Extreme Medicine

Unique Features

• Choose from five optional courses: Cold Weather and Expedition Medicine, Wilderness and Expedition Medicine, Tactical Operations, Humanitarian and Disaster, and Human Factors.
• Gain the knowledge and experience to provide compassionate and ethical medical care, even in the most severe environments.
• Open to all medical professionals.

Program Objectives

With this graduate certificate, you’ll be able to:

• Identify and apply the components of the disaster cycle, including planning, mitigation, response, and recovery.
• Develop and apply methods for identifying and managing human factors in extreme medical settings.
• Develop and apply skills in crisis resource management, leadership of highly efficient teams, and methods for assessment and quality improvement.
• Develop and apply the tenets of bioethics in disaster and humanitarian response settings.
• Identify and apply the critical factors for successful team integration in disaster and humanitarian response settings.
• Develop and apply methods for managing acute and chronic medical issues in humanitarian response.
• Identify the guidelines and principles of the international standards for humanitarian response as outlined by the United Nations and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Career Outlook

A variety of industries, from the government to the media, have a growing need for professionals with expertise in extreme medicine. Federal projections for strong healthcare labor growth should also yield many traditional job opportunities.

In addition, while the job market is still growing, the demand for qualified volunteers in this field is substantial as many healthcare professionals engage with nongovernmental volunteer agencies that provide humanitarian care.