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Programme Overview

The programme aims to give registered healthcare practitioners the theoretical and practical knowledge to manage the specific illnesses and diseases that may occur in the mountain environment. This flexible blended learning programme provides a unique and challenging programme that combines mountaineering and medicine. It provides a range of interesting learning opportunities, encompassing theoretical knowledge and practical mountain skills.

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Programme Aims

The programme aims to give registered healthcare practitioners the theoretical and practical knowledge to manage the specific illnesses and diseases that may occur in the mountain environment.

To this end students taking this programme can expect to gain:

• an understanding of the physiological changes associated with exercise and with living at altitude
• an appreciation of the mountain environment, and the environmental factors that may lead to illness or injury
• knowledge of aspects of travel medicine that are important to mountain travel
• proficiency in the practical skills of survival and mountain rescue
• training in the management of altitude related disease and in the specific problems of managing illnesses and injuries that occur during a journey to the mountain environment.

Target Group

This programme is aimed at registered healthcare practitioners working or wishing to work in a mountain medicine environment.

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Accreditation

The RCSEd Mountain Medicine programme is accredited by the UIAA (International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation) and their associated partners, ISMM (the International Society for Mountain Medicine) and ICAR (the International Commission for Alpine Rescue). Students successfully completing the Certificate year of the programme are also awarded the UIAA\ISMM\ICAR Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM)

 

The College is an ELCAS Approved Learning Provider in the MoD Enhanced Learning Credit (ELC) Scheme for both the Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma programmes in Mountain Medicine. This means that service men and women in the armed forces will be able to apply for funding towards the cost of these programmes. Full details of the scheme can be found here: www.enhancedlearningcredits.com