Rowena Clark / Takes a look at Skateistan, one of our favourite charities: an organisation dedicated empowering children in Afghanistan and Cambodia through skateboarding and getting them back to school.

Rowena Clark / Highlights the work of charities Medical Aid Films (MAF) and Medics Against Violence (MAV). Read about them, give, get involved or stop by for some lunch.

Sept 2012 / Bangor ED are offering an amazing opportunity in prehospital care for middle-grade EM trainees. The Clinical Fellowship in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care involves 80% of your time working in a rural ED, 20% out in the field: be it out with the Welsh Ambulance, flying with the RAF, or night search and extrication training. You don’t even need any prior experience in prehospital medicine to apply. Posts start in August.

Sept 2012 / Glenmore Lodge is Scotland’s outdoor training centre and offers world class instruction in a wide range of outdoor adventure sports. They are offering free training opportunities to mock students for their instructor training courses. All you have to pay for is your own travel, food and accommodation.

Derek Goodisson / tells us of his surgical mission to the worlds worst healthcare system – Myanmar. Inundated with patients, constrained by etiquette but overwhelmed by hospitality. He begs you to visit too.

Dr Steve Alcorn / Dr Jenny Linnemann / Share their experiences of life and medicine at Isilimela Hospital and Madwaleni Hospital in South Africa’s Eastern Cape

Adam Hollingworth / The Speight’s Coast to Coast World Multisport Championship is an annual event held in the South Island of New Zealand. It is the longest and hardest race on the Multisport Circuit. Participants hurl themselves across the island on road bikes, kayaks and tired legs. At stake: a cold can of Speight’s beer and entry into the exclusive club of Coast to Coast finishers.

Luke Summers / Adventure Medic Editor Luke heads to the European Association of Surfing Doctors (EASD) surfing medicine conference in Sagres Portugal and finds a thriving community of like-minded medics. We admire his devotion to CPD.

Meghan Perry / The politics of Neglected Tropical Diseases and a run down on Visceral Leishmaniasis including presentation, reservoir, treatment and vector control

Monica Iverson / Adventure Medic interviewed Monica Iverson and asked for her top tips on what to take in your first aid kit.