24-26 July 2024

A 3 day course which will introduce the participant to outdoor climbing.  Progressively you will learn the fundamentals of climbing on natural rock including interpreting guide books, using PPE, bottom roping and belaying, placing protection, building belays and seconding vdiff climbs as a minimum.  This course plus personal climbing consolidation is likely to meet the climbing prerequisites of the PGDip mountain medicine course.

Course for health professionals delivering urgent care in a rural setting or in an urban area where access to hospital care is restricted.  Course is delivered as a combination of online content followed by a 2-day block of scenario-based learning, usually based at our Westlakes Campus in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Course starts with an introductory webinar and continues online with videoed lectures and case based discussions in our virtual learning environment that students access at their own pace. It culminates approximately 10 weeks later with the 2 day on campus block of scenario based learning.