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Wilderness
Medical Society
Combining your profession with your passion.TM
The
Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) is the world's leading
organization of medical professionals dedicated to advancing
clinical practice, research, and education in wilderness
medicine.
What distinguishes WMS from other organizations?
- Integrates the science of medicine with
the challenges of limited technological resources, remote
locations, and extreme climates
- Supports an environmental council and
student interest groups around the globe
- Awards research grants in the field of
wilderness medicine
- Engages in community outreach
- Publishes a quarterly journal and
newsletter, a book of practice guidelines for wilderness
emergency care, and an 11-topic educational lecture series
- Provides a unique opportunity to
develop relationships with other practitioners and
researchers in wilderness medicine
- Provides an optional opportunity to
work toward a Fellowship in the Academy Wilderness
Medicine (FAWM)
- Classified as a 501(c)3 tax deductible
organization, designating it a public charity for the
public good with a responsibility to educate and serve the
public
Member benefits
- The quarterly journal, Wilderness &
Environmental Medicine.
- The quarterly newsletter, Wilderness
Medicine
- Practice Guidelines for Wilderness
Emergency Care is included in your new member packet
- Advance notices on upcoming CME
conferences in wilderness medicine
- Member discounts on WMS-sponsored CME
conferences
- Valuable discounts on merchandise in
the WMS online store and during WMS conferences
- Invitations to special networking and
fundraising events
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