Start: 15th February 2017, Big Sky, MT, USA.
The course is an advanced level intensive and hands-on training taught by leaders in Wilderness Medicine including Howard Donner, MD, Eric Weiss, MD, Sheryl Olson, RN/BSN. Students will learn practical techniques and practice them in mock scenarios. Advanced Wilderness & Expedition Provider is a comprehensive course leading to AWEP Certification.
It is designed to prepare physicians and other health care providers with an extensive background in key topics and practical skills needed to become a competent expedition, wilderness, or Search and Rescue Medical Provider. The course requires many important practical skills modules and also a testing of competency by a certification exam. The topics in this course are also relevant for many human disaster areas when hospital based care may be distant or lacking.
The course is a special pre-conference workshop and part of the National Conference on Wilderness Medicine.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Dates:
Course tuition: $495 AWEP Certification is good for 4 years and is the highest wilderness medicine certification offered. |
Find more information on the course here.
You can find the the programme of the National Conference on Wilderness Medicine here.
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