A keen road cyclist, Dr Renée Farrar leapt at the chance to provide medical support to the West Africa Cycle Challenge 2019 in support of Street Child: a challenging 500km journey through bustling towns, dusty open roads, lush greenery and beautiful beaches.

Expedition doctor Jen Reid recounts her tales and reflects on her epic four-month cycle from Cairo to Cape Town.

Dr Elizabeth Chamberlain describes the challenges of being a medical volunteer for a gruelling marathon in the mountains of Nepal.

How did doctor Marcus Stevens end up eating Michelin-starred food atop Everest’s North Col? One thing is for certain, expedition medicine never lacks variety.

Merlin Hetherington and Alex McMaster cycle an incredible 10000km through Africa by tandem bicycle, on an epic mission to train health workers to use Arclight, an innovative eye examination device, in a step towards reducing preventable causes of blindness.

You may remember Ali Brookes as the calm and cheerful junior doctor on Bear Grylls’ reality survival series ‘The Island’ in 2018. Now back in O&G training in London, Ali recounts the highs and lows of island life, from jungle critters to dehydration, epic thunderstorms and intense friendships.

From orchidopexy to burr holes: General Surgical Registrar Matthew Doe, on the challenges and rewards of an Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) in Mbale, Uganda.

Dr Iona Taylor reflects on her ocean crossing as Watch Leader on a 72 ft sailing yacht in the ‘Atlantic Rally for Cruisers’. Unfortunately, an unwell crew member required Iona to step up and manage and coordinate medical care, made specifically testing by their remote location, limited resources and challenging seas.

Nurse and paramedic Vari McCall spends much of her time working overseas as an expedition leader and medic with Ninth Wave Global. She has sailed from America to Greenland, canoed along the Mississippi, rode on horseback in the outback of New Mexico and spent time with rural communities in Mexico and Peru. We asked her about her expeditions, as well as how she fits these trips in with life and work in the U.K.

Following the devastating earthquake of 2015, Dr Nathasha Basheer was inspired to return to Nepal, a country she first visited following her foundation years.  Despite her ongoing commitment to paediatric training in the UK, she organised to spend two weeks volunteering with The Wild Medic Project.  Here she recounts her trip as a ‘Wild Medic’ and how she felt returning […]