Major Expedition and Wilderness Medicine

2026/27, postgraduate, full-time

Basic information

Faculty name:	Medical Postgraduate Education Centre, Centre for Postgraduate Education at the Faculty of Medicine
Major name:	Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Level:	postgraduate
Form:	full-time
Language of study:	polish

Programme

ISCED classification: 0912

Number of semesters: 2

Studia podyplomowe Medycyna ekstremalna i medycyna podróży są jedynymi studiami podyplomowymi w Polsce obejmującymi tematykę medycyny ekstremalnej i medycyny podróży.

Studia prezentują wielokierunkowe podejście do specyfiki, zagadnień związanych z medycznymi aspektami działalności człowieka w warunkach ekstremalnych obejmujących m. in.: działalność w wysokich górach, nurkowanie, podróże w rejony tropikalne i polarne, działalność związaną z konfliktami zbrojnymi i zdarzeniami masowymi, a także wyczynowe uprawianie sportu.

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Kierownik studiów: prof. dr hab. Piotr Major / piotr.major@uj.edu.pl

Obsługa administracyjna: mgr inż. Natalia Binczycka / natalia.binczycka@uj.edu.pl

Szczegółowe informacje dostępne na stronie: Medyczne Centrum Kształcenia Podyplomowego (uj.edu.pl)

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Mandatory	Block
Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine Course details lecture: 13 h seminar: 8 h ECTS points: 3 Form of verification: credit Mandatory: obligatory Block: obligatory for passing in the course of studies	lecture: 13 seminar: 8	3	credit	O	Os
High Altitude Medicine Course details lecture: 19 h workshop: 20 h seminar: 5 h ECTS points: 6 Form of verification: credit Mandatory: obligatory Block: obligatory for passing in the course of studies	lecture: 19 workshop: 20 seminar: 5	6	credit	O	Os
Expedition Medicine Course details lecture: 7 h seminar: 8 h ECTS points: 2 Form of verification: credit Mandatory: obligatory Block: obligatory for passing in the course of studies	lecture: 7 seminar: 8	2	credit	O	Os
Sports Medicine Course details lecture: 13 h seminar: 7 h ECTS points: 3 Form of verification: credit Mandatory: obligatory Block: obligatory for passing in the course of studies	lecture: 13 seminar: 7	3	credit	O	Os
Diving Medicine Course details seminar: 8 h lecture: 14 h workshop: 20 h ECTS points: 6 Form of verification: credit Mandatory: obligatory Block: obligatory for passing in the course of studies	seminar: 8 lecture: 14 workshop: 20	6	credit	O	Os
Disaster Medicine Course details lecture: 8 h seminar: 4 h ECTS points: 2 Form of verification: credit Mandatory: obligatory Block: obligatory for passing in the course of studies	lecture: 8 seminar: 4	2	credit	O	Os
Rescue and Evacuation Course details lecture: 16 h workshop: 20 h ECTS points: 5 Form of verification: credit Mandatory: obligatory Block: obligatory for passing in the course of studies	lecture: 16 workshop: 20	5	credit	O	Os
Desert and Polar Medicine Course details lecture: 14 h seminar: 2 h ECTS points: 3 Form of verification: credit Mandatory: obligatory Block: obligatory for passing in the course of studies	lecture: 14 seminar: 2	3	credit	O	Os
Medicine of Armed Conflicts Course details seminar: 14 h workshop: 20 h ECTS points: 5 Form of verification: credit Mandatory: obligatory Block: obligatory for passing in the course of studies	seminar: 14 workshop: 20	5	credit	O	Os