Individual Membership

Individual Membership in WADEM
A full membership in the World Association for Diaster and Emergency Medicine includes the following:

An annual print subscription to Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, WADEM’s academic journal (a $135 value),
An electronic copy of WADEM’s newsletters Insight and Nursing Insight sent to your email address,
Certificate of Membership,
Discounts on WADEM educational products such as the International Disaster Nursing textbook (due to be released in April 2010), and the WADEM-SEARO collaborative research book examining the health aspects of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (the book is currently in the initial review stages),
Registration discounts for the 17th WCDEM taking place in Beijing, China in 2011 and future WADEM congresses (for the 16th WCDEM,
members of WADEM received a $100 discount off the Congress registration),
Voting privileges on WADEM business matters and election of Board of Directors.

Annual fees pay for a 12 month membership in WADEM and are determined based on the member's annual income. Please see the table below to determine your membership rate. You can complete the WADEM Membership Application or WADEM Membership Brochure and mail or fax it to the WADEM International Office. Also, you can apply and pay online through WADEM's secure PayPal page by clicking on the links below.

Are you a member of a WADEM Affiliate Organization? Please visit the Affiliate Membership Discount page.

Category	Annual Membership Fee	Annual Income
Category 1	$150 USD	More than $40,000 USD
Category 2	$120 USD	Between $10,000 and $40,000 USD
Category 3	$90 USD	Less than $10,000 USD
Category 4	$50 USD	Limited, Electronic Membership

An electronic membership is available as an alternative to those who have limited resources such as students, retirees, and people in professional training programs. This limited, eletronic membership includes:

Certifcate of Membership,
Electronic access to Prehospital and Disaster Medicine,
Electronic access to WADEM's newsletters Insight and Nursing Insight,
Discounts on WADEM educational products such as the International Disaster Nursing textbook (due to be released in April 2010), and the WADEM-SEARO collaborative research book examining the health aspects of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (the book is currently in the initial review stages),
Registration discounts for the 17th WCDEM taking place in Beijing, China in 2011 and future WADEM congresses (for the 16th WCDEM, members of WADEM received a $100 discount off the Congress registration).

WADEM uses PayPal for Online Payment of Annual Membership Dues
You do not need a PayPal Account in order to remit payment.
You are able to simply pay with any of the credit cards listed below.

Select the Membership Category (based on your annual income from the table above)
from the Drop Down Menu and click on either the "Renew Membership" or "Join WADEM" button.
This will take you to WADEM's secure PayPal webpage.