Mission Statement

The purpose of the Wilderness Medical Society is to encourage, foster, support or conduct activities or programs concerned with life sciences, that can improve the scientific knowledge of the membership and the general public in matters related to wilderness environments and human activities in these environments.

The mission of the Wilderness Medical Society is to establish an organization composed of qualified physicians, allied health specialists, and other qualified individuals that will concern itself with matters related to wilderness medicine and the benefits, health, safety and medical care of the individual in the wilderness.

Our role in the Academic Health Center as part of a CHIP organization is to promote the missions of CHIP including:

To enable Academic Health Center students to form an interdisciplinary community that will foster continued teamwork as future health care professionals. CHIP and WHS does this by offering services programs and activities designed to complement and enhance the experience of the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center students.

Wilderness Health Society balances and integrates the CHIP mission with that of our national sponsors the Wilderness Medical Society.

Goals

The goal of the Wilderness Health Society at the University of Minnesota is to promote the missions of the Wilderness Medical Society and Center for Health Interdisciplinary Programs through education, outdoor experiential learning, and outdoor recreational activities.