Description
The delivery of quality medical care in health systems with varying degrees of resources is the focus of the curriculum for the Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track. Training and experience above and beyond the standard medical school curriculum are necessary to produce physicians who have the confidence and skill to practice in the rural and remote regions of our country. Participants will be given a robust extracurricular education of procedural skills in medicine and surgery that will better prepare them for residency training and practice. The instruction format for this track is totally clinical, and will be taught by instructors with years of practical experience in the field. The track will also cover preventive medicine and public health subjects.
Physicians practicing in a rural or wilderness setting must be skilled in stabilizing and transporting critically ill and injured patients to urban medical centers. Much of the track material will cover life and limb threaten