Our BSc Remote Medicine cohort explored the Brecon Beacons in Wales, to practice outdoor skills and collect data on their physiological responses to walking 🏔️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 They were supported by a special helper Dug, the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team's Search and Rescue dog 🐶

A very warm welcome (or welcome back) to our students at Imperial! 👋 Are you joining us for your intercalated year in Remote Medicine, Translational and Respiratory Medicine or Cardiovascular Sciences? Here's what last year's students had to say about the courses 👇

The field trip is a highlight of the BSc, but couldn't be run without the volunteers who make it a safe and successful educational experience. If you work at @imperialcollege come help! bit.ly/helpremotemed And if you're a medical student, come join us! bit.ly/joinremotemed

At the end of a hard day in the field, staff and students head back to inside to prepare dinner, analyse data and debrief on the day's activities. Excellent food cooked up by the students, none of which went to waste!😋

Meanwhile, others headed onto the hills, with the aim to collect physiology data in the outdoors on our own varied responses to exercise, away from the lab. We also practiced skills such as map reading🧭 It was also a soggy introduction for those new to the Welsh mountains!☔️

Mountain Rescue revealed they were stetched due to the coming storm, and so tasked our students with answering callouts and providing an initial scene triage. Some teams were briefed to await the calls📞...

One member of the team, Bran the search dog (@NSARDAOrg), was a big hit with everyone...

To develop these skills, we take students into deepest darkest Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog). Lucky for us, the trip begins with a visit from Central Brecons Mountain Rescue Team (@CBMRT), who show the range of challenges they face and the equipment used to address these.

Remote Medicine teaches medical students research skills📊in the context of responses of the human body to extreme environments🗻🤿, and the unique challenges of these environments to healthcare delivery🩺.

Good morning! We are Remote Medicine BSc (@ICRemoteMed), giving A Day In The Life of our recent field trip! Perfectly timed to catch the arrival of Storm Ciarán...