Recorded live at the World Extreme Medicine Conference 2023, this session features Andrew Darby-Smith, who shares how he developed a university-recognised high-altitude research expedition to Morocco as part of a remote medicine BSc.
With deep insight into medical education, risk management, and curriculum design, Andrew explores how adventure can be purposefully embedded into formal training – not as a novelty, but as a powerful tool for shaping better clinicians.
He walks us through the entire process of designing a safe, research-driven expedition from scratch, and how this hands-on experience helped students grow in resilience, leadership, and clinical confidence.
Originally presented at WEM23.