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Expedition Medicine Conference - Chamonix
| Location: | France |
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| Categories: | Mountain, Leisure, Individual, Outdoors, Extreme |
| When: | Jan 21, 2007 to Jan 25, 2007 |
| Family: | No |
| Cost: | £475 doctors |
WMT Chamonix conferences are superior to any other training package offered in the UK for aspiring and experienced expedition medics. Our world-class faculty, programme content, support materials, Chamonix venue and optional mountain activities are unrivalled.
These are details of the 2006 programme event which was attended by 90 delegates! The 2007 details/programme and speakers are to be confirmed but won't vary enourmously.
EVENT OVERVIEW
Conference themes
• Managing injuries in the field
• Medicine in the outdoor environment
• Planning & pre-expedition considerations
• Mountain medicine
• Hot, deep & dangerous environments
No prior expedition or skiing experience required
Chamonix – the Roof of Europe
Fabulous, authentic mountain town - skiing for all levels – easily accessible from Geneva airport - stunning adventure haven – thriving social scene
Conference features
• Robust educational event & comprehensive manual
• Lectures start on Sunday afternoon & continue each morning until Thursday, including a half day of outdoor training
• Key note address by Prof. David Warrell (1st Ed. Oxford Medical Textbook)
• 4 afternoons free for recreation
• 2 special après ski guest lectures
• Final party held on Thursday at a fantastic farm house restaurant
• A great selection of optional mountain & ski training activities on offer
The fee includes
- Diverse lecture programme over five days & a bound set of comprehensive notes
- 3 special evening lectures
- WMT branded satchel (or equivalent)
- Refreshments & snacks during main lecture programme
- Welcome vin chaud & savoury snacks for keynote address
- 20% ski hire discount
The fee DOES NOT include travel, accommodation, any meals, ski passes etc or anything else not expressly mentioned above.
