Travel Health Conference

We thought this was worthy of bringing to your attention. TREC Travel Medicine have organised a very interesting conference on travel medicine to which Glasgow University Wilderness Medicine Society has been offered a 50% student discount.

This will appeal to anyone who is interested in Wilderness Medicine, is organising a charity or elective trip to a developing country, or is considering volunteering in a developing country.

Shelia Hall, who has organised this conference, is a leading figure in travel medicine in the West of Scotland, with many years experience in the field. There will be quite a mix of speakers including Neil Dignon who leads a lot of expedition and charity groups.

The event is to be held in the Glasgow Concert Hall – Strathclyde Suite – on Friday 14th March. 9am – 4pm.Cost is £120 but with a 50% discount for students = £60. If any students would like to apply "on-line" they should choose the "pay by cheque" option and return the form with their cheque marked "student rate." Of course if your not a student you will still be more than welcome, you'll just have to pay full price thats all!!I have attached the flyer which contains full details and a programme for the day.

For further details and on-line registration www.TRECtravelhealth.co.uk

Hope this finds you all well,

A Life On (Off and Under) the Ocean Wave!!

Our next lecture will be held this Wednesday the 13th February in Boyd Orr LT B at 1900. Our speaker will be Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Sean Miles from the Royal Navy



Dr Miles has practiced medicine in some of the most inhospitable, hostile and isolated environments on the planet, from deserts and mountains, to being the only doctor isolated on a submarine hundreds of feet under the sea. This means that he has a wealth of experience in wilderness medicine which he has agreed to share with us!!



Whether you are considering a career in the armed services, or just want some excellent advice about the practice of medicine in the most hostile environments on earth, this talk is sure to be of great interest!!

Where: Boyd Orr LT B
When: Wednesday 13th November at 1900hrs
Then: Off to the pub!!

This will also be an excellent time to renew you membership of GUWMS, which will have expired. Remember only members can access our training events. We have booked 24 places on a pre-hospital care course with BASICS on the 9th and 12th April - definitly going ahead this time ;-) - which will only be available to current members (for free!!). Its only £3 to join, so come along on the 13th, hear a fascinating talk from an experienced practitioner in wilderness medicine and get the chance to go on our brilliant money can't buy training events!!!!

Some other events in the pipeline (members only):

Practical Training with the RNLI at Troon
Practical Training with Mountain Rescue Teams
A Social Night at Xscape, Braehead...

Jason Lang (9404002l@student.gla.ac.uk)
Vice President - GUWMS