Course Dates

Saturday, October 19, 2024 to Saturday, October 26, 2024
 

Course Dates

Saturday, October 19, 2024 to Saturday, October 26, 2024
 
 

Cost and Options

Price: 
$2,475.00
 
Cost and Options Details: 

Price is for double occupancy lodging. Email josh@tahoewildernessmedicine.com with questions and other lodging options.

 

Course Location

 

Target Audience

Physicians and other medical professionals who engage in wilderness activities, who counsel individuals who take part in such activities, or who are likely to encounter illness or injury in remote or resource-limited settings.

 

CME Information

The Wilderness Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Up to 13 hours California Continuing Education credits are available for Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics.

CME Surf Camp, Playa Venao, Panama!

Learn to surf with patient instructors, or tour the best breaks with local guides. Both options are included in the course price! Join us and our hosts at Beach Break Surf Camp and Hotel for a laid back surf town getaway. Enjoy 85 degree water, 85 degree air, and a local vibe that's like Hawaii before the crowds arrived. Surf, snorkel, stand-up paddle, hike, or just relax on the beach,and earn CME as you go. This course is limited to 10 spots!
 

Surf and relax in paradise, and earn CME while you do it!

Pre-conference Day: Arrive at the Panama City airport and spend a restful night in the Riande Aeropuerto Hotel in Panama City. We can assist you with hotel and beach shuttle arrangements.

Day 1:  After breakfast, relax in your private shuttle to Paradise! Arrive at Beach Break Surf Camp in time for an afternoon surf session. Playa Venao is a crescent shaped beach with several different breaks for all levels of experience.  If you don’t bring a surfboard, no worries! Beach Break has a nice quiver of boards for you to choose from.  Unlimited board rentals, surf photography and videography, surf lessons or surf tour guidance and breakfasts are all included. Top the night off with a welcome dinner at Beach Break’s open-air beachfront restaurant.

Day 2: Coffee, breakfast, and a morning surf session (in no particular order) is followed by a mid-morning Surf Fitness Class lead by John Boyle, Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, retired pro MMA fighter, and lifelong surfer. Focused on surf-oriented functional movement, the class will give you the tools to continue strengthening and maintain a routine when you get back home. 

Day 3: Another day in the life! Today we set you up with an adventure that few get to experience - a “secret spot” near Playa Venao. The trip will include your transport, boards, sandwiches, snacks, water, and guide. This is what surf travel is all about; the search for an unforgettable experience that will leave you buzzing!

Day 4: Enjoy a day with no set plans. We can set you up with fishing trips, snorkeling, SUP mangrove tours, waterfall hikes, and more. Or, take an extra nap and surf session, read a book and relax; you’re in Playa Venao! Are you ready to tackle a more challenging break? Prefer to take it easy on the low rollers and a long board? Or is it time for a rum drink or two?

Day 5: Another day in Paradise enjoying all that our retreat has to offer.

Day 6: Soak up your last full day at the beach, then celebrate a week of unforgettable experiences with an evening bonfire and BBQ, in the company of new friends and the whole Beach Break staff.

Post-conference Day 1: Sneak in one last surf session in the morning before your private transportation back to Panama City. You'll hate to go, but we'll shuttle you back to Panama City to continue your journey home. Spend the night in Old Town Panama City (Casco Viejo) to spend the next day exploring, or stay at the Riande Hotel before an early flight home.

Post-conference Day 2: Fly home in the morning after a night at the Riande Aeropuerto Hotel, or explore Casco Viejo, the Panama Canal, the Frank Gehry Biomuseo, and catch an evening flight.

What's Included:

  • Accommodations: Six nights at Beach Break Surf Camp, Playa Venao.
  • Food and Drink: All breakfasts in Playa Venao, Welcome Dinner at Beach Breaks, farewell BBQ, discounts on local restaurants while at the beach.
  • Activities: unlimited surf classes/guidance, unlimited board rentals, a tour to our “secret spot,” waterfall hikes, a mangrove SUP tour, daily Surf Fitness Classes, trip photography and videography.
  • up to 13 hours of AMA Category 1 Continuing Medical Education credits

What's Not Included:

  • Airfare
  • Pre- and post-conference hotel nights (we can assist with reservations)
  • Shuttles to and from Playa Venao (we can assist with reservations)
  • Lunches and some dinners
  • Extra adventures such as fishing and kayak tours

Learn practical wilderness medicine skills in an outdoor environment

Through lectures, hands-on sessions, and scenarios, you will enhance your medical training and learn to apply your medical knowledge to the outdoor environment.CME classes will happen in both morning and evening sessions. The hands on practice and scenarios will occur throughout the course at a variety of times appropriate to the scenario and the days activity.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

Introduction to Wilderness Medicine

  • Wilderness Patient Assessment
  • Heat Related Illness
  • Lightning Injuries
  • Wound Management and Burns
  • Drowning/Submersion/Dive Injuries
  • Bites, Stings, Animal Attacks
  • Cold Related Illness
  • Wilderness Trauma - Case Based Workshop

Educational Objectives

After attending this conference, the participants will be able to:

  • Demonstrate increased awareness of medical problems unique to the wilderness and austere environments
  • Prevent, diagnose and manage illnesses or injuries in the wilderness and/or remote location
  • Promote increased awareness of safety and accident prevention in wilderness surroundings

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Wilderness Medical Society and Tahoe Wilderness Medicine, LLC. The Wilderness Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Tahoe Wilderness Medicine, LLC reserves the right to change or substitute course faculty without advance or prior notice to participants.

All educational content presented in this activity has been reviewed and validated as appropriate in keeping with sound scientific principles.

 

Faculty

Josh Dubansky
Curriculum Director, Marketing Director - MD, FACEP, DiMM
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Josh Dubansky is a board certified emergency medicine physician at a busy tertiary care and trauma center, and is Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada School of Medicine (UNSOM). Dr. Dubansky received his medical degree from the University of Maryland, then trained in Emergency Medicine at UCSF-Fresno. There, he created and completed an Area of Concentration in Wilderness Medical Education, designed and implemented EMS field scenarios and mass casualty drills, and lectured extensively to medical students, EMTs, nurses, physicians, and National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service Rangers, and researched and wrote National Park Service EMS protocols as part of the ParkMedic and Wilderness Medicine Programs. He also helped design and implement a Tactical Medicine program for the U.S. Forest Service. Dr. Dubansky has taught for or helped run numerous outdoor programs, including NOLS, Cal Adventures at U.C. Berkeley, Cornell University Outdoor Education, California Canoe and Kayak, ARTA River Trips, Healing Waters San Francisco, and Boardsports Kiteboarding. He also spends time as a ski clinic physician and as a National Ski Patrol volunteer physician. He is a Wilderness Medical Society Fellowship Candidate and WMS DiMM Graduate.

Faculty Disclosure

None of the faculty/planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.