Medic jobs in South Pacific for major TV project

25th August 2017Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicinemedical job, Pacific, remote, survivor

WEM are looking for doctors, nurses and paramedics to provide medical cover for a major TV project in the SOUTH PACIFIC in the first 6 months of 2018. Positions ranging from 6 weeks to 5 months are available. This is a salaried position with flights, accommodation, food & insurance included.

The post involves a mixture of clinic work, remote work site medical cover, local and international evacuations as well as on-call commitments.

For doctors and nurses a background in emergency medicine or general practice is preferred but other specialties may be considered. Previous experience of working in remote areas is essential as is the ability to work in small teams, flexibility and a sense of humour.

Applicants must be available for a briefing weekend 14/15th October 2018 in the Peak District.

For more information please email a CV and a covering note to Annabel at operations@extreme-medicine.com at World Extreme Medicine

#BeExtreme. Meet employers at the World Extreme Medicine Conference WEM17 25-27 November, Edinburgh. http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com

World Extreme Medicine provides remote medical services to Survivor TV Series

Extreme Medicine '15 – 'so whats so different this year?'…

11th October 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, humanitarian, medicine, remote, wilderness

Refugees, Kunduz, Space, Ebola, Nepal Earthquake, Ultra Sports, Pre Hospital Medicine at Extreme Medicine ’15

As the conference gets closer and closer the preparations we are preparing a gathering bringing together over a 100 presenters from across the world, delegates from all over the worlds, focused exhibitors and some of the world’s best humanitarian photographers.Unfortunately the world isn’t keep us short of discussion topics; Refugees, Kunduz, Space, Ebola, Nepal Earthquake to name but a very few, but the conference will also be full of lots of hands-on learning, discussion sets and quite a few well known names…

Attendees and speakers from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Ghana, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, USA

‘Perhaps the most interesting medical conference I know of’ Senior health correspondent – mainstream media outlet in conversation..

Career enhancing…

Network with some of the world’s most inspiring medics and global thought leaders.
Learning…
New research, best practice, hands on learning and open discussions.
Inspiring…
If you fail to be inspired we would like you to let us know…

Extreme Medicine is like no medical conference you’ve ever attended.

Whats different this year?

From Disaster and Humanitarian Medicine to Pre- Hospital Care, Expedition to Ultra Sports Medicine the aim of our conference has always been to break down silo’s between medical discplines, to build networks, stimulate innovation and share best practice.

We have achieved this and much much more the forth iteration of, one of the world’s most eclectic gatherings, is set to surpass all that have gone before and we invite you to join us.

There are still limited tickets available – book yours now..

Even our exhibitors are getting in on the act..

Using one of conference founders, Mark Hannaford’s images, EVAQ8 are in pole position to win the best dressed exhibitors web page (you’ll have to excuse the pun!)

Extreme Medicine ’15 – ‘so whats so different this year?’…

11th October 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, humanitarian, medicine, remote, wilderness

Refugees, Kunduz, Space, Ebola, Nepal Earthquake, Ultra Sports, Pre Hospital Medicine at Extreme Medicine ’15

As the conference gets closer and closer the preparations we are preparing a gathering bringing together over a 100 presenters from across the world, delegates from all over the worlds, focused exhibitors and some of the world’s best humanitarian photographers.Unfortunately the world isn’t keep us short of discussion topics; Refugees, Kunduz, Space, Ebola, Nepal Earthquake to name but a very few, but the conference will also be full of lots of hands-on learning, discussion sets and quite a few well known names…

Attendees and speakers from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Ghana, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, USA

‘Perhaps the most interesting medical conference I know of’ Senior health correspondent – mainstream media outlet in conversation..

Career enhancing…

Network with some of the world’s most inspiring medics and global thought leaders.
Learning…
New research, best practice, hands on learning and open discussions.
Inspiring…
If you fail to be inspired we would like you to let us know…

Extreme Medicine is like no medical conference you’ve ever attended.

Whats different this year?

From Disaster and Humanitarian Medicine to Pre- Hospital Care, Expedition to Ultra Sports Medicine the aim of our conference has always been to break down silo’s between medical discplines, to build networks, stimulate innovation and share best practice.

We have achieved this and much much more the forth iteration of, one of the world’s most eclectic gatherings, is set to surpass all that have gone before and we invite you to join us.

There are still limited tickets available – book yours now..

Even our exhibitors are getting in on the act..

Using one of conference founders, Mark Hannaford’s images, EVAQ8 are in pole position to win the best dressed exhibitors web page (you’ll have to excuse the pun!)

Extreme Medicine '15; A unique gathering of inspiring minds

22nd August 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness MedicineExpedition Doctor, extreme, medical, met, nurse, paramedic, remote, wilderness

Extreme Medicine ’15

Remote Medicine is set to change rapidly as technology produces solutions much more portable, adaptable and affordable. In the same way that home computing changed our lives irrevocably the development of this portability will alter the provision of remote health care beyond recognition.

If you an already established practitioner of remote medicine, or hope to be, or just want to be inspire about you can use your medical degree in an amazing way then you won’t want to miss the amazing gathering…

Be at the forefront of change and join us at the world’s largest gathering of ‘extreme medics’

‘There is just more’

Extreme Medicine ’15 is all about inspiring innovating,educating and building networks – we honoured that we are gathering some of worlds the most inspiring and forwarding thinking medical professionals in one place and building on our success we intend this years gathering to be the very best yet.

With 2 concurrent sessions each day, career sessions and daily workshopsthere is plethora of choice plus image galleries from MSF, War Child, NASA and others and to be announced very soon a ‘little bit of stardust’….

Extreme expo – workshop highlight

Frostbite in the field: delivered by A&E Charge Nurse, Expedition Medic and Expedition Medicine faculty member Ben Cooper. Since early on in EWM’s life Ben has been inspiring budding expedition medics with innovative ideas and practical solutions to wound management in resource poor environments.

This workshop will bring you practical and learnt-on-the-job lessons from Ben’s time working with Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions. This fantastic workshop will only be held on day 4 and there are limited spaces available.

If you’d like to learn from Ben’s extensive experience register your interest with us HERE or click THIS LINK to be taken to the Expo main site.

A unique gathering of inspiring minds…

What other medical conference do you get Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Lord Nigel Crisp, urban explorer Lucinda Grange, NASA & International Space Station medic Dr Michael Barrett, Parkour Generation Founder Dan Edwardes and inspirational pre hospital specialists such as Prof. Tim Harris and Scotland’s Emergency Medical Retrieval Service founder Dr Steven Hearns all speaking in the same place

Lord Mayor of London

Thank you to the Mayor of London for his support…
“The work that you are doing in world extreme medicine, innovation and climate change, and the support you give to medical staff working and children and families living in these remote and challenging environments, is extremely important, and I hope the conference is a fantastic success.” Boris Johnson

Book here…

To secure your place just click here – really nothing extreme about this bit of the experience.

Registration Page

Extreme Medicine ’15; A unique gathering of inspiring minds

22nd August 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness MedicineExpedition Doctor, extreme, medical, met, nurse, paramedic, remote, wilderness

Extreme Medicine ’15

Remote Medicine is set to change rapidly as technology produces solutions much more portable, adaptable and affordable. In the same way that home computing changed our lives irrevocably the development of this portability will alter the provision of remote health care beyond recognition.

If you an already established practitioner of remote medicine, or hope to be, or just want to be inspire about you can use your medical degree in an amazing way then you won’t want to miss the amazing gathering…

Be at the forefront of change and join us at the world’s largest gathering of ‘extreme medics’

‘There is just more’

Extreme Medicine ’15 is all about inspiring innovating,educating and building networks – we honoured that we are gathering some of worlds the most inspiring and forwarding thinking medical professionals in one place and building on our success we intend this years gathering to be the very best yet.

With 2 concurrent sessions each day, career sessions and daily workshopsthere is plethora of choice plus image galleries from MSF, War Child, NASA and others and to be announced very soon a ‘little bit of stardust’….

Extreme expo – workshop highlight

Frostbite in the field: delivered by A&E Charge Nurse, Expedition Medic and Expedition Medicine faculty member Ben Cooper. Since early on in EWM’s life Ben has been inspiring budding expedition medics with innovative ideas and practical solutions to wound management in resource poor environments.

This workshop will bring you practical and learnt-on-the-job lessons from Ben’s time working with Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions. This fantastic workshop will only be held on day 4 and there are limited spaces available.

If you’d like to learn from Ben’s extensive experience register your interest with us HERE or click THIS LINK to be taken to the Expo main site.

A unique gathering of inspiring minds…

What other medical conference do you get Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Lord Nigel Crisp, urban explorer Lucinda Grange, NASA & International Space Station medic Dr Michael Barrett, Parkour Generation Founder Dan Edwardes and inspirational pre hospital specialists such as Prof. Tim Harris and Scotland’s Emergency Medical Retrieval Service founder Dr Steven Hearns all speaking in the same place

Lord Mayor of London

Thank you to the Mayor of London for his support…
“The work that you are doing in world extreme medicine, innovation and climate change, and the support you give to medical staff working and children and families living in these remote and challenging environments, is extremely important, and I hope the conference is a fantastic success.” Boris Johnson

Book here…

To secure your place just click here – really nothing extreme about this bit of the experience.

Registration Page

Leading experts call for improved healthcare response to humanitarian disasters

19th August 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineextreme medicine, london, mark hannaford, medical response, remote, syria, west africa

Ebola and the impacts of disease – mortailty amoungst health workers in Sierra Leonne

To coincide with World Humanitarian Day, a number of the country’s leading medical and NGO experts are calling for an urgent review of the way that healthcare is delivered to those most in need during and in the aftermath of a crisis.

Leading experts call for urgent review of disaster and crisis healthcare
This must be achieved through increased integration and shared-learning
Lessons must be learned from recent crises in West Africa and Syria

News Release |Wednesday 19 August 2015

The Extreme Medicine Conference is a vital forum to bring the best minds from around the globe together to share and most importantly disseminate information and learning from disparate healthcare specialties.

They bring expertise from diverse environments to develop best practice that is the foundation of healthcare delivery on the frontline. Speakers at the conference will define the necessary proactive rather than reactive response to emergencies, as exemplified by the Ebola outbreak in 2014. Part of this is recognising and deploying the widest range of skillsets in a crisis, and facilitating joined up working across geopolitical boundaries.

‘Extreme medicine’ refers to the provision of medical care outside of conventional settings, typically in low resource environments that exist as a consequence of sudden onset disasters, conflict zones or being expeditionary locations. The medics who work in these remote settings are in a position to universally share relevant knowledge and experience as well as research and techniques with one another. A key benefit of this is integration with local medics delivering healthcare on the ground. It is these skills which experts suggest need to be recognised and cohesively deployed to relevant humanitarian disasters.

Dr Sean Hudson, Remote Medicine Specialist and Extreme Conference organizer said, “The Extreme Medicine Conference brings together specialists from disaster medicine under one roof so we can see and learn from other clinicians operating in other environments. It is one small step in terms of improved disaster response. Global disasters are going to be inevitably more frequent as a result of climate change and we should be on the front foot. Extreme medicine and global health need to be further recognised to allow for better responses across the world.”

Nick Gent, Deputy Head of Emergency Response at PHE “Extreme medicine practitioners come from a range of specialisms but they work in closely related areas so there’s a huge amount that can be shared between them. We have to look back and think about learning for the future, we have to always think about we can improve responses to issues such as Ebola.”

Ivan Gayton, Technological Innovation Adviser with the Manson Unit at Médecins Sans Frontières UK, said: “In order to provide effective health responses to those most in need, we must bring disciplines from all areas of remote and extreme medicine together to share learnings and knowledge. By doing this we can truly understand the constraints of the environments where the most urgent care is needed and draw on the experiences of those in the field to understand what would deliver the most successful outcome.”

Rob Williams, CEO of War Child, Charity partner to the Extreme Medicine Conference said, “Nobody is more vulnerable in conflict than children and War Child work closely with their parents and local staff to ensure they are getting the treatment they so desperately need. They are in dire need of urgent psychological support to help them come to terms with the traumas they have experienced and witnessed. But we want to respond quicker on a global scale and by humanitarian workers and medics from all fields sharing knowledge, we can all learn from each other and reach the optimum response. This is the ethos of the World Extreme Medicine Conference and why War Child is proud to a partner this year.”

ENDS

For more information and/or to arrange interviews with spokespeople, please contact:

Julia Flint | freuds | Julia.flint@freuds.com | 0203 003 6593 or 07773331815

Jessica Hampton | freuds | Jessica.hampton@freuds.com |0203 003 6415 or 07949 717217

Notes to editors:

The Extreme Medicine Conference is home to the world’s most adventurous doctors, medics and experts in remote, expedition, humanitarian, disaster and pre-hospital medicine. These global thought leaders have gathered to share universally relevant knowledge and experience, research and techniques in a stimulating, interactive and accessible forum.

With sessions on everything from prosthetics, nanotechnology, biotechnology and the future of medical transplantation, the World Extreme Medicine Conference is also at the forefront of medical innovation.

The Extreme Medicine Conference has partnered with some of the world’s most active organisations and charities pushing the edge of human endeavour including War Child, Medicines Sans Frontiers, NASA and the Society for Experimental Biology.

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine (EWM) is a leading provider of remote medical training to doctors, nurses and paramedics from across the globe. It teaches the clinical mind-set and practical skills necessary to be able to perform effectively and provide safe and effective medical care in low resource, hostile and austere environments.
Now in its fourth year, the conference challenges thinking, forges connections and introduces new ideas about delivering medicine in some of the world’s most challenging settings. The conference brings together four disparate yet overlapping medical fields in one arena: Pre-Hospital, Disaster & Humanitarian, Expedition Medicine and Global Health, with experts in each field presenting the latest thinking and techniques, and sharing their inspiring stories. Venue information, Central Hall Westminster, 26-29 October, 2015: extrememedicineexpo.com
World Humanitarian Day recognizes those who face danger and adversity in order to help others. For more information, please visit: http://worldhumanitarianday.org

Doctor needed … Solomon Islands

29th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, Expedition Doctor, remote, solomon islands, Travel, wilderness

This winter, Adventure For Good, in partnership with OceansWatch will be setting off from the Bay of Islands on a four-month expedition to deliver medical supplies to the Temotu province in the Solomon Islands. Over this period we will also be refitting medical clinics in the remote region and finally return to New Zealand with locally refined virgin coconut oil for a sustainable livelihoods programme.

Adventure For Good’s flagship – CALIPH has been undergoing an extensive renovation in preparation for her new role and will have a re-launching at Opua Marina on Friday, 5 June at 1400. Her voyage will begin from there in July and could include a stop in Vanuatu where she will be available to assist in relief efforts before continuing on her journey. AFG Chairman Christian Pera explains, “Both because of the remoteness of the area and its relatively low international profile, we are still trying to establish the full extent of the support needed in the wake of the recent cyclone season.” This will be the maiden voyage for Adventure For Good in their quest to engage young people in the immediacy of positive action over idle good intentions. “This expedition will be our first step towards becoming a force for positive action, both at home and abroad”.

Together with pioneering OceansWatch, they seek to make a lasting difference in these small communities by providing resources that ultimately promote independence and self-sufficiency.

ABOUT ADVENTURE FOR GOOD

Adventure For Good is a multi-facetted organization based in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Incorporated in 2015, they endeavor to equip future decision makers with better skills to analyse, adapt, and most importantly– act for the better of their world. Follow our progress and adventures at

www.facebook.com/afgcentres

www.oceanswatch.org.

CONTACT: JAMIE GALLANT

MOBILE: 022 420 6957 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EMAIL: JAMIE@AFGCENTRES.ORG

The Extreme Medicine Conference is home to the world’s most adventurous doctors, medics and experts in remote, expedition and pre-hospital medicine.

26th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, medical, medicine, pre-hospital, remote, smack, trauma, wilderness

Extreme Medicine 2015 – the premier gathering of medical professionals working in the world’s most remote areas. Due to sponsorship support we are able to offer a significant limited time discount on entry for a limited period.

Come join us at the world’s largest gathering of medics working in the world’s most remote corners…

Central Hall, Parliament Square, London. 26-29 October 2015.

30% off entry for a limited time

Working in partnership with a generous sponsor is allowing us to offer a 30% discount on the cost of Expo tickets* until 12.30UTC on 31 July. Simply visit the Expo page: www.extrememedicineexpo.com and enter the code: ‘WEMEEXPO15SPECIAL30’ when registering to receive your discount. *T&C’s

Now in its fourth year, the World Extreme Medicine conference challenges thinking, builds bridges and shares new and more effective approaches to medical practice in the world’s most remote and austere locations.

The Extreme Medicine Conference is home to the world’s most adventurous doctors, medics and experts in remote, expedition and pre-hospital medicine. These global thought leaders have gathered to share universally relevant knowledge and experience, research and techniques in a stimulating, interactive and accessible forum. It is medicine that saves the lives of not only the single remote explorer but also entire populations devastated by natural and man made disasters.

The Extreme Medicine Conference has partnered with some of the world’s most active organisations and charities pushing the edge of human endeavour including War Child, Medicines Sans Frontiers, NASA and the Society for Experimental Biology.Key note speakers… Dame Sally Davis, Prof. Hugh Montgomery, Dr David Nott, Prof Greg Whyte, Lord Nigel Crisp, Dr Michael Barrett, Prof. Mike Tipton, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Steve Mannion, Brig. Prof. Tim Hodgetts, Prof. Tony Redmond, Rob Williams, Nick Gent & Vickie Hawkins

Extreme Medicine – The Film!

Charity partner news…

We’re delighted to be working with the good folks at War Child who work tirelessly to improve the lives of children affected by conflict.

Offer Terms & Conditions*
Limited time and supply | not combinable with other offers | offers ends midnight 31st July 2015 | http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com

Photographic Gallery

We are really pleased to be featuring the photographers MSF, WarChild, NASA and Rob Holden, on assignment for the UN at this year’s conference – each gallery will feature 20 images illustrating humanitarian medicine in action.

Partner Cloud..

MSF, WarChild, DfiD, University of Exeter, RCSED, European Space Agency, NASA, DARPA, Raleigh International, GE Healthcare, Doctors without Borders, Phoenix Foundation, PTC Foundation, BASICS International Medical Corps, London’s Air Ambulance, Royal Veterinary College, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, UCL, Xtreme Everest, Department of Health, Virgin Galactic, University of Manitoba, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Great Northern Air Ambulance, Scottish Emergency Medical Retrieval Service, Helicopter Heroes, University of Portsmouth, Public Health England, The Ecological Sequestration Trust, Handicap International, World Health Organisation, EveresER, Feetfirst Worldwide, UK International Trauma Register, Society of Evolutionary Biology.

Join us at Extreme Medicine ’15…

If you require any further information on our courses, events or how you can get involved please contact us.

Email operations@expedition-medicine.com or
Call us on +44 (0)1460 298025

EWMi – The Expedition & Wilderness Medicine intern programme is here!

11th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness MedicineExpedition Doctor, expedition medic, extreme, internship, medical, remote, wilderness

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine is delighted to announce the revival of its very popular internship on each of our UK based Expedition & Wilderness courses.

We hold three courses per year, visiting Keswick in March, Plas y Brenin in May but we’re kicking off the programme in Dartmoor this November.

We are a friendly, easy going, but hard working bunch who are used to long days, little rest and working together to get a job done. We do this with a ready smile and a can do attitude which very much reflects the EWM philosophy. As an intern we’d like you to be slot into our team straight away and be happy to muck in when and wherever we need you.

If you’re interested in joining us as an intern, you will need to make your own way to the course location on the afternoon prior to the course and remain until we are packed away on the final day. You’ll stay in the faculty accommodation and may be required to assist with almost any part of setting up the course; everything from setting up seating, packing med bags, sorting out kit or directing course delegates to specific locations. In return, while with us as, we will make every effort to ensure you are able to attend each lecture and workshop and of course, you’ll get to know our incredible faculty.

The next intern position available, will be for our Expedition & Wilderness Medicine course based in Dartmoor 16-19 November. You’ll need to get yourself to the venue, but we will provide all your home comforts for you. For all UK course dates click HERE

We welcome applications from the UK and overseas but are not able to reimburse travel expenses. To submit your application for consideration, please send us:

A recent CV with an outdoor image of yourself (we reserve the right to use this image for marketing purposes).
Something that tells us about you and your achievements – this can take any form, but use this as your opportunity to sell yourself to us.
A covering letter telling us why you would make a good intern – max 300 words.

In return we only ask for your good humour, entertaining company, a course write up to be supplied to us with one month and agreement to make yourself available for a telephone interview post course.

Email your enquiries and submissions to admin@expedition-medicine.com

To ensure you receive our emails make sure you add us to you safe senders list!

Courses of interest

EWMi – The Expedition & Wilderness Medicine intern programme is here!

11th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness MedicineExpedition Doctor, expedition medic, extreme, internship, medical, remote, wilderness

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine is delighted to announce the revival of its very popular internship on each of our UK based Expedition & Wilderness courses.

We hold three courses per year, visiting Keswick in March, Plas y Brenin in May but we’re kicking off the programme in Dartmoor this November.

We are a friendly, easy going, but hard working bunch who are used to long days, little rest and working together to get a job done. We do this with a ready smile and a can do attitude which very much reflects the EWM philosophy. As an intern we’d like you to be slot into our team straight away and be happy to muck in when and wherever we need you.

If you’re interested in joining us as an intern, you will need to make your own way to the course location on the afternoon prior to the course and remain until we are packed away on the final day. You’ll stay in the faculty accommodation and may be required to assist with almost any part of setting up the course; everything from setting up seating, packing med bags, sorting out kit or directing course delegates to specific locations. In return, while with us as, we will make every effort to ensure you are able to attend each lecture and workshop and of course, you’ll get to know our incredible faculty.

The next intern position available, will be for our Expedition & Wilderness Medicine course based in Dartmoor 16-19 November. You’ll need to get yourself to the venue, but we will provide all your home comforts for you. For all UK course dates click HERE

We welcome applications from the UK and overseas but are not able to reimburse travel expenses. To submit your application for consideration, please send us:

A recent CV with an outdoor image of yourself (we reserve the right to use this image for marketing purposes).
Something that tells us about you and your achievements – this can take any form, but use this as your opportunity to sell yourself to us.
A covering letter telling us why you would make a good intern – max 300 words.

In return we only ask for your good humour, entertaining company, a course write up to be supplied to us with one month and agreement to make yourself available for a telephone interview post course.

Email your enquiries and submissions to admin@expedition-medicine.com

To ensure you receive our emails make sure you add us to you safe senders list!

Courses of interest

Extreme Medicine – Ebola Imagery from UN photographer Rob Holden

8th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineebola, expedition, extreme, medical, medicine, remote, UN, unesco, wilderness

The Extreme Medicine Conference in 2015 will be featuring the unique work of photographers working within a humanitarian setting, working with MSF, UN Photographer Rob Holden, the Phoenix Foundation and WarChild, the conferences charity of the year. Each individual and organisation will be presenting 20 images that will inspire, provoke thought but ultimately create a desire for change…

First we feature some of the photography from inspirational image maker Rob Holden from a series entitled ‘A Tribute to Health Workers’.

‘MEMORY WALL’
Gallery images selected for Extreme Medicine ’15

Ebola and the impacts of disease – health workers in Sierra Leone

Rob Holden is a documentary photographer who has been engaged with global humanitarian issues for the past 20 years. Through his work Rob strives to connect with real people and communicate a meaningful message. Working for a range of organisations such as the UK Government, the United Nations and NGO’s, he has operated most notably in Afghanistan, Indonesia, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Nepal.

More recently, Rob spent several months in Ebola affected countries capturing images of health workers. Men and women who often go unrecognised for the critical work they play, and are risking their own lives to save the sick and dying, and protect the healthy from infection.

Health workers are the most important aspect of any health service. No health workers means no health service. The photo exhibition is devoted to honouring the dedication, selflessness, bravery and critical role of health workers who endeavour to help others, often in challenging and dangerous environments.

For further information: www.robholdenphotography.com

MORE ABOUT EXTREME MEDICINE ’15

Now in its fourth year, the World Extreme Medicine conference challenges thinking, builds bridges and shares new and more effective approaches to medical practice in the world’s most remote and austere locations.

The conference focuses on four related medical fields: Pre-Hospital, Disaster & Humanitarian, Expedition, and Extreme Medicine. Together, our programme of fascinating talks from world-renowned experts in their field – from Arctic explorers to vascular surgeons, remote medics to NASA personnel – and practical sessions on innovations and field-proven techniques and ‘hacks’, will inspire you and enhance your skills, helping you to become a more effective and highly valued practitioner of remote medicine.

INTERNATIONAL WORLD EXTREME MEDICINE CONFERENCE ’15 LONDON

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine develops postgraduate education programme

5th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness MedicineAcademic program, expedition, extreme, medicine, remote, wilderness

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine are excited to announce our new study programme designed to provide adventurous medics with practical skills, expertise and clinical knowledge to be confident, capable medics in remote, austere and low resource environments.

• Certificate in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
A foundation core knowledge base.

• Diploma in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Builds on skills and knowledge learned and extends field-based expertise

• MSC in Extreme Medicine
A formalised postgraduate programme of study including a research project

Building on more than a decade of experience successfully delivering worldwide expedition and wilderness medicine courses, we have developed a new programme which will take our provision of learning to a new level and give medics across the globe an opportunity to work towards formal post graduate qualification in this incredibly exciting field of medicine. These formal qualifications will allow us to demonstrate the extent of our knowledge and skill level, professionalise Expedition Medicine to meet the needs of increasing levels of clinical governance and to improve patient safety, quality of care and outcomes in remote environments.

Working with a partner university, to establish these postgraduate courses and secure academic credibility, we are hoping to soon be in discussion with the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care.

The new course programme will follow the existing format of postgraduate education and comprise modules that on completion, provide credits towards chosen levels of postgraduate learning. Here at Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, we understand that people lead busy lives and have limited annual leave, so we are tailoring the courses to allow a high proportion of flexible on line learning, coupled with intensive weekend and one week consolidation courses and workshops.

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine is also developing a mobile app to access learning resources and the global expedition and wilderness medicine community. Our app will provide us with a platform to engage with our community to help shape the evolving elective course content and modules- you can tell us what you want to learn. We are also engaging with our worldwide partners on the ground and in the field to give medics access to the key real world skills that will make them stand out from the crowd.

Our first core modules go live later this year and will be unveiled at the World Extreme Medicine Conference in London, 26-29 October. In addition we will be asking conference delegates for their opinions and ideas to help shape the courses and create a dynamic, two-way, adult learning experience.

Background

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine (EWM) is a leading provider of remote medical training to doctors, nurses and paramedics from across the globe. It uses experiential lectures to teach the clinical mind-set and practical skills necessary to be able to perform effectively in a to provide safe and effective medical care in low resource, hostile and austere environments.

EWM also hosts the World International Extreme Medicine conference series. This will be the platform for presentation of research and dissertation work from the final year of the MSc.

Now in its fourth year, the conference challenges thinking, builds bridges and introduces new ideas about medicine at its most remote and austere. The conference brings together four disparate but overlapping medical fields in one arena: Pre-Hospital, Disaster & Humanitarian, Expedition Medicine and Global Health, with experts in each field presenting the latest thinking and techniques, and sharing their inspiring stories. Venue information, Central Hall Westminster, 26-29 October, 2015: www.extrememedicineexpo.com

Contact Expedition & Wilderness Medicine or the Extreme Medicine Conference series on: 01297 20583 or at: operations@expedition-medicine.com

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine develops postgraduate education programme

5th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness MedicineAcademic program, expedition, extreme, medicine, remote, wilderness

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine are excited to announce our new study programme designed to provide adventurous medics with practical skills, expertise and clinical knowledge to be confident, capable medics in remote, austere and low resource environments.