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“ Asmor eandmor epeopl eheadi nt oEar t h’ swi l dpl ac es ,t hedemandf ormedi c swi t h t hi ss or tofex per i enc ei sgr owi ng.Ex t r ememedi c i nei si nc r edi bl yex c i t i ngandr ewar di ng. ” Mar kHannaf or d,Founderofc our s eor gani s er sWor l dEx t r emeMedi c i ne,s ai d,“ Wi t ht he NHSundermount i ngpr es s ur e,mot i v at eddoc t or sar el ook i ngatoppor t uni t i eswi t hi n medi c i nebutout s i deofat r adi t i onal hos pi t al env i r onment . “ Bec aus eoft her api di mpr ov ementi n t ec hnol ogyi nr ec enty ear s ,peopl ear e s pendi ngmor eandmor et i meex pl or i ng ar easout s i det hehumanr ac e’ sc omf or t z one:i ndes er t s ,att hepol es ,att he t opofhugemount ai ns ,i ns pac e. “ Whenhumanst r av el f arf r om hos pi t al s andc l i ni c s ,andt headv anc edmedi c al t ec hnol ogyas s oc i at edwi t ht hos e f ac i l i t i es ,t heyneedheal t hc ar e pr of es s i onal swi t hav er ydi f f er ents et ofs k i l l s . “ Ex t r ememedi c i nei sagr eatal t er nat i v et oat r adi t i onal c l i ni c al c ar eer ,andc anwor ki n par al l el t oaj obi nahos pi t al env i r onment .Anec dot al l y ,i t ’ sbeenf oundt hatmedi c sgai ni ngt hi sex per i enc er et ur nt ot hei rc or ec l i ni c al r ol eswi t hment al r es i l i enc eandaddi t i onal t eamwor k i ng,l eader s hi pandmanagements k i l l s . ” TheEx pedi t i onandWi l der nes sMedi c i nec our s ei nI c el andwi l l t ak epl ac e21–25J une 2017( f l i ght souton20J une)andwi l l c os t£1, 295.

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