical personnel

CME Accreditation

Physician (MD,DO) & Advanced Practitioners (NP/PA) CME 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Wilderness Medical Society and MedTreks International. The Wilderness Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 The Wilderness Medical Society designates this hybrid activity for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All education content presented in this activity has been reviewed and validated as appropriate in keeping with sound scientific principles.
The faculty and staff involved with this hybrid activity have signed disclosure statements indicating they have no conflicts of interest or relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest with respect to this course content.

Nursing Continuing Education

All of our courses are approved for nursing continuing education. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP16597, for 12 contact hours”. 

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