Humanitarian Medicine Course
Northampton, UK
23 March 2026 08:00 - 26 March 2026 16:00GBP £1,249.00
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Develop a new skill set which has the power to make a difference across the world.
Humanitarian Medicine allows you to learn the theory, essential skills and key medical aspects of humanitarian intervention. Whether you’re looking to travel and support aid projects, or simply incorporate these universal principles of care into more domestic situations.
CPD Award: This course has been awarded 23 CPD hours by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
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Key facts
This specially designed course has been created to give a comprehensive introduction to the broad sector of Humanitarian Medicine.
You’ll find the learning impactful and intense, packing together lecture based content, with workshops, interactive discussion, and practical sessions.
Our syllabus has been designed to provide maximum impact for medical and healthcare professionals on the ground. Whether you are yet to start your humanitarian medicine career or have a couple of deployments under your belt, this course will help develop your skill set and immerse you among like minded colleagues in the sector.
Location: Sedgebrook Hall, Northampton.
Is this course right for you?
This course is perfect for healthcare professionals and students interested in applying their clinical knowledge and skills to humanitarian settings.
What’s included:
- Tutoring, accommodation and meals
What’s not:
- General travel costs
- Travel and health insurance
- Personal equipment
- Drink and food from the bar
What to expect
We start by examining the essential structures and standards that govern humanitarian aid and health intervention, before moving onto medico/legal aspects, ethics and how to adapt your practice to new settings.
Following this foundation we move on to public health needs assessments and the huge topic of malnutrition. Part of this involves learning about camps, settlements and WASH (water sanitation and hygiene)
In the second half of the course we’ll be looking at communicable and non-communicable disease, tropical and neglected tropical disease and concepts around disease outbreak response.
The final phase of the course covers mental health, psychological first aid, child and women’s health and gender-based violence.
This extensive programme also equips you with the knowledge you’ll need for medical triage, chemical and biological weapons and how to take the next steps to find opportunities in the humanitarian sector.
Course content
- Introduction to Humanitarian Medicine
- Standards and Health Priorities
- Health System Design and Humanitarian Intervention
- Adapting Practice to Resource Poor Locations
- Working with National Staff
- Communications
- Logistics & Supply Chain in Humanitarian Healthcare
- Public Health and Surveillance
- Health Indicators & Needs Assessment in Practice
- Security
- Malnutrition
- Sphere Minimum Standards for Camp Management
- WASH & Camp Design
- Shelter & Settlement
- Opportunities in Humanitarian Medicine
- Tropical Disease Summary & Communicable Disease
- Non-Communicable Disease
- Infections Disease Response
- Neglected Tropical Disease
- Chemical & Biological Weapons
- Medical Triage in Humanitarian Settings
- Women’s Health and Gender-Based Violence
- Child Health
- Psychological First Aid
- Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings
What you need to know
This course is located in Northampton at Sedgebrook Hall, which is 43 miles from Birmingham airport by car. Northampton train station is 5 miles away, and there are regular links from Milton Keynes, Coventry and London.
There is car parking on site.
You can enrol for the course from 0800 on the first day and we finish at 1600 on the final day.
If travelling from outside the UK we strongly recommend taking out adequate travel and health insurance for your trip.
During the course you will take part in activities outdoors, we recommend as a minimum your bring:
- Waterproof jacket and trousers
- Fleece layers
- Outdoor footwear
- Spare clothing in case you get wet
- Warm gloves and hat
- 1L Water bottle
- Small rucksack
- Personal First Aid Kit
- Toiletries
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’re best placed to explain what our attendees really get out of attending a course with us.
You can choose between a video or voice call — whatever suits you best.
Register for a time that works for you, and we look forward to speaking with you soon.
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