Background
The resources below include links to educational opportunities relating to medicine in austere and extreme environments and the diverse fields of endeavour that this covers. We are happy to receive contributions, and to add additional categories of resources. Please contact us to contribute.
Aerospace Medicine
Conference Proceedings and Seminar Series
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health offers an Aerospace Seminar Series (recordings of all seminars from 2019-21 are currently available online).
The archive of recordings from UTMB Aerospace Grand Rounds is also available: https://www.utmb.edu/spph/aerospace-medicine/ground-rounds.
University of Toronto Department of Medicine Grand Rounds recordings – Occupational and Aerospace Medicine: https://deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/rounds.
The International Humans in Space Summit 2022 YouTube channel.
ASBX 2021 (the Australian Space Biology x Health Summit) recordings are available on YouTube (November 2021).
10th Australian Space Forum, 25 November 2020 – view sessions on YouTube.
Womxn in Aerospace Medicine YouTube channel with guest speaker presentations.
American Society for Gravitational Space Research YouTube channel. The videos include the 2021 and 2020 annual scientific meetings.
UNOOSA Space4Health webinars (14 May 2020).
United Nations/China 2nd Global Partnership Workshop on Space Exploration and Innovation, 21 – 24 November 2022. Website here (most presentations can be downloaded).
Recordings of the Project POSSUM/IIAS Space Medicine Group April/May 2020 “Astronaut Mentality Webinar Series” are available here.
A series of webinars from the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) Space Medicine and Life Sciences Project Group can be found on YouTube.
Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH)
Recordings of a large number of the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH)/Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Red Risk School webinars for 2018-20 are available here. Alternatively, stream all the Red Risk School seminars with the Red Risk Playlist on YouTube. You can join the TRISH mailing list to stay up-to-date on the latest TRISH solicitations and happenings.
For the TRISH Space Health Primer visit this page (video also available on YouTube).
Baylor College of Medicine/TRISH: Space Health: Surviving the Final Frontier. https://youtu.be/P9e48XW-1F4 (26 Apr 2022) (01:18:59) Web page: https://www.spacehealththemovie.com/.
TRISH Orbit Rendezvous: The Translational Research Institute for Space Health hosts its monthly virtual TRISH Orbit Rendezvous, a gathering for space health researchers, students, investors, and enthusiasts. Each month, the discussion focuses on some aspect of solving the challenges of space exploration-associated human health risks. Visit this page for the dates of the next meetings, and to register and find the Zoom link. Past recordings are also listed here.
Upcoming Webinars
There is usually a lot going on in the area of space and space health, and the best way to hear about new events is to monitor social media feed, particularly on LinkedIn and on Facebook the Space Medicine & Biology Visionaries group. If you live in the Australasian region, the Bioastronautics Australia Network may also appeal.
Aviation/Aerospace Australia: A/AA has a special interest group for women in aerospace and the NextGenNetwork, and offers regular webinars and seminars. At present these are being offered free due to the pandemic. Check the website for upcoming events and for membership information.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a web page for Seminars & Webinars. There is a huge number of events listed, and at present many of them are offered free of charge.
NASA – Spaceflight for Everybody Virtual Symposium
NASA – Spaceflight for Everybody Virtual Symposium, 10 November 2021.
Spaceflight for Everybody Virtual Symposium – Day 1
Spaceflight for Everybody Virtual Symposium – Day 2
Spaceflight for Everybody Virtual Symposium – Day 3
The purpose of the symposium is to communicate the current state of NASA spaceflight health knowledge. Speakers will highlight NASA’s operational medicine and biomedical research findings that are establishing how the human body adapts to the space environment during space missions. Additionally, other health & medical topics will be discussed including the future goal for spaceflight participation for other nontraditional able-bodied people. We will also discuss the benefits of partnering with commercial providers on human health research to NASA, the commercial spaceflight sector, and to the scientific community. The symposium will be recorded for future public use and a summary of the symposium will be published. The product of the symposium is a better awareness of how NASA protects the health of all astronauts and our plans to do so in the future. The target audience is both healthcare professionals interested in space medicine and interested parties in the general public.
Web page: https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/spaceflightforeverybody.
Space – Upcoming Webinars
The Space Show offers a weekly webinar on a wide range of space-related topics, usually in the afternoon European time. The Space Show has been built upon the Space4Women initiative of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) with the objective of facilitating access to the benefits of space exploration, science and technology, STEM education, and STEM careers for women and girls around the world in alignment with Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 5.
Space Studies
- NASA NASA Intern and Fellow Opportunities for International Students
- NASA International Internship (NASA I²) seeks to better prepare students to work in a global environment and on multicultural international missions. NASA and the nation benefit from a cadre of future scientists, engineers and other professionals who become familiar and experienced in multinational environments. Internship sessions are arranged in three sessions during the calendar year (spring, summer and fall). Thirteen participating countries, open to undergraduate and graduate students in STEM disciplines. Visit the web page for individual contacts.
- The International Space University offers a variety of space studies courses. See the website for details about the current course offerings, which include the annual Space Studies Program (usually held in the northern hemisphere) and the Southern-Hemisphere Space Studies Program (Adelaide, Australia).
- ISU also offers a very generous scholarship program for both of these major course offerings. See the website for more information.
- Womanium Global Astrobiology Program – scholarships available. The Womanium AstroBiology module spans biology, chemistry, astronomy, physics, planetary science, engineering, and geology. Think like an astrobiologist and learn how scientists use laboratory experiments, large telescopes, field work, computational modeling, spacecraft and space missions to study earth, other bodies in our Solar System, and exoplanets across the universe.
- The MMAARS Virtual Astronautics Academy offers a twelve-day Analog Astronautics General Program. See the website for more information.
Mars-focused Education
- An international academic and research organization, Mars University (MarsU) is a U.S. nonprofit based in Los, Angeles, CA that was co-founded over the summer of 2020. Read about its upcoming programs here: https://www.marsu.space/academics.
Educator Space Resources
- Teaching Space With NASA (from NASA JPL). Join NASA experts and education specialists for live education webinars. Ask questions, get teaching resources and share the excitement of space exploration with students.
- NASA STEM Engagement. This website offers a huge number of resources for both educators and students and for home-schooling.
- NASA Express – Your STEM Connection newsletter.
Wilderness and Pre-Hospital Medicine
- For students or volunteers working in the pre-hospital area, consider joining the Australasian College of Paramedicine for access to a very wide range of events, webinars, online courses, conferences, access to the College’s quarterly electronic magazine, monthly eNews and peer-reviewed journal, as well as other benefits.
- TacMed Australia offers a number of training courses. These are open to the public. There is also a resources page on the website.
- The University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine Section of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine offers a number of wilderness and space-related courses.
- The Global Organisation for Wilderness Medicine Education (GOWME) offers a free Wilderness and Emergency Medicine Lecture Series and an outstanding Resources page covering a wide variety of topics relating to wilderness and environmental medicine. There is also a page for Archived Lectures.
- The Wilderness Medical Society is offering a free series of “Fireside Chat” webinars for members to discuss various facets of wilderness medicine research, as well as to engage with and learn more about the WMS. These hour-long, non-CME discussions will be moderated by committee members and feature presentations as well as open Q&A.
Climate, Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Disaster resources
- AIDR – Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience. Offers various webinar series and many different online resources. Also some paid courses and workshops. You can Subscribe to the Australian Journal of Emergency Management online and Subscribe to Updates from AIDR.
- Recovery Matters webinar series (includes in-depth webinars that explore findings and recommendations in the 10 Years Beyond Bushfires Report and features the launch of the Recovery Capitals resources and the Recovery Exercising Toolkit. View all webinars on the Recovery Matters webinar seriesYouTube playlist).
- Recovery Uncovered is a webinar series that explores disaster recovery from a community perspective. Through a fusion of lived experience, expert research and practical advice, each webinar session offers the opportunity to explore disaster recovery through the eyes of those who have lived it and gain valuable insights, evidence and tools to enhance recovery practice.
- EMPA (Emergency Media and Public Affairs). Australasia’s Disaster and Emergency Communications Hub. EMPA is dedicated to building an international community of practice of emergency communicators and researchers, and promoting excellence in emergency communication. We are committed to learning lessons from each event, creating change, integrating efforts, looking after each other, and working with the communities we serve. (Offers a free webinar series.)
- WADEM (World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine)
- WADEM has a number of geographically-based Chapters and several Special Interest Groups, including one for students.
- TorqAid offers a wide number of resources related to disaster and humanitarian response and also provides an online online, accredited Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) program: www.torqaid.com/online-pdrm-program
- NEW! The University of Melbourne – Specialist Certificate in Disaster and Terror Medicine https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/specialist-certificate-in-disaster-and-terror-medicine/
- Disaster Doc – Dr Mark Keim
- http://disasterdoc.org/
- Offers a free e-book: “Too little, too late – why you can’t rely on rescue”.
- (also has a YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDisasterDoc)
- The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) Fellowship in Disaster Medicine is offered on an annual basis, and is open to international medical graduates.The BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine is a one year fellowship program based in Boston, USA with an option for a second subspecialty year if approved. The admissions process runs from July – December 31st each year, and accepted Fellows begin their Fellowship July 1. Included in the fellowship is an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School.It is important to note that individual Fellows are responsible for a full year of tuition fees at Harvard University (over US$100,000) and their own living and travel costs.
- The BIDMC also offers a two-year GME Climate and Human Health Fellowship. This includes completion of an MPH at Harvard. A minimum of 3-4 years emergency medicine residency is a prerequisite.
- The Living Closer Foundation physician GME Fellowship in Climate & Health Science Policy is a 12-24 month program hosted by the University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine.
Emergency medicine
- Alfred Health Emergency Education offers a variety of short courses, vocational training, and courses for academic credit as well as conferences, recordings of past events, and news updates.
- NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management – Upcoming Events: https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/itim/events/upcoming-events.
- The International Emergency Medicine Education Project (iEM) has been providing free emergency medicine educational resources for medical students since June 2018. The Emergency Medicine Core Content Course is designed according to undergraduate emergency medicine curriculum recommendations of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). All students around the world are free to register and use the resources provided in this course. For more information and to register visit: https://iem-course.org/courses/emergency-medicine-cc/.
- Other iEM project resources include:
- iem-student.org is the main hub of the iEM Education project. Students can reach 2018 eBook chapters, blog posts, video, image, audio archives through this website.
- Flickr image archive contains images and short videos provided by iEM contributors. All photos and short videos are free to download. These items can be used in presentations and exams.
- YouTube video archive is where clinical videos and interviews with world-renowned experts are shared.
- SoundCloud audio archive contains iEM 2018 eBook chapters recorded in audio so students can download and listen anytime and anywhere.
- All iEM resources are cost and copyright free for all medical students and educators.
Climate health
Columbia Mailman is at the forefront of climate and health science, housing our Center for Climate and Health: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/centers/center-climate-health
Caribbean Climate and Health Responders Course: Education for Action https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/programs/global-consortium-climate-health-education/courses/caribbean-climate-health-responder-course-education-action
Caribbean Climate and NCDs Workshop Series (recordings) https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/programs/global-consortium-climate-health-education/events/past-events/caribbean-climate-ncds-workshop-series
Yale Center on Climate Change and Health
One Health
- NEW! The University of Melbourne – Graduate Certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/graduate-certificate-in-infectious-disease-epidemiology/
- One Health Awareness Month (January of each year)
- The “Soulsby Fellowships” are provided by The Soulsby Foundation. The Trustees aim to award one or two Soulsby Fellowships annually through a competitive application process. Each Fellowship will be granted to an individual who has proposed an impactful project within the international field of “One Health”, and is likely to be between UK£10,000 and £15,000 in value to cover travel and subsistence expenses in carrying out the project.
Critical Care Medicine
- Monash University Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine free 1.5 hour webinar on Lessons from COVID-19 in Critical Care (YouTube channel).
- New short courses from the Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Monash University – Human Factors and Perioperative Medicine
Eye and Ear Medicine – RVEEH
- The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) has a large number of high-quality GP training session and webinar recordings on its GP Education and Training webpage. This is a fabulous collection of resources.
Short Courses for Health Professionals
The Monash University Institute for Health and Clinical Education offers a wide range of short courses for health professionals in the areas below:
- Health Professions Education
- Clinical Simulation
- Public Health
- Aviation Medicine
- Statistics
- Clinical Trial Fundamentals for Public Health and Medical Research
- Occupational and Environmental Health
- Clinical Sciences and Central Clinical School
- Clinical Skills.
Further short courses are available via FutureLearn, and a number of award courses are also offered (see the websites for details).
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