INTMD 7983 (2023/2024)

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State: PUBLISHED

Course: INTMD 7983 - Wilderness Medicine - Advanced Wilderness Life Support

Description: This course will be a 2-week elective in which you can earn the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) certificate offered by the University of Utah School of Medicine. Session topics include wilderness patient assessment, hypothermia and hyperthermia, wilderness wound management, water treatment, HAPE, AMS, HACE, and other injuries and illnesses unique to the back country.

AWLS is the most important certification in wilderness medicine. It began at the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1997. Here is how you can study and earn this certificate.

7/2023 - 3/2024: Virtual Sections
This is an online course to study wilderness medicine and earn the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) certificate offered by the University of Utah School of Medicine. Students can begin this course at any time but will need to complete it before the section end date. See the AWLS website for further information on how to study for this online course. http://www.wildmedu.org

4/1/2024 - 4/14/2024: In Person Section
Practical skills are taught in Moab, Utah, or in Salt Lake City. Look at www.wildmedu.org and www.awlsmedstudents.org for course details

Department: Internal Medicine

Credit Range: 2 - 2

Academic Year: 2023/2024

Permission Required: No

School Years: MSIIIMSIV

Course Classifications: VIRTUALELECTIVE

Coordinator(s): Ingebretsen,Richard (DC) | richi47@comcast.net

Directors(s): Ingebretsen,Richard (DD) | richi47@comcast.net

Possible Grade(s): Fail (F)Incomplete (I)Pass (P)

Prerequisites: Phases 1 and 2

Add Policy: Course may be added to schedule by the start date.

Drop Policy: Course may be dropped from schedule 7 days after the course has started.

Syllabus: Click here to download syllabus.

Available Sections

Title	Tags	Year	Start/End	C	S	W
INTMD 7983 - Virtual Wilderness Med - AWLS	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	07/10/2023 - 07/23/2023	2	70	0
INTMD 7983 - Virtual Wilderness Med - AWLS	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	08/07/2023 - 08/20/2023	2	68	0
INTMD 7983 - Virtual Wilderness Med - AWLS	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	09/04/2023 - 09/17/2023	2	64	0
INTMD 7983 - Virtual Wilderness Med - AWLS	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	10/02/2023 - 10/15/2023	2	59	0
INTMD 7983 - Virtual Wilderness Med - AWLS	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	10/30/2023 - 11/12/2023	2	69	0
INTMD 7983 - Virtual Wilderness Med - AWLS	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	11/27/2023 - 12/10/2023	2	-4	0
INTMD 7983 - Wilderness Medicine - Advanced Wilderness Life Support	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	12/18/2023 - 12/31/2023	2	0	0
INTMD 7983 - Wilderness Medicine - Advanced Wilderness Life Support	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	01/01/2024 - 01/14/2024	2	0	0
INTMD 7983 - Virtual Wilderness Med - AWLS	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	01/08/2024 - 01/21/2024	2	12	0
INTMD 7983 - Virtual Wilderness Med - AWLS	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	02/05/2024 - 02/18/2024	2	21	0
INTMD 7983 - Virtual Wilderness Med - AWLS	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2023/2024	03/04/2024 - 03/17/2024	2	-24	3
INTMD 7983 - Wilderness Med - Adv Wilderness Life Support	ELECTIVE	2023/2024	04/01/2024 - 04/14/2024	2	72	0