Apply Your Expertise in Extreme Environments

If you’re a medical professional looking to take your expertise to the next level, enrolling in an extreme medicine certificate programme could be the beginning of an extraordinary career.

Our unique programme in partnership with Northeastern University will allow you to push the boundaries of your career and explore the challenges of applying your expertise in extreme environments.

Suitable for medical professionals of all types, you will learn practical and clinical instruction on topics like crisis resource management, humanitarian ethics, team efficiency, and situational awareness.

Giving students a well-rounded understanding of human and environmental factors.

The programme also offers a supplementary, in-person practicum focused on wilderness and expedition training, cold weather conditions, and tactical operations.

This is your opportunity to gain the knowledge and experience to provide compassionate and ethical medical care, even in the most severe environments.

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Programme Overview

Degree type:
– Graduate Certificate in Extreme Medicine

Study options:
– Full-time or part-time

Course format:
– Online, asynchronous classes
– Intensive, in-person multi-day experience and practicum course

Application deadline:
Fall deadline: Aug 1
Spring deadline: Dec 1

GRE: Not required

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Open to all medical professionals including:

  • Medics, Paramedics and Nurses
  • Medical Scientists
  • Allied Healthcare workers
  • Military Medics
  • Midwives
  • Physiotherapists

Learning

The curriculum covers assessing and treating acute and chronic medical issues in austere settings while aligning response protocols with international guidelines.

This will develop critical skills, leadership, teamwork and ethical standards. 

 

 

Outlook

A variety of industries, from the government to the media, have a growing need for professionals with expertise in extreme medicine. 

Plus, you will bring these learnings back to elevate your practice, whether in remote expeditions or everyday hospital settings.

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