Wilderness and Austere Medicine Fellowship
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Nick Daniel, MD
Nicholas.Daniel@hitchcock.org
The Wilderness and Austere Medicine (WAM) Fellowship at Dartmouth is a year-long training experience for physicians to develop clinical skills and leadership abilities in the diverse field of wilderness and austere medicine. Fellows will gain experience in providing high quality healthcare in resource limited settings in preparation for careers in wilderness medicine leadership positions. The fellowship is based at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, which is in a rural, mountainous area in western New Hampshire.
The WAM training program includes the following elements: prehospital experience with Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) faculty, hands on wilderness medical and rescue training, US training for austere settings, academic style didactics, research, teaching, and technical training in outdoor adventure activities.
Wilderness and austere medicine includes:
- Dive medicine
- Endurance racing medicine
- Expedition medicine
- High-altitude medicine
- Search and rescue
- Shipboard medicine
- Medicine in resource-limited settings both domestically and in the developing world
Applicants must be board certified or board eligible in emergency medicine and able to hold a license to practice emergency medicine in New Hampshire.
Fellowship benefits include:
- A salary
- Employee benefits, including including health insurance, disability insurance, retirement, CME, and paid vacation
- Clinical responsibilities
- $3000 CME budget
- Membership in WMS and 1 additional national organization
Information regarding additional fellowship opportunities, field opportunities and affiliations for this program is available on the program website.
To apply, email the following information to Anne E Hill by September 13, 2024:
- Curriculum vitae
- Personal statement that includes a paragraph on why you are interested in Wilderness Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
- Two letters of recommendation
Selected applicants will be invited to complete a personal interview.
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