Advanced EM Workshops
Isabel Algaze Gonzalez, MD
University of California, Irvine
Disclosure Relationship(s): Nothing to disclose
Tracy Cushing, MD, MPH
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Disclosure Relationship(s): Nothing to disclose
Sanjey Gupta, MD
Northwell Health
N. Stuart Harris, MD, MFA
Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
Disclosure Relationship(s): Nothing to disclose
Henderson McGinnis, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Disclosure Relationship(s): Nothing to disclose
Christopher Peluso, DO, FAWM
University Hospitals,Cleveland Medical Center
Disclosure Relationship(s): Nothing to disclose
Walter Schrading, MD, FACEP, FAWM
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Disclosure Relationship(s): Nothing to disclose
Globalization has increased the ease of remote travel, the popularity of backcountry sports, the incidence of natural disasters due to climate change, and the need for humanitarian response to those disasters — leading to rising incidences of improvised medical care, which is the hallmark of wilderness medicine. Emergency physicians are uniquely equipped to provide this improvised medical care; consequently, wilderness medicine has become a robust academic subspecialty of emergency medicine. Participants in this workshop will be instructed on the fundamentals of wilderness medicine so they can effectively teach the subspecialty as well as provide care outside of an emergency department.
Sponsored by: Wilderness Medicine Interest Group.
Schedule:
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Welcome and Introduction: Introduction of Faculty & Participants, Outline of the Day
8:05 AM - 8:20 AM Principles of Academic Wilderness Medicine: Definition, History, and Academic Advancements
8:20 AM - 8:35 AM Research and Academic Production in Academic Wilderness Medicine: Outline of the Breadth and Opportunities of Wilderness Medicine and Academic Production
8:35 AM - 8:50 AM Wilderness Medicine Educational Curriculums & Implementation Process: Overview of Wilderness Medicine Educational Curriculums
8:50 AM - 9:20 AM Wilderness Educational Strategies: Beyond Powerpoint: Scenarios, Simulation, PBL, Games, Hands-on Demos, and More
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Break
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Foundations of Clinical Wilderness Medicine: Small Group Sessions
SESSION 1 (15 minutes each- pick 3/5):
•Medical Kits and Field Preparation (Problem Based Learning)
•Hypo/Hyperbaric Medicine (Hands-on Demo)
•Wilderness Mass Casualty (Group Based Learning)
10 Minute Break
SESSION 2 (15 minutes each- pick 3/5):
•Toxic Plant Ingestions (Group Based Learning)
•Envenomation: Reptile, Arachnid, and Marine (Game Based Learning)
•Wilderness Dermatology (Game Based Learning)
•Wilderness Infectious Disease (Problem Based Learning)
10 Minute Break
SESSION 3 Experiential Learning (15 minutes each- pick 4/5):
•Lifesaving ABCs in Austere Environments (Sim Models)
•Medical Device Improvisation
•Packaging and Evacuation
•Field Reduction and Splinting
•Basic Ropes and Knots
12:30 PM Break/ Grab Lunch Box
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Working Lunch: Panel Discussion of Potential Barriers and Solutions to Implementing WM Curriculums in Academic Institutions (All Faculty) Discuss steps required, potential barriers encountered, and potential solutions in the following areas at the designated tables. If you desire, you may split your time between two or more tables.
Table 1: Medical School
Table 2: Residency
Table 3: Fellowships
Table 4: Workshops & Conferences
Table 5: Wilderness Medicine Electives
Table 6: Simulation & Scenario-Based Learning Events
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM Wilderness Medicine Interactive Sessions: Groups of 4-6 will design a 20 minute teaching module on a WM topic of their choice. Teach it to another group and get feedback.
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Wrap Up and Evaluation