​​We believe wilderness medicine should be taught by professional outdoor leaders, guides, and educators with medical training and field experience. Time spent outdoors leading trips develops judgment, which is essential to making sound medical and evacuation decisions.​ After participating in a rigorous selection process, WMTC instructors complete our 18-day Instructor Training Course and then enter an apprenticeship where they work individually with a senior instructor until they are ready to lead WMTC courses. WMTC instructors are adept at making complex topics digestible and leading their students through a progression that ultimately ends with mastery.