The future for running medicine

The objectives of the Academy are to:

- advance scientific knowledge in the field of endurance medicine,

- provide training opportunities for the healthcare staff involved in endurance mass participation events,

- generate new scientific evidence that will support best medical practices in endurance emergency medicine,

- support research by providing grants and scholarships for researchers working in the field of endurance medicine.

The longstanding and successful relationship between AIMS and IIRM will greatly benefit from this recent development, as the World Academy for Endurance Medicine strives to further expand its impact to a global scale, serving the needs of race organisers worldwide. Such development will lead to a natural transition for the World Academy for Endurance Medicine to be the medical partner of AIMS, replacing IIRM.

In terms of governance the World Academy of Endurance Medicine has an international Expert and Advisory Board (https://worldathletics.org/waendurancemedicine/about/expert-and-advisory-board) of renowned race medical directors and scientists which is leading the organization and identifying its educational objectives.

The new body will continue to support AIMS events and provide the scientific and medical knowledge to the AIMS community. We hope this natural evolution will allow collaboration to continue through the World Academy for Endurance Medicine.