Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course
Take your training into the field and open up a whole new world of travel and opportunity.
This five-day Expedition & Wilderness Medicine course in Slovenia equips you with the core skills needed to operate safely and effectively in remote, resource-limited environments.
Set on the shores of Lake Bohinj, in the heart of the Julian Alps, the course blends focused teaching, practical workshops, and immersive scenarios to develop your clinical decision-making, leadership, and communication skills under pressure.
You’ll move beyond classroom learning and into realistic expedition-style situations, gaining the confidence to assess risk, manage casualties, and work effectively as part of a medical team in challenging outdoor settings.
Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course
Modules
Day One
Introduction to expedition and wilderness medicine, human factors, and risk management. Teaching focuses on patient assessment, decision-making, and preparing for medical care when resources are limited.
Day Two
Practical skills including trauma management, primary survey, bleeding control, fracture management, and casualty movement through hands-on workshops and outdoor scenarios.
Day Three
Common expedition medical problems including environmental illness, altitude medicine, water safety, public health, wound care, and mental health considerations, reinforced through case discussions and practical exercises.
Day Four
Advanced medical and logistical considerations including tropical medicine, analgesia, catastrophic bleeding, aeromedical evacuation, humanitarian medicine, and expedition security. Preparation for overnight camp.
Day Five
Search and rescue exercise, scenario debriefs, medico-legal considerations, and course close.
Your Teaching Faculty
Cat Burford
Donna Finnis
Jackie Gibb
Lake Bohinj, Slovenia
What's Included?
Field-Based Training & Practical Workshops
Teaching is delivered through hands-on workshops, group activities, and realistic outdoor scenarios designed to reflect the challenges of expedition medicine.
Expert Faculty & Instruction
You’ll be taught by experienced medical professionals with backgrounds in expedition, wilderness, and pre-hospital care, supported by instructors with extensive field experience.
Accommodation, Meals & Course Support
Your course fee includes accommodation and meals from the start of the course through to after lunch on the final day, allowing you to focus fully on learning and participation.
CPD & Course Certification
This course has been awarded 30 CPD hours by RCSEd.
On completion, you’ll receive a certificate of attendance recognising your training in expedition and wilderness medicine.
What past attendees say
“A huge thank you to the faculty for their fantastic teaching, and to everyone behind the scenes at WEM who made this week possible! Your hard work and dedication are truly appreciated. I will happily recommend WEM and can’t wait to join another WEM course in the future! ”
“The faculty was great, fun, outdoors & medicine loving people! ”
“Want to especially say Wills energy put me at ease during our intro briefing. Loved how social everything was. Awesome location. ”
“Great work guys! (You got me even more excited than I already was) ”
Case Studies
This course is designed for healthcare professionals and students who want to apply their clinical skills in expedition and wilderness settings. It is suitable for those interested in expedition, adventure, humanitarian, or remote medicine.
