By Dr Nick Knight Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) is a specialty with clear direction. It creates SEM doctors to manage the medical care of injury and illness in sport and to provide large scale application in improving the health of the general public through exercise advice and prescription1. As broad as this ‘broad church’ speciality […]
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Expedition medicine’s role in sports and exercise medicine training
By Phil Clelland Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective – A BJSM blog series This summer, I worked for British Exploring as the senior medic on their Project New Horizons expedition and provided medical cover for 67 participants during a three week trip to North West Iceland. This expedition aimed to inspire young people […]