Course Registration Form (In-person & Hybrid Classes)

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Note: After submitting the Registration form, please complete the next steps outlined below.

Step 1: Verify that Questions Above Disappeared

Once you 'Submit' the form above, it should disappear with a message saying the form successfully submitted. If it didn't go through, please ensure all red asterisk* questions are answered, and click the submit button again until the questionnaire disappears.

Step 2: Payment

Please first decide your payment amount. Note: a step that follows enables you to order a paper textbook (+$20) or e-book (+$15) -- your choice.

Options:

Early Bird Option: $295 (choose if 30+ days before in-person or hybrid SSW class)

Regular Option: $345 (choose if less than 30 days before in-person or hybrid SSW class)

Family Preparedness Special: $100 off for teenagers if one of their parents attends at a rate listed above.

  • Each person registers separately. Then, parent:  If paying by check, Venmo, or PayPal, just pay the total appropriate amount; if paying by charge card, please pay below for your spot, then give us authorization here to add a charge to your card for your child(ren) at $100 off per child.

Advanced WFA Part II course registrants only: This class only includes an exciting night-time team rescue scenario and has significantly higher expenses. Happily, there's free camping on-site with nice bathrooms & showers. The fee is $70 more than the dtWFA course amounts noted above ($365 if paid more than 30 days in advance, $415 if paid 30 days or less). If you choose to pay by charge card below, please click on the Early Bird or Regular option, and we will increase the amount that actually gets charged by $70 (we give you textbook in class), or $79 if you want the AWFA Part II textbook mailed to you for advance study. If you choose a different means of payment, please be sure to include the $70 to $79 AWFA Part II supplement.

Payment Options

Venmo: Send to @MEDIC or Matthew Rosefsky (include the space between Matthew and Rosefsky); blue & green MEDIC symbol should appear.
If Venmo asks: last 4 digits of phone number are 8733.
If you choose the option to add Insurance, please add $10 to the total.
When finished with Venmo, continue with steps #3 & #4 below.

PayPal: Please choose "Friends and Family" option if your account has it (then we won't lose a commission to PayPal) and send to medicwfa (at) gmail (d0t) com
  • Pre-existing Special Deals: add $7 if you don't see the "Friends & Family" option when you are in the PayPal send-money area.
If you choose the option to add Insurance, please add $10 to the total.
When finished with Paypal, continue with steps #3 & #4 below.

Check / Money Order: Make the check/money order out to "MEDIC" and mail to: MEDIC, 351 10th Street NW, Charlottesville, VA 22903
When finished check writing, continue with steps #3 & #4 below.

Click the appropriate button:

Early Bird Option: $295 (choose if 30+ days before in-person or hybrid SSW class)


Regular Option: $345 (choose if less than 30 days before in-person or hybrid SSW class)

Pre-existing Special Deals: add $9 convenience fee and call to use charge card.

 When finished with charge card, continue with steps #3 & #4 below.

Please contact us to request a flexible payment option.

All-in-person Courses:

  • 100% Refund: within 24.0 hours of paying (and at least 72 hours before class) initiate your refund request here.
  • We welcome swaps & transfers; details here.
  • Not refundable after 24.0 hours, however we welcome swaps & transfers; details here. Initiate an In-Person transfer request here.

Hybrid Courses:

  • All-online and Hybrid course fees are non-refundable and not swappable to another person, sorry.
  • We welcome you to transfer to a different SSW date or transfer to an all-in-person course; details here. Initiate a Hybrid transfer request here.

Step 3: Forms and Textbook (required next steps to take now)

  • If you will be under age 18 at class time (note: focused teenagers with solid attention spans are very welcome) please print this form, the under-18 person signs page 1, a parent/guardian signs page 2, and bring the completed form to class -- required to attend.
  • Download this PDF document for course timing, to understand the critically-important multi-step safety check-in procedure upon arrival, for what to bring, etc.
    Please be advised that in class, you will need to sign page 1 of this form. We will provide the paper form for you in class.
  • Textbook (fifth edition): SOLO HQ requires each participant to please use one of these two links to purchase an e-book or paperback book on Amazon. If you want paperback but Amazon won't deliver in time, contact us. Please note: The e-book "is a fixed format book, it is not recommended for phones or small tablets," and we ask everyone to have their devices turned off during class so as not to disturb students sitting adjacent nor distract the instructor (though laptop and large tablet computers are welcome in class, if disconnected from wifi and cellphone signals). One can hand-write notes in the paperback version.

NOTE: prior students wrote:

"Encourage reading material before class. So much material to cover and absorb, having read first would have helped."

"Insist that everyone study the book prior to taking the course. I did + it really helped."

  • As soon as possible, submit this Participant Agreement (required to start your online learning). If you are under age 18, please sign page 1, your parent / legal guardian signs page 2. Please scan or take a very-clear-photo of the entire page and email to: ops (at) solowfa (d0t) com , with Subject Line = "Participant Agreement - Your Name" OR mail to: MEDIC, 351 10th Street NW, Charlottesville, VA 22903
  • Already have the SOLO Field Guide to Wilderness First Aid textbook (any version)? Great, you're all set.
  • Purchase options:
    • 1st choice: paperback book on Amazon.
    • 2nd choice: e-book on Amazon. Note: the e-book is a fixed format book, it is not recommended for phones or small tablets. Also, paperback book is recommended if you like to write notes in it.
    • 3rd choices: Choose one of the below and submit payment via the same means you used above. For charge card, please contact us saying you authorize adding a charge to your card, and which option below you want.
      • $30 MEDIC media-mails older version textbook to USA address.
        • Older versions are quite close in content to the newest version.
      • $40 MEDIC media-mails newest version textbook to USA address
      • add $5: MEDIC sends either of the above via Priority Mail to USA address.
      • + ? International shipping: contact us with your shipping address and we'll advise the cost differential.

Step 4: Avoiding Spam Filter

EVERYONE (CRITICALLY IMPORTANT): on a computer (if you use gmail, this will not work on a smart phone), in your email "Settings," then "See all settings," please "create a new filter" for all emails from @solowfa.com to "never send to spam," or else there are significant odds you'll miss very important emails from us, pre- and post-class.
Just clicking on an email from one of us "not spam" WILL NOT WORK because strangely, people often receive emails from one MEDIC staffer but not another. Please create the recipe for all incoming emails from @solowfa.com . Thanks.
MEDIC staff will email you (1) when your registration and payment have been processed and your spot is confirmed, and (2) about a week before class with extremely important final notes.

Step 5: Maximize your Learning

3 ways to make, and get the most out of your learning experience (optional):

Pre-read the 97-page course textbook

Pre-watch our highly-engaging instructors' individual-topic videos.  

  • Repetition is a powerful learning tool.
  • All-in-person class is fast-paced; however you can watch videos at your own pace and leisure. (Hybrid learners already have access to these videos one month before their SSW).
  • Take 50% off our highly-rated online learning program if you're enrolled in an upcoming in-person class.  Your access to videos starts when we receive your Participant Agreement, and lasts through the final day of your in-person course. 
    Notes: the heavily-discounted rate does not come with any free extension of viewing duration, refund, or completion certificate (which is trumped by dtWFA certification granted to in-person course graduates). This deal is only paired with in-person class; if at some point you cancel out of in-person class, the discount is no longer valid; hence $49.50 of your in-person course fee is transferred to cover your online learning.
To order the online content, simply submit $49.50 here.

"WILDCARE" is the premier 330-page disaster + travel + wilderness reference manual, written by the SOLO physician who has traveled far, provided disaster medical care, and been on over 1,000 back-country rescues.  It presents the dtWFA course in greater depth, with beautiful images and graphics, interesting factoids, and many additional topics. WILDCARE Info and Order Page 

Step 6: Bonus Step! Get $20+ of your registration fee back! (Optional)

  • A) Get $20+ back if you:
    • At least two weeks before class, share on one of the following websites that you're excited to have enrolled in this class (provide link to www.solowfa.com ), and encourage others to join you.
      • Facebook organization / group / club / business page which has at least 50 fans, and you are able to post as that page
      • Meetup group which has at least 50 members, and you post it as an official event or you get an email sent out to all group members.
    • How to get $20+ back, and stipulations:
      • Contact us with the following note:
        • provide a link to the web page,
        • what you plan to post on it, including the link www.solowfa.com , and if you chose "Blended Learning": the fact that you're doing online learning from home, and
        • how (i.e. are you able to post as facebook page owner / Meetup group leader, or...).
      • Note: if someone else already posted your class dates on that web page, then no double-dipping same page same class dates.
      • As long as there still are more spaces available in the class, get it approved and done by 2 weeks in advance, and score $20 back in class!
      • Got multiple web pages, want more money? Let's make a deal. Inquire with us as noted above.
      • This *can* be combined with the offer below.
    • Get $30 back! If you have a relevant Meetup or Facebook Group page with at least 50 subscribers, and you're willing to enable Instructor Matt to post dtWFA course events to your page when he's coming to teach in your area.
  • B) Get another $20+ back if you:
    • Get www.solowfa.com hyperlinked on a somehow- relevant group / organization / business web page, such as in the "additional resources" or "links of interest" section.
    • How to get $20+ back, and stipulations:
      • Contact us with the following note:
        • provide a link to the exact web page where you plan to post the course link, and
        • what do you plan to post (if you'll be writing a little blurb next to the link or something)
        • what's your guess how long it will continue to appear on that web page.
        • Get it approved & done at least three days prior to class, and score $20 back in class!
        • Got multiple relevant websites, want more money? Let's make a deal. Inquire with us as noted above.
        • This *can* (but does not have to) be combined with offer (A) above.
  • C) Get 100% back if you:
    • Are a University of Virginia academic employee, and this course relates to your current work position / field of study (info)
    • Perhaps your employer offers reimbursement for educational courses which result in a certification card. They might want a person trained to improvise and administer first aid in case a disaster strikes. If this course qualifies for reimbursement with your employer, please let us know so he can help spread that good word.