We are thrilled to announce that the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Experience Intern for the UK course at Plas Y Brenin in Wales on May 21st to May 24th is Andrew Blanshard. Andrew is a 3rd year at Lancaster University studying Medicine and impressed us with his excellent application!
Andrew will spend 4 days working alongside the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Team helping set up practical exercises and logistics, and when not helping out will be able to watch the excellent lectures that will be held over the 4 day course.
Firstly thank you to all of you who applied to the March 2012 Expedition & Wilderness Medicine internship. We a huge amount of interest and all were strong candidates from a large number of UK and overseas universities with a fantastic mix of experiences and skills. It is hugely encouraging to see that so many medical students are developing their skills early and are well on their way to be the expedition medics of the future!
Now for the selected intern….
I am thrilled to announce that Marita Flotre has been selected by the EWM team to be the intern for Expedition & Wilderness Medicine’s UK Course in Keswick, Cumbria (5 March 2012 to 8 March 2012). Marita is a 3rd year medical student at the University of Bergen in Norway who caught the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Team’s attention with a clear passion for the outdoors and medicine.
Marita will join the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Team in Keswick as an ‘intern’ and be a member of the faculty over the 4 days having the opportunity to:
- attend the UK course as a faculty-assistant
- have the opportunity to attend all the lecture talks
- if not assisting faculty in a practical session, be able to observe other practical sessions
- be part of the faculty team in the final Search & Rescue exercise
- meet the lecturers and faculty behind the scenes and be one of the team
For those of you reading this and thinking you would like a go! We encourage you to submit your entries for the April 2012 Conference competition (the closing date for this is on Thursday February 2nd 2012) and May 2012 UK Course competition (closing date Monday 5th March 2012.
We look forward to sharing Marita’s thoughts on her intern experience with you after the course and I am sure you will all join us in congratulating her!
(i) A short-term Experience internship lasting the length of one EWM UK Course
(ii) A long-term Career internship lasting the two years of medical school
2.0 Purpose
The EWM internship (EWMi) will promote stronger relationships and awareness with the future leaders of remote and pre-hospital medicine and give an educational platform to boost future careers in EWM.
3.0 EWMi Experience Internship
3.1 Overview
Expedition & Wilderness Medicine are proud to announce a new programme to offer university medical students the opportunity to learn more about and be part of the UK Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Courses that are run three times a year.
For each course, we will invite one medical student to ‘intern’ with us as a member of the faculty. As an intern for the course they will:
attend one UK course as a faculty-assistant
have the opportunity to attend all the lecture talks
if not assisting faculty in a practical session, be able to observe other practical sessions
be part of the faculty team in the final Search & Rescue exercise
meet the lecturers and faculty behind the scenes and be one of the team
assist in the logistical running of course
The opportunity for this fantastic experience will initially be run for the 4 courses below:
3.2 How to enter for the EWM experience internship:
Write 250 words describing what makes you want to be an extreme medicine doctor? This may include the fields: expedition & wilderness, pre-hospital, and disaster and relief.
Submit one expedition related photograph to support your 250 words
Entries to Nick must be sent as a Microsoft Word document attachment and include Name, Age, University, Year of Study, Email
contact, Telephone contact
Be sure to state which of the three UK courses you are applying for
3.3 The winner must:
Become a member on the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine website (launches in October 2011) and join the Facebook Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Page
Be available for the full 4 days of the course or conference
Cover travel and accommodation in the faculty youth hostel or accommadation in London for the Extreme Medicine Conference
Write a 750 word blog with a picture for the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine website describing their experiences on the course, what they learned and how this will help them in their future medical career
Attempt to submit a small feedback article to a journal or magazine of their choosing (this could be an adaptation of the blog entry for example) e.g. Student BMJ.
3.4 Entry Deadlines:
Entries for the September course 2011 competition closes on Thursday 1st September 2011 (Winner announced on Facebook, EWM website and by email on Monday 5th Sept 2011)
Entries for the March course 2012 competition closes on Monday January 2nd 2012 (Winner announced on Facebook, EWM website and by email on Monday 9th January 2012)
Entries for the April Conference 2012 competition closes on Thursday 2nd February 2012 (Winner announced on Facebook, EWM website and by email on Monday 20th February 2012)
Entries for the May course 2012 competition closes on Monday March 5th 2012 (Winner announced on Facebook, EWM website and by email on Monday March 12th 2012)
Entries for September course 2012 competition closes on Monday July 2nd 2012 (Winner announced on Facebook, EWM website and by email on Monday 16th July 2012)
4.0 EWM Career Internship
4.1 The internship position involves:
Developing links with university wilderness medical societies and beyond
Supporting EWM developments online
Write articles for EWM
Support on site at the UK courses
Assist in organising the World Extreme Medicine Conference & EXPO
Communicate with leading remote medical professionals on behalf of EWM
4.2 How to enter for this EWM career internship:
Stage 1 (September 2012): submit application with answers to Dr Nick Knight at uni-liaison@expeditionmedicine.co.uk (Entries to Nick must be sent as a Microsoft Word document attachment and include Name, Age, University, Year of Study, Email, Telephone contact)
Describe yourself in 10 words
What qualities do you have that will make you a good remote medic? (250 words max)
What is your expedition or remote medicine experience? (250 words max)
What unique qualities will you bring to the company? (250 words max)
Describe any business experience you may have? (250 words max)
What qualities make you a ‘people person’ (250 words max)
Stage 2 (January 2013): Top 10 have a telephone interview with Nick Knight
Stage 3 (July 2013): Top 5 have a board interview with EWM faculty
Stage 4 (August 2013): Career intern announced and starts September 2013
(Note that there will be a 2 month probation period at the start of the EWM career internship)
4.3 Rewards from being a EWM career intern:
Insight into the leading company in Expedition & Wilderness Medicine
Networking and access to leading remote medical professionals
Opportunities to promote career
Put on your CV as the EWMi intern
Develop expedition medicine skills and more
Develop business acumen and communication with medical professionals
Insight into the leading company focused on providing expedition and wilderness medicine training to medical professionals
The International World Extreme Medicine Conference and EXPO 2012 is calling for abstracts from university wilderness medical societies (or equivalent) or university medical students with any interest in extreme medicine.
Guidelines:
The abstract should be no longer than 350 words long and outline a real or fictional medical emergency in a remote or pre-hospital environment. These may want to include:
Event description
Immediate diagnosis and management
Casualty evacuation
Follow-up management
Key issues or complications
Summary
Some scenarios to get you thinking!
Heat stroke in desert
Compound lower limb fracture in the jungle
RTA en route to mountain range
Decompression illness following a dive
Suspected high altitude pulmonary oedema
Snake bite in desert or jungle
Humanitarian health issues
Submission and Results:
To submit your entry for the “Taking Medicine to The Extremes” Poster Presentation please email Dr Nick Knight at: uni-liaison@expeditionmedicine.co.uk with the following:
Abstract title
350 word (max) abstract (in Microsoft Word, Font size 11, Arial, Justified)
Your name and/or Wilderness Medical Society (if a group effort)
University currently studying at
Contact email
Contact telephone
Deadline for submission is Friday January 6th 2012
From the entries, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine will select the top 10-15 and invite these to present their posters at the World Extreme Medicine Conference and EXPO 2012 at 1 Wimpole Street home of the Royal Society of Medicine. Presentation will be in the Events Dining Room.
Award
An award will be given to the best poster presentation as voted by one of the guest speakers – and will look great on your CV!
Firstly thank you to all of you who applied to the September internship. We a huge amount of interest and all were strong candidates from a large number of UK universities with a fantastic mix of experiences and skills. It is hugely encouraging to see that so many medical students are developing their skills early and are well on their way to be the expedition medics of the future!
Now for the selected intern….
I am thrilled to announce that Andrew Cumpstey has been selected by the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine team to be the intern for Expedition & Wilderness Medicine’s UK Course in Keswick, Cumbria (12 September 2011 to 15 September 2011). Andrew is a final year medical student at the University of Oxford who caught the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Team’s attention with a very clever and witty application in the style of a presenting history.
Andrew will join the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Team in Keswick as an ‘intern’ and be a member of the faculty over the 4 days having the opportunity to:
- attend the UK course as a faculty-assistant
- have the opportunity to attend all the lecture talks
- if not assisting faculty in a practical session, be able to observe other practical sessions
- be part of the faculty team in the final Search & Rescue exercise
- meet the lecturers and faculty behind the scenes and be one of the team
For those of you reading this and thinking you would like a go! We encourage you to submit your entries for the March UK course 2012 competition. The closing date for this is on Monday January 2nd 2012.
We look forward to sharing Andrew’s thoughts on his intern experience with you after the course and I am sure you will all join us in congratulating him!
Nick Knight University Liaison for Expedition & Wilderness Medicine
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