Call of the wild: creating a formal wilderness medicine elective for Canadian pre-clerkship medical students

Geordon Omand; Katie Gourlay; Michael Zeeman; Michael Pietrosanu; David Jerome

doi:10.36834/cmej.75137

Call of the wild: creating a formal wilderness medicine elective for Canadian pre-clerkship medical students

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Geordon Omand University of Alberta https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3362-6619
Katie Gourlay University of Alberta https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0419-9873
Michael Zeeman University of Alberta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-5831
Michael Pietrosanu University of Alberta
David Jerome University of Alberta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1831-4273

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https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.75137

Abstract

Implication Statement

Wilderness medicine education is interesting to medical students, yet not widely implemented in Canadian medical curricula. We describe a curriculum for a pre-clerkship wilderness medicine elective at a Canadian medical school. Our study reports increased student awareness of career opportunities in wilderness medicine after elective completion, and interest in hands-on learning for wilderness medicine topics. Medical schools may benefit from incorporating feedback from our elective towards a successful wilderness medicine curriculum in their own programs.

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2022-09-12

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Omand G, Gourlay K, Zeeman M, Pietrosanu M, Jerome D. Call of the wild: creating a formal wilderness medicine elective for Canadian pre-clerkship medical students. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 12 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];14(3):111-2. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/75137

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2023)

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