Dr Rosie Baker shares her experience of being selected as an Analogue Astronaut for the UK’s first exploratory space analogue research mission. The project, based on a remote Scottish island, aimed to improve the delivery of healthcare for future long-duration space missions, and in challenging environments at home on Earth.

Claire Hall/ FY2 Doctor/ North West London Lucy Longbottom/ Final Year Medical Student/ Plymouth University Founded in 2021, Endeavour Medical is a new provider of wilderness and expedition medical training. Their large team of faculty boasts decades of experience in multiple extreme environments including mountain, jungle, polar, and desert with countless teaching and academic accolades to their name. Endeavour Medical […]

Marc Robinson reviews his experience working as a UK-Med Nurse and Medical Team Leader in East Ukraine during the current conflict.

Dr Holly Andrews reflects on the important role that medical volunteers continue to have on the island of Lesvos, providing support and advocating for refugees who continue to face unrest, confusion and uncertainty.

Dr Laura Clapham shares her experiences and reflects on the challenges of working in Moria Refugee Camp. People continue to make a treacherous journey across the Mediterranean Sea and Laura highlights considerations for those interested in volunteering along with the agencies who are active today.

David is a Special Rescue Paramedic currently operating overseas in a variety of extreme or austere environments. In 2016 David spent several months with special operations medical teams in Greece during the Syrian refugee crisis. He provided various aid roles from emergency medical care to small-boat and shore rescue. In this piece, David recounts his experiences working as a Special Rescue Technician at the height of the refugee crisis.

Kevin Grange is a paramedic and the award-winning author of Lights & Sirens and Wild Rescues. In this article, Kevin delights us with culture and tales from his expeditions to Bhutan.

Becky is an ST5 Paediatric Specialist Registrar in the North-West of England. After completing her professional membership exams she took time Out of Programme for Experience (OOPE) to complete a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). She also spent six months in Sierra Leone with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Global Links Programme from September 2020 to February 2021.

Dr Robin Barraclough / GP and rural hospital medicine practitioner / New Zealand Robin shares his insights from the recent British Mountain Medicine Society (BMMS) winter webinar in October 2021 – ‘Sustainable Adventure in a Warming World’. Narratives and stories are central to how we humans communicate and make sense of the world around us. Knowing this is also important in understanding […]

Adam recounts his adventures in Rwanda cycling the Congo Nile Trail, following three months completing the The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s Topical Medicine Diploma. Adam skilfully takes us through the culture, history and little-known political agendas behind Rwanda; through the warm people and spectacular places he visits along the way.