About World Extreme Medicine

World Extreme Medicine, formerly Expedition and Wilderness Medicine, is the world’s leading provider of expedition, wilderness and remote medicine training courses for medical professionals.

WEM was born out of expeditions over 20 years ago, while we have changed and grown, we continue to lead the way in outstanding and inspirational training. Alongside exciting training we also offer extensive consultancy and medical support for projects across the globe. If you have a project you’d like help with please get in touch HERE.

Our Education

Our courses provide medical professionals with the expert knowledge and practical skills needed to become a valuable member of an expedition or remote medical team. Courses range from our ‘Core’ courses, which teach a wide range of extreme medicine topics with essential skills workshops, to our ‘Specialised’ courses which offer an immersive environment specific learning experience based in incredible locations across the world.

All of our courses are open to doctors, nurses, paramedics and other medical professionals providing medical cover in remote or austere environments. Students and non-medics are encouraged to discuss any training needs directly with the office team.

If you are looking for progress academically in this area then you might want to consider the unique International Diploma/ MSc in Extreme Medicine offered in partnership with Russel Group Exeter University Medical School.

As part of our commitment to education we are releasing FOAMEd podcasts via our WEMcast channel (coming soon), high quality video courses via WEMe-learn and new written resources.

Our Faculty

We are proud to have drawn together a teaching faculty whose expedition medicine experience is unsurpassed, ranging from Pole to Pole and from the depth of the Oceans to the world’s tallest peaks.

Our faculty members represent a wide range of medical and expedition professions, though their extensive experience they share common passions for adventure, medicine and teaching. Through our courses they aim to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary for you to fill your career with adventure.

An eclectic selection of speakers add to our training with inspirational talk showing the opportunities that are available and you can achieve when you are wiling to push the boundaries of human performance in extreme environments. Past speakers include Sir Chris Bonington Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Sarah Outen, Stephen Venables, Andy Cave, Simon Yates, Jamie Andrews, and expedition medics Sundeep Dhillon, Mike Stroud, Mike Grocott, Jim Milledge, Chis Imray and Luanne Freer.