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 Externship | Length: 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 Medicine | Length: Two weeks Approximate dates: September Location: Didactic portion held in NYC and field portion varies per year; typically Adirondack Mountains Offered through: New York-Presbyterian Hospital Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Cornell Outdoor Education |
| Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Wilderness Medicine Elective | Length: Two weeks Offered through: Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine |
| Duke Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Elective | Length: Four weeks Offered through: Duke Anesthesiology |
| Icahn Wilderness Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital | Length: Two weeks |
| Indian Health Service | Length: 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 Elective | Start 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 Wild | Length: Four weeks Approximate dates: April/May Location: New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness Offered through: NOLS and Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency |
| Medical Student Missions | Length: 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 Medicine | Length: Four weeks Offered through: UC San Diego School of Medicine |
| UC San Diego Sub-internship in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine | Length: Four weeks Offered through: UC San Diego School of Medicine |
| University of Arizona Tucson Wilderness Medicine & Advanced Wilderness Life Support | Length: Two weeks Dates: Spring Offered through: University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson |
| University of Michigan Wilderness Medicine MS4 Elective | Length: Two weeks Location: Ann Arbor, MI Dates: September Offered through: University of Michigan |
| University of Colorado Climate Medicine | Length: Two weeks Approximate Dates: Late Winter/Early Spring Offered through: University of Colorado |
| Wilderness and Austere Medicine Elective | Length: Four weeks Approximate dates: March/April Location: New Mexico Offered through: University of New Mexico School of Medicine |
| Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Elective | Length: Four weeks Approximate dates: February Location: New Castle, VA Offered through: WMS and Virginia Tech |
| Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Elective | Length: 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 Medicine | Length: Two weeks Approximate dates: Spring Location: Reno Offered through: University of Nevada School of Medicine |
| Wilderness Medicine: Advanced Wilderness Life Support | Length: 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 Elective | Length: Four weeks Approximate dates: April Location: South and North Carolina Offered through: University of South Carolina |
| Wilderness Medicine Elective | Length: 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 Elective | Length: Two weeks Dates: Varies Location: Fresno and Yosemite Offered through: Wilderness Medicine Associates International |
| Wilderness Medicine Immersion | Length: Two weeks Approximate dates: Summer/Fall Location: Fresno and Yosemite Offered through: UCSF Fresno |
| Zucker SOM Hofstra/Northwell Wilderness Emergency Medicine Elective | Length: Two weeks |