Katie Hawkins / After an eventful honeymoon trekking in Nepal, GP and mountaineer Katie Hawkins gives us some excellent advice on being a doctor ‘off duty’ including kit, treating locals and ‘Good Samaritan’ acts. (Photos: Sam Hawkins)

Being asked to do a risk assessment can be daunting, however it is an essential part of planning an adventure. Expedition leader Dom Hall gives us some advice. (Photo: Matt Wilkes)

Watch the birdie. A Go Pro video from the back of a golden eagle in Chamonix. Go on, we say.

Yasmin Jauhari / decided to head off diving in Fiji with Greenforce before starting her surgical training. There, she found hospitality, butterflyfish and great adventure.

Mark Haase / HEMS Flight Nurse with California Shock Trauma Air Rescue gives us an insight into a typical shift above Lake Tahoe

As application time draws around once more, here is some food for thought from the late philosopher Alan Watts. We say – have adventures this year.

Kitty Duncan / An introduction to the key topic of altitude illness, including pathophysiology, HACE, HAPE, prevention and treatment.

Matthew Coldiron / MSF Doctor Matthew Coldiron talks about his work on an Médecins Sans Frontières campaign to help eradicate yaws amongst the Aka pygmies in the Central African Republic

Hannah Evans / Event medicine is great fun and a useful opportunity to keep your expedition medicine skills up when you have limited annual leave. Here’s our guide to getting involved.

Stunning high-definition free-running showreal from parkour film makers Ampisound.