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<h1 style="color: #bd94ff;">Welcome to the World Academy for Endurance Medicine</h1>
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<p>The World Academy for Endurance Medicine objective is to upskill healthcare professionals overseeing medical support at World Athletics Label Road Races and other mass-participation endurance events through education and training around the world.</p>
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<h2 style="color: #bd94ff;">What is the World Academy for Endurance Medicine?</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br />The World Academy for Endurance Medicine aims to be a global leader in endurance and race emergency medicine.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was created in 2022 as a joint venture between the <strong>World Athletics Health &amp; Science Department</strong> and <strong>the International Institute for Race Medicine (IIRM)</strong>, its missions are to safeguard the health and well-being of athletes and to provide educational support to the medical road-running community.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Developed by experts from the field around the globe, the World Academy for Endurance Medicine offers a unique opportunity for healthcare professionals to deliver quality medical leadership at mass-participation endurance events by introducing them to standardised medical concepts, procedures, and protocols in race medicine. Education is provided through eLearning, courses and conferences.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The program has been implemented by more than <strong>200 mass-participation endurance events </strong>and has reached a cumulative audience of more than <strong>500 medical staff and volunteers.</strong></p>
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<h2 style="color: #bd94ff;">Who is it for?</h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Academy supports a community of:&nbsp;</p>
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<li style="list-style-type: disc;"><strong>Race Medical Directors of World Athletics Label Road Races</strong>&nbsp;<span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="text-indent: 0px;">&ndash; </span>certification is required every three years, provided at no cost, as part of their continuing medical education.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc;"><strong>Medical Directors, medical staff, and volunteers </strong>of mass-participation endurance races, spanning various sports such as running, cycling, triathlon...<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> </span>&ndash; <span style="text-indent: -18pt;">through enrolment in our <a href="https://worldathletics.org/waendurancemedicine/about/membership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">membership program</a>.</span></li>
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<h2 style="color: #bd94ff;">Join us!</h2>
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<p>Join the ever-growing global <a href="https://worldathletics.org/waendurancemedicine/about/membership" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>membership</strong></a> of the World Academy for Endurance Medicine and be part of a community dedicated to advancing standards in endurance medicine.</p>
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