Dive Medicine Course
Musandam Peninsula, Oman
24 November 2025 15:00 - 29 November 2025 17:00GBP £2,699.00
10 in stock
Take Your Medical Skills Beneath the Surface
Embark on a world-class dive medicine training experience in one of the most breathtaking marine environments on the planet. This highly practical, expert-led course will elevate your ability to assess, manage, and treat diving-related medical emergencies in challenging environments.
Nestled in the Musandam Peninsula, Oman, a region celebrated for its extraordinary marine biodiversity – you’ll dive into stunning waters rich with marine life. While November is outside the peak whale shark season, sightings are still possible, making this an unparalleled opportunity to experience the ocean in all its majesty.
For five unforgettable days, you’ll live aboard a luxurious traditional dhow, combining cutting-edge medical training with immersive expedition living. Under the guidance of our world-class faculty, you’ll gain the expertise needed to provide medical cover on dive expeditions worldwide.
Deposit Option: Secure your place today with a £500 deposit.
Course Highlights
- Expert-led dive medicine training – Cover decompression illness, barotrauma, marine envenomation, and the management of diving-related medical emergencies.
- Practical hands-on learning – Gain experience in island survival, drowning treatment, neurological assessments, and emergency response techniques.
- 10 dives included – Explore the world-class dive sites of the Musandam Peninsula while applying your training in real-time.
- Live and train alongside experts – Engage with leading medical faculty in a fully immersive, expedition-style learning environment.
Who is This Course For?
This course is designed for healthcare professionals and students eager to apply their medical knowledge to diving and expedition settings.
- Doctors, paramedics, and nurses looking to enhance their skills in dive medicine and remote medical care.
- Medical professionals seeking roles in expedition and diving team support.
- Participants with PADI Open Water certification (or equivalent) and at least 10 logged dives.
What You Will Learn
- Decompression illness and barotrauma: Understand the physiology, risk factors, and treatment protocols.
- Marine envenomation and hazardous marine life: Learn to assess and manage bites, stings, and toxic exposures.
- Oxygen therapy and dive emergency management: Develop critical intervention skills.
- Remote expedition medicine: Learn how to manage medical cases in isolated marine environments.
- Hypothermia and drowning treatment: Master essential life-saving techniques.
Full Course Content Schedule:
- Decompression illness part 1
- Dangerous marine animals (reinforcing safe diving practices)
- Risk Assessment (plus O2 and med kit on boat)
- Fitness to dive, pre-existing conditions
- Decompression illness part 2
- Volunteer marine expeditions
- Barotrauma/CAGE/Nitrogen narcosis
- Marine envenomation
- Specialist diving
- Common medical injuries on diving expeditions
- In water and chamber recompression therapy
- Full face masks
- First Aid kits
- Sea food toxidromes
- Expedition treatment of drowning, hypothermia
- Neuro exams
What’s Included
- Expert tuition from leading dive and expedition medicine professionals.
- Five nights aboard a traditional Omani dhow.
- All meals, soft drinks, and purified water.
- 10 dives with tanks, gas, and weights included.
- Practical and theoretical training sessions.
- CPD Value: This course has been awarded 34 CPD hours by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
What’s Not Included
- Flights and travel to Oman.
- Personal dive kit (rental options available).
- Travel insurance (mandatory).
Travel insurance is absolutely essential and therefore, for your safety and security, we reserve the right to refuse access to an expedition until we have details of adequate insurance cover provided to us. For UK residents, a suitable policy can be booked through Campbell Irvine Direct.
Your Dive & Accommodation Experience
- Location: Musandam Peninsula, Oman.
- Arrival: Dubai International Airport, with transfers provided to Sheesa Beach.
- Accommodation: A traditional Omani dhow with air-conditioned twin cabins, fresh meals prepared onboard, and private deck space for relaxation.
You’ll fly into Dubai International airport and be greeted by your transfer, from there you will head to the Sheesa Beach offices for 15:00 where you’ll meet our hugely experienced Dive Medicine team.
All your food, soft drinks and water will be provided for you, please note the dhow is alcohol free for the duration of the course. Dhow sleeping rooms are air conditioned, with twin beds. Sheets and towels (one for showering, one for diving/sunbathing) are provided.
Essential Packing List
You’ll need to pack extensively for your trip, including a first aid kit and a number of other specific items – so check out the full kit list.
Essential items:
- Log book and dive certification (you will not be allowed to dive without these)
- Mask and snorkel *
- Fins *
- 3mm wetsuit, long or shortie (adjust to personal preference, water temp ~22-26oC)*
- Dive computer – essential
- Reel and DSMB
- BCD – lightweight *
- Regulator – complete with SPG *
- Whistle
- Cutting tool
- 1 refillable water/drinks bottle
*available to hire locally
Clothing should include:
- Long sleeve shirt
- Long trousers or sarong
- Shorts, lightweight
- Several t-shirts
- Broad rimmed hat
- Underwear, sleepwear
- 1 pair of sandals or flip flops
- 2 pairs of swimming trunks/ swimming costumes/bikini
Toiletries
- Prescription glasses or contact lenses with spares and cleaning agents
- Soap/shampoo/shower gel
- Shaving items
- Small flannel
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Lip balm (SPF protection recommended)
- Suntan lotion (high factor)
- Insect repellent
Miscellaneous
- Camera with case, (film), batteries, battery charger
- Mobile phone and charger
- Sunglasses
- Head torch
- Rock tape
- Dry bags
- Waterproof notepad, 2 x pencils & pencil sharpener
- Prescription medicines + spares
- Personal first aid kit, comprising: Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Anti-fungal cream, Anti-histamines, Anti-bacterial cream, Travel sickness medication (ideally non-sedative), Diarrhoea tablets, Ear drops (Betnosol), Decongestants, Eye drops, Talcum powder, very basic first aid (plasters etc)
Why Choose Us?
When it comes to extreme medicine, no one does it better than World Extreme Medicine. Here’s why:
Global Leaders in Remote Medicine: Our faculty includes renowned experts in expedition, dive, and wilderness medicine, providing real-world insights from the frontlines of healthcare in extreme environments.
Exclusive Dive Locations: Train in one of the world’s most spectacular marine environments, known for crystal-clear waters and unmatched biodiversity.
Hands-on Training: This isn’t just theory – you’ll be diving, diagnosing, and managing real-world medical scenarios alongside seasoned expedition medics.
Luxury Liveaboard Experience: Unlike standard training programs, you’ll reside aboard a traditional Omani dhow, offering a unique blend of comfort and adventure.
Internationally Recognised Accreditation: Earn 34 CPD hours, awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, enhancing your professional credentials.
Join an Elite Network: Become part of the WEM alumni community, a network of pioneering medical professionals shaping the future of remote medicine.
Talk To Our Team
If you wish to learn more or have any additional questions, we invite you to book a 30-minute discovery call with our team.
→ Click here to book a discovery call.
The call will be with the team who organise our courses, and work closely with our medical teaching faculty. They are best placed to really explain what our attendees get out of attending a course with us.
Register for a time that suits, and we look forward to speaking with you soon.
Prefer email? Then feel free to contact us or message us via our website live chat.
Meet The Teaching Faculty
Aaron Gao
