Academy of Wilderness
Medicine
A note from Academy Administration
01/10/2007:
The Wilderness Medical Society
and the Academy of Wilderness Medicine are pleased to announce
two exciting new changes to the Academy of Wilderness Medicine
program: the Experience
Report and Credit based on the Journal of Wilderness
and Environmental Medicine.
The
Experience Report
The Experience Report is the most significant addition
to the Academy since its introduction. Many candidates have
requested a way to count Wilderness Medical Experience other
than attendance at reviewed events. We have addressed this
need with the Experience Report, which reflects the candidate's
experience in the following six categories:
- Board Certification &
Conference Attendance
- Publishing & Research
- Volunteer Teaching
- Public Service
- Practice
- Service to WMS
Candidates must qualify
for 20-40 credits from the Experience Report. Like
the course credit submission forms, the Experience Report
is completed online, automatically calculates credits, and
reflects the totals on the Credit Status Report.
New Requirements
for the Core Curriculum
Since the Experience Report
counts for 20-40 credits towards the total of 100 credits
required for membership, the number of credits required
from the Core Curriculum have been adjusted. Candidates
must now complete a minimum of 55 to a maximum of 70 credits
from the list of "required" topics and earn a minimum of
5 to a maximum of 10 credits from the "elective" topics.
So the total credits earned towards the core curriculum
now total 60-80.
Grandfather
Clause
Any candidate who has already
accrued more than 80 Core-Curriculum credits by December
31, 2006 will not be penalized. Those candidates should
simply complete the Experience Report until they achieve
what remains to total 100 credits.
Journal-based
CME
The Wilderness Medical Society
is currently developing a system that will allow members
to receive CME credit for answering questions related to
articles in the Journal of Wilderness and Environmental
Medicine. These will count towards the Academy as well.
Implementation is planned for the first issue of 2007.
"What
do I do now?"
Log in to the Academy and
begin completing the Experience
Report!
