Draft:College of Remote and Offshore Medicine: Difference between revisions

The '''College of Remote and Offshore Medicine''' is a higher education institute in Malta.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-18 |title=Pit Stop #61: College of Remote and Offshore Medicine |url=https://necheontheroad.com/2024/03/18/pit-stop-61-college-of-remote-and-offshore-medicine/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=NECHE on the Road |language=en-US}}</ref> It provides higher education courses and qualifications related to [[Rural health|remote]] and [[Wilderness medicine]].<ref name=":1" /> The college probably being best known for its work in the field of [[Prolonged field care|Prolonged Field Care]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laing |first=Simon |date=2023-12-14 |title=Caring in a Broken System – The Resus Room |url=https://www.theresusroom.co.uk/courses/caring-in-a-broken-system/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyle |first=Janet |date=2023-12-19 |title=Ambulance paramedics may get military training in ways to keep queuing patients alive |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/ambulance-training/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=The Sunday Post |language=en-US}}</ref> The College of Remote and Offshore Medicine (CoROM) Foundation was founded in 2016 as a non-profit higher education institution.<ref name=":1" /> It is based in Malta and accredited by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority to award undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malta Qualifications Database |url=http://qualifications.ncfhe.gov.mt/#/institutions?institution=MFHEA-ORG-011&search=true |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=qualifications.ncfhe.gov.mt}}</ref> The college is also accredited by the [[Wilderness Medical Society]] to run programmes which carry credit for the Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) qualification.,<ref>{{Cite web |title=College of Remote and Offshore Medicine WMS |url=https://wms.org/Organization?ID=63409 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=wms.org}}</ref> and by European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) when providing other educaitonal activities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Course |url=https://eaccme.uems.eu/course/19708 |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) |language=en-US}}</ref> The college is governed by a voluntary board of medical professionals (physicians, nurses and paramedics) and researchers from around the world.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Davis |first=David |date=2016-06-02 |title=Larrey Society—the global meeting place for paramedics |url=https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/ippr.2016.6.2.34 |journal=International Paramedic Practice |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=34–36 |doi=10.12968/ippr.2016.6.2.34}}</ref>