ONLINE WILDERNESS MEDICINE
Welcome to the virtual, online courses offered by the Univeristy of Utah School of Medicine. You can be enrolled in two courses but earn three different certifications. The course dates officially are in September 2020, but you can begin to study anytime. Honors in Wilderness Medicine is not a course, but a separate certificate that you can earn in addition to the other certificates.
Courses
Internal Medicine 7983 - Advanced Wilderness Life Support
Internal Medicine 7982 - Backpacking Medicine
Certificates
Advanced Wilderness Life Support AWLS
Backpacking Medicine
Honors in Wilderness Medicine
AWLS - ADVANCED WILDERNESS LIFE SUPPORT- IntMed 7983
Welcome to the AWLS course.
Here are instructions on how to complete the course online and what you can expect.
You will pass the course by taking the AWLS exam and scoring a 50% or above. We want you to do some studying and have provided resources for you to do so. To earn the AWLS certificate, you must pass the certification exam with 70% or better. You will get two chances to pass the exam.
You can also earn a certificate in Honors in Wilderness Medicine by studying the related content and taking the exam. Again, you will pass with 70% or better. This is not a separate course.
Here is how you do this.
All off the resources are found at: Wild Med U
You can read which subjects are needed to pass each certification exam by navigating to the ‘Study Module’ icon on the web page. You can learn about the certifications by clicking on the Certification icon.
You can study for the AWLS and the Honors in Wilderness Medicine tests by doing any one or all of the following methods, depending on how you learn best:
1. Read the Textbooks: Navigate to Textbooks page and download the texts. They were just rewritten and are current and very accurate.
2. Listen to the Podcasts: Navigate to the Podcast icon. You can listen to the Podcasts on the subjects you want to study.
3. Learn from he Study Modules: Navigate to the Study Module page. Here you will find study modules on every subject in AWLS and Honors in Wilderness Medicine. The certifications exams take most of their questions from these Teaching Modules.
4. There will be Zoom lectures in the mornings beginning in September. A schedule will be given later.
You must watch the practical skills video. Pay attention and take notes. Questions will be taken from the video. it is in the video section on Wild Med U.
The AWLS certification exams will open up at 12:01 am September 1st and will be available until October 31at at 11:59 pm. The Honors in Wilderness Medicine exam is open all the time.
You will be allowed two attempts to take the certification exam. Tests questions are random with each exam, so no test is the same. A certificate with your name on it, will be provided to you online at the end of the exam.
Backpacking Medicine - IntMed 7982
Welcome to the Backpacking Medicine course.
Here are instructions on how to complete the course online and what you can expect.
You will pass the course by taking the Backpacking Medicine exam and scoring a 50% or above. We want you to do some studying and have provided resources for you to do so. To earn the Backpacking Medcine certificate, you must pass the certification exam with 70% or better. You will get two chances to pass the exam.
You can also earn a certificate in Honors in Wilderness Medicine by studying the related content and taking the exam. Again, you will pass with 70% or better. This is not a separate course.
Here is how you do this.
All of the resources are found at: Wild Med U
You can read which subjects are needed to pass each certification exam by navigating to the ‘Study Module’ icon on the web page. You can learn about the certifications by clicking on the Certification icon.
You can study for the Backpacking Medicine and the Honors in Wilderness Medicine tests by doing any one or all of the following methods, depending on how you learn best::
1. Read the Textbooks: Navigate to Textbooks page and download the texts. They were just rewritten and are current and very accurate.
2. Listen to the Podcasts: Navigate to the Podcast icon. You can listen to the Podcasts on the subjects you want to study.
3. Learn from the Study Modules: Navigate to the Study Module page. Here you will find Teaching Modules on every subject in AWLS and Honors in Wilderness Medicine. The certifications exams take most of their questions from these Teaching Modules.
4. There will be Zoom lectures in the mornings beginning in September. A schedule will be given later.
The Backpacking Medicine certification exams will open up at 12:01 am September 1st and will be available until October 31sth at 11:59 pm. The Honors in Wilderness Medicine exam is open all the time.
You will be allowed two attempts to take the certification exam. Tests questions are random with each exam, so no test is the same. A certificate with your name on it, will be provided to you online at the end of the exam.
