Medical Student Rotations in Wilderness Medicine

Below is a list of available medical student rotations specific to Wilderness Medicine. To submit updates or new program opportunities, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page.

 

Carolina Wilderness EMS ExternshipLength: Four weeks
Approximate dates: September medical school block annually
Location: Burke County, North Carolina
Offered through: Hawk Ventures, in collaboration with Burke County EMS, Western Piedmont Community College, Carolinas HealthCare System-Blue Ridge, and Wake Forest University
Cornell Wilderness & Environmental MedicineLength: Four weeks
Approximate dates: Spring and fall
Location: Didactic portion held in NYC and field portion varies per year
Offered through: New York-Presbyterian Hospital Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Cornell Outdoor Education  
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Wilderness Medicine ElectiveLength: Two weeks
Offered through: Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Duke Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine ElectiveLength: Four weeks
Offered through: Duke Anesthesiology
Icahn Wilderness Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital

Length: Two weeks
Location: NYC
Dates: Summer/Fall
Offered through: Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine

Indian Health ServiceLength: Varies
Approximate dates: Opportunities throughout the year
Location: Multiple locations including Alaska, Arizona, California, Oklahoma, Oregon, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Tennessee
Maine Medical Center Wilderness Medicine ElectiveStart date: September
Length: Four weeks
Location: Portland Maine, Baxter State Park (Mount Katahdin), remote northern Maine wilderness
Offered through: Maine Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine
Medicine in the WildLength: Four weeks
Approximate dates: April/May
Location: New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness
Offered through: NOLS and Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency
Medical Student MissionsLength: One week
Location: Rural Haiti
Approximate Dates: December, February, June
Offered through: Medical Student Missions
UC San Diego Medicine in the Wild: A Fourth-Year Student Clerkship in Emergency and Wilderness MedicineLength: Four weeks
Offered through: UC San Diego School of Medicine
UC San Diego Sub-internship in Diving and Hyperbaric MedicineLength: Four weeks
Offered through: UC San Diego School of Medicine
University of Arizona Tucson Wilderness Medicine & Advanced Wilderness Life SupportLength: Two weeks
Dates: Spring
Offered through: University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson 
University of Michigan Wilderness Medicine MS4 ElectiveLength: Two weeks
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Dates: September
Offered through: University of Michigan
University of Colorado Climate MedicineLength: Two weeks
Approximate Dates: Late Winter/Early Spring
Offered through: University of Colorado
Wilderness and Austere Medicine ElectiveLength: Four weeks
Approximate dates: March/April
Location: New Mexico
Offered through: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Wilderness and Environmental Medicine ElectiveLength: Four weeks
Approximate dates: February
Location: New Castle, VA
Offered through: WMS and Virginia Tech
Wilderness and Environmental Medicine ElectiveLength: Four weeks
Approximate dates: April
Location: Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center, Breckenridge, CO
Offered through: WMS and Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Wilderness MedicineLength: Two weeks
Approximate dates: Spring
Location: Reno
Offered through: University of Nevada School of Medicine
Wilderness Medicine: Advanced Wilderness Life SupportLength: Two weeks
Approximate dates: April
Location: Salt Lake City and Moab, Utah
Offered through: University of Utah School of Medicine
Other: elective geared towards medical students aiming for AWLS certification
Wilderness Medicine ElectiveLength: Four weeks
Approximate dates: April
Location: South and North Carolina
Offered through: University of South Carolina
Wilderness Medicine ElectiveLength: Two weeks
Approximate dates: Varies
Location: Various locations in North America
Offered through: Wilderness Medical Associates
Wilderness Medicine Elective
**Available for first- and second-year medical students
Length: Nine weeks
Dates: Fall and Spring
Offered through: SCSD and Torrey Pines
Wilderness Medicine ElectiveLength: Two weeks
Dates: Varies
Location: Fresno and Yosemite
Offered through: Wilderness Medicine Associates International
Wilderness Medicine ImmersionLength: Two weeks
Approximate dates: Summer/Fall
Location: Fresno and Yosemite
Offered through: UCSF Fresno
Zucker SOM Hofstra/Northwell Wilderness Emergency Medicine ElectiveLength: Two weeks

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