Expedition medicine offers an exciting opportunity to combine your medical skills with travel, field research and exploration. This gathering is intended to share experiences and encourage best practice.
The workshop is hosted by members of the Society's Expedition Medicine Advisory Group. As a collective of experienced expedition medical professionals who have travelled far and wide, they are looking forward to sharing their experiences, so that participants can be better prepared when starting out as expedition medics.
This session will be led by Dr Sophie Redlin, expedition doctor and researcher in Mental Health and Moral Injury, with guests from diverse roles across the expedition, military, and humanitarian sectors. It will explore the ethical challenges commonly posed by expeditions, particularly for team medics in a position of responsibility and care, highlighting how these challenges have the potential to precipitate moral distress and injury if not resolved.
Session participants will be invited to join the discussion, ask questions of the panel and share their own experiences if they would like to.
This session aims to increase awareness of this side of expedition life amongst the community so that medics feel empowered to better protect themselves in this regard, as well as their team members.
Booking information
- Advance booking for this event is required. In order to book you will need an account on our website. If you already have an account you will be prompted to log in when you click 'book now'. Please create an account if you do not have one yet (you do not need to be a member of the Society to create an account).
- We do not issue tickets (electronic or physical) for this event. Instead your name will be on a list at the door. Please use the Society's entrance on Exhibition Road.
If you have any questions or require assistance with your booking, please email events@rgs.org
Venue information
This event will be held in the Ondaatje Lecture Theatre at Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR.
Plan your visit to the Society and find more information about our venue, including our address, accessibility and transport links.
Accessibility at our events
We want everyone to feel welcome at our events. Key accessibility features of this event include:
- Step-free access to the event
- Accessible toilets
- Assistance dogs are welcome
- Hearing loop
For full details, please visit our accessibility page. If you have any questions or specific access requirements, feel free to get in touch with us on access@rgs.org
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