Expedition and Wilderness Medicine (Online) Learna - Diploma MSc

Overview

Do you want to break from clinical conventions, develop skills that will enable you to think on your feet in an emergency setting, and save lives while travelling the world? Our part-time online Postgraduate Diploma in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine (Online) at Learna - Diploma MSc  has been designed for any health professional who is interested in developing their career and credentials in this increasingly popular and competitive speciality. Follow fellow professionals in escaping the everyday through extreme medicine courses. You will uncover an unknown passion for research and certainly develop your research-based skills in the most flexible way when you join our extreme medicine courses. The course is fully accredited and awarded by the University of South Wales. On successful completion of this course, you will receive a Postgraduate Diploma in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine. Travel for both work and pleasure is becoming increasingly prevalent and travellers are seeking more adventurous trips going off the beaten path and challenging themselves. In this emerging market, current job adverts are asking for doctors and other healthcare professionals (HCPs) with training, experience, and specialisation in wilderness medicine and expedition medicine. Examples may include:- Adventure holidays- Charity work- Overseas employment - scenarios could be anything from climate research expeditions, treks and charity work, to going into space. This wilderness medicine course allows our experienced faculty to focus upon the practicalities of preparing for the expedition and also on the physiological and pathological impacts of expedition in remote and extreme locations. We are on a mission to improve healthcare worldwide through accessible, quality education. To provide more opportunities for healthcare professionals we offer interest free payment plans. 

Completion of this expedition medicine course will enable graduates to:

• Apply evidence-based clinical skills and knowledge to minimise risk and maximise health before, during and after expeditions.

• Demonstrate the ability to provide sound clinical and situational judgement in environments prone to rapid change and uncertain outcomes.

• Develop skills and knowledge to anticipate, plan for and treat common and potential health problems which may arise on expeditions. 

• Gain lifelong learning and advanced problem-solving skills that they can apply within the field of expedition medicine.

• Apply the knowledge, approaches and skills gained within expedition medicine to wider emergency situations.

• Deliver leadership to teams in multi-agency, multi-cultural and/or international contexts.
• Become leaders in the field of expedition medicine and wilderness medicine.

Accreditation

The course is fully accredited and awarded by the University of South Wales.