Category: Adventures

Costa Rican Exploits: How to Tame Your Dragons

Costa Rican Exploits: How to Tame Your Dragons

Dr Mina Arsanious describes his experience as an expedition medic with Raleigh International in Costa Rica; taking us from a community project to a conservation project to a twenty-one day Dragon Trek.

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New Kidney on Kilimanjaro

New Kidney on Kilimanjaro

In this article, Jeremy Windsor questions how transplant patients’ physiology is affected by high altitude, and the steps that can be taken to mitigate against the risks in these patients.

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‘Dromomania’; the Uncontrollable Impulse to Wander or Travel

‘Dromomania’; the Uncontrollable Impulse to Wander or Travel

Following the publication of his book – ‘Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor’ – about his six-year global cycle-tour, Dr Stephen Fabes shares with us the difficulties he faced in returning home and how he overcame this to step back into the medical world

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Desert Medicine in Namibia, 2018

Desert Medicine in Namibia, 2018

Hannah Schneiders recounts her experiences of her expedition with Exile Medics – a week of desert survival skills and expedition medicine in the Namibian desert – and reflects on what she has since applied in expedition medicine and in medical education. 

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ED at Sea; Medicine in the Polar Regions

ED at Sea; Medicine in the Polar Regions

The seventh continent leaves many spellbound with its captivating beauty and unique wildlife. Expedition doctor Jodie Sage shares the challenges and rewards of medicine as the ship doctor from her experience operating at both Poles.

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Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine at DDRC Healthcare

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine at DDRC Healthcare

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Doctor Megan Ross tells us what goes on at the DDRC Healthcare hyperbaric medical facility in Plymouth and the unique opportunities they offer for junior doctors.

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Thinking of straying to Straya? The Definitive Junior Doctors’ Guide to Living and Working in Australia

Thinking of straying to Straya? The Definitive Junior Doctors’ Guide to Living and Working in Australia

Junior doctors Ella Bennett and Jack Leach have demystified and condensed all you need to know to make the move to live and work as a doctor in Australia. What are you waiting for?

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Mountain Medicine: Experiences of a Kilimanjaro Medic

Mountain Medicine: Experiences of a Kilimanjaro Medic

Dr Emily O’Neill recounts her experiences of mountain medicine as expedition medic on Mount Kilimanjaro

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Submersion: Kampala and The White Nile

Submersion: Kampala and The White Nile

Tales from travels in Uganda. Adam shares his experiences around his Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Diploma (DTM&H) in East Africa.

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology on the Zambezi

Obstetrics and Gynaecology on the Zambezi

Dr. Marcus Hollyer Final year medical student Marcus had the privilege of experiencing the highs and lows on his medical elective in Zambia in 2019. Here he recounts his experience of working in a resource-poor setting; from obstetric emergencies; to daily life in Lusaka; to weekend tips to Victoria Falls and safari in Botswana. Lusaka Hospital, Zambia Starting my medical school elective […]

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