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Senior Wilderness Medicine and Rescue and Outdoor Recreation Management major Peter Wallace found a new passion at Lees-McRae

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The Flat-Pack Problem: How the Default 5-Year Wilderness Medicine Route Stalls Innovation - One Student’s Outdoor Recreation Shortcut Achieved Licensure in 4 Years

The 2025 cohort analysis shows the accelerated four-year pathway that blends year-round guided hikes at Wildcat Hills with intensive classroom and on-site clinics lets students like Peter Wallace earn wilderness medicine licensure a year early. Leveraging Outdoor Recreation as a Training Engine Key Takeaways * Year-round hikes sharpen decision-making. * Environmental physiology