The Magazine: Wilderness Medicine

Wilderness Medicine magazine is self-published by the Wilderness Medical Society. It features essays, humor, safety and fitness articles, personal experiences and travelogues, book reviews, and anecdotes as well as WMS news, announcements. Wilderness Medicine is intended to reach all members, including physicians, researchers, allied health professionals, and medical students. Wilderness Medicine magazine promotes and encourages active WMS membership involvement through the solicitation and publication of members’ articles, personal accounts, and photographs.

January, 2012

WMS members, friends and enthusiasts,

We are excited to bring you the latest issue of Wilderness Medicine magazine featuring …

  • Dr. James Raitt on the challenges of the African Medical and Research Foundation’s (AMREF) Flying Doctors of Africa
  • Up-close interview with the world-renown travel medicine expert, Dr. John Walden
  • A harrowing rescue operation in Dispatches from the Field
  • A new take on GORP by our nutrition expert, Katie Wewer
  • Plus, Footprints for Kids, Kindred Spirit updates, Book Reviews, and much more

Please click the links below to view the latest issue of Wilderness Medicine magazine, hot off the virtual press. You can view and/or print the magazine as a “flip book” or a simple PDF file. Check out our MOBILE version for viewing on mobile devices (yes, even IPads!).

Online Edition

Mobile Version

PDF Version (42 MB)

Please continue to send me your story ideas, letters, and feedback. We are honored to have Wilderness Medicine be the voice of the Society and the wilderness medicine community.

Christopher Van Tilburg, MD Editor-in-Chief, Wilderness Medicine
MagazineEditor@wms.org

Contact Editor Christopher Van Tilburg, MD or Managing Editor Jonna Barry to propose articles, book reviews, photographs or suggestions to help us make it your publication.

Contributor Guidelines

Book Review Guidelines

Mailing address: Jonna Barry, Editorial Office, 1505 No Royer St, Colorado Springs CO 80907. Phone: 719-330-7523. Fax 801-705-1483. jonna@wms.org

Advertising Rates and Specs

Permission to Republish. Contact Jonna Barry for permission to republish articles or excerpts from Wilderness Medicine magazine.

Back issues of WILDERNESS MEDICINE:

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 Fall, 2011
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 Summer, 2011
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