Author: Barry Roberts

Expedition Medicine is our most well attended course by medics from all over Europe and further afield. The schedule allows plenty of free time to ski and included is a day trip with lunch to Courmayeur, Italy. Mountain-side scenarios, outdoor practical training, poster comp, tutorials and keynote lectures are programme highlights. Immeasurable inspiration and practical advice for blossaming expedition medics. Diverse, expert teaching team with decades of wilderness experience in all environments. Programme details, timings, fees (including discounted places for med students, nurses and paramedics), online booking (deposit option) here. Find shared accommodation and ski chums via the course Whatsapp group.

If you only take one ski holiday this season make sure you incorporate Expedition Medicine into your plans!

We’re offering 3 Mountain Medicine on Skis courses in 2023. Our most demanding (and smallest) course will raise your game and introduce you to ski touring. Dates are 8-15 January, 22-29 January and 12-19 March. Includes twin room chalet accommodation (with a hot tub), 6 days of guided skiing and instruction and a heap of medical tutorials and practical mountain-side sessions. See the webpage for complete details, fees and online booking options.

The August Newsletter is out! It’s packed with 2023 Medic course dates for 3 Mountain Medicine on Skis courses and Expedition Medicine in Chamonix and brilliant photos of WMT instructor expeditions and adventures this summer. Read it here.

A last minute place has become available on Adventure Medicine for MEDICS held in Glenridding, Cumbria – The Lake District. Click on the course title to visit the webpage to read all the details and book online. No experience necessary – non-medics welcomed.

The spring newsletter is packed with loads of training and course dates (WMT’s and others), including exciting details of WMT’s NEW Gran Paradiso Climbing Expedition in Chamonix & Italy 6-12 July. Before this exped, Advanced Medicine runs twice this spring: 14 -17 May at Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore and 28 – 31 May in Bristol. Read the newsletter here.

Many thanks to Dr Chris Grieco for his detailed and generous review of the 2021 Morocco Mountain Medicine Expedition on The Adventure Medic website. Chris gave his WMT experience a 5 star review! He wrote “I think I speak for everyone in saying what a pleasure and privilege it is to be a part of the WMT community.”

Check out Chris’s educational foraging courses on Instagram @tutti.fungi

Bookings are already brisk for this year’s expedition 26 September to 2 October. Details here. Book online with a deposit of just £299. Join us!

Advanced Medicine dates are now live at Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore 14-17 May and 3-6 December and in Bristol 28-31 May. This 4 day course is 2 x 2 day modules; Far From Help runs the first 2 days and FFH Part 2 Advanced Refresher runs days 3-4. See this summary page of all dates.

Avalanche safety is a complicated topic. Better to avoid getting buried by good decision making and awareness of human factors rather than reliance on gadgets (transceivers) and hardware (shovel & probe) to dig a companion out (though you also need to be equipped and trained to do so). WMT’s Commercial Director Barry Roberts was delighted to be a guest on Dr Amy Boalch’s excellent Marathon Medic podcast to discuss avalanche safety. There’s always something to learn about this killer subject. Listen here.

Mountain Medicine on Skis wrapped up on the weekend. 7 delegates enjoyed 6 days of guided ski tuition, including 2 of challenging ski touring, across 5 ski domains (in Chamonix, Italy and Megeve and beyond) with 3 WMT instructors. The skiing was complimented by incisive environmental medicine lectures, practical sessions and avalanche safety tutorials. See the Instagram posts for an extensive collection of photos. @wildmedtraining 

The next Chamonix course is Expedition Medicine 28 Feb – 4 March. Places still available. Details and online booking here.

We have reinstated these course dates and few places are still available at short notice on Mountain Medicine on Skis for those ski medics who are agile enough to join us Sunday 23 January in Chamonix for a brilliant week of skiing on and off piste, an intro to ski touring and a suite of engaging medical tutorials on the mountain and in the comfy course chalet. Check out the webpage for full details and the minimum ski standard required.