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Stephanie A Lareau1, Michael J Caudell2, Kiran B Pandit3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA (Drs Lareau and Caudell); Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Tech-Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA (Dr Lareau).
Abstract:
Wilderness medicine has been a part of medical student education for many years and is becoming more popular. To help standardize and improve the student experience, we surveyed current elective directors to gain an understanding of what experts in the field thought were priority elements in a wilderness medicine elective. Although there is a diversity of opinion among leaders in the field, there are multiple topics on which there is concordance on inclusion or exclusion.
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