Aviation and Space Medicine has just been recognised by the GMC as a specialty in its own right. So we spoke to Sqn Ldr Bonnie Posselt, the UK’s new Aviation and Space Medicine Trainee about how she got there and what’s involved.

What inspires people to work for a medical charity? Sibonile Mathe and Sarah Kessler from the Lifebox team in London talk us through what makes them tick.

Death is an inevitability for all of us, but what if it happens on expedition? More to the point, what if it happens to you…? How do you get home? What happens to your property? Thomas Taylor, Director of Net Lawman, tell us about preparing for the worst and why we should all make a will.

We catch up with Colin Henderson, Mountain and Adventure Sports Photographer. Read on for a host of tips about location, lighting, shooting angles, equipment, editing and resources. All you need to document your next expedition in style.

Last month British Astronaut Tim Peake landed on the steppe of Kazakstan. So what has six months in space done for science?

CPD and Expedition Medicine: mutually exclusive or a marriage made in heaven? Dr Louise Tossell advises how best to justify your time out with some job application gold.

Millions of unused doses of life-saving medicines. Millions of people suffering for lack of access to safe and effective treatments. International Health Partners’ Rich Bee on medicine donation and how to access their Doctors’ Travel Packs.

“She could have been any extremely hairy human patient” Bored of humans? With a different slant on a day in the life of an anaesthetic registrar, Dr Beth Perritt tells Adventure Medic about the day she found Vicky the Orangutan on her list.

An enlightening article discussing the complexities of data collection for key safety indicators in the developing world.

Interesting and highly detailed article in the current issue of the Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Journal by James Diaz about poisoning by herbs and plants.