Medical Trainings
Where lifestyle meets healing: advanced training for physicians, blending evidence-based lifestyle medicine with immersive time in the mountains.
Facilitated by OTRO Elements
- Where
- Otro Valley · Alpe Selvaccia · Val Grande, Italian Alps
- How long
- 5 days
- Group
- 15–25 people
- Languages
- English, Dutch
The experience
Designed for GPs and medical specialists, this training blends evidence-based lifestyle medicine with immersive experiences in nature, offering practical insights, reflection, and renewed energy for your daily practice.
Settings vary by module: car-free valleys, mountain hamlets, and wilderness trekking through some of the largest wilderness areas in Europe.
Structured presentations and clinical dialogue sit alongside guided reflection, cold-water training, yoga, guided hikes, a sweat lodge ceremony, and social evenings — a Bonte Avond, pizza nights — with the group.
The character of this experience
What the facilitator has told us about their own trip. Anything they have not said is simply not here.
- Depth of the experience
- Start of an inner journeyFor people who have their professional life in order and feel there is more. Who look at life with curiosity, and who want to hear from guides who have made the journey from a successful corporate life to a life more connected with themselves, and through that with others and the world around them.
Who this is for
Said plainly, so you can rule it out as easily as rule it in.
- You are a GP or medical specialist looking for lifestyle-medicine training that is not a conference room
- You want clinical content and personal recovery in the same week
- You are comfortable in a larger group of 15–25
- You are not working in medicine — the clinical dialogue assumes you are
- You want a small group; this is the largest cohort OTRO run
What's included
Included
- Structured presentations and clinical dialogue
- Guided reflection sessions
- Cold-water training
- Yoga classes and guided hikes
- Campfire reflective moments and a sweat lodge ceremony (Care 3.0)
- Optional visit to the Albagnano Meditation Healing Centre
- Group social evenings — Bonte Avond and pizza nights
- Traditional mountain hut accommodation
- Facilitation by Raymond, Rogier, Elkana and Blanca
Not included
- Travel to and from the Italian Alps
- Personal and travel insurance
Meet your facilitator
OTRO Elements
6 years running experiences
OTRO Elements run “nature-based expeditions designed for reflection, deep connection, and the art of letting go”. Their basecamp is Alpe Selvaccia — 22 hectares of alpine meadow and pine forest above Rassa in the Valsesia, with rustic huts, a fire circle, a tipi and a yoga platform looking out at Monte Rosa. They call the facilitator team the Tribe: Quirine, Fenneke, Tjeerd, Marit, Kalijn, Fernanda, Raymond, Robert-Jan, Benny and others, working alongside local Italian hosts and mountain guides.
Why you can trust this listing
- A person read this listing against a checklist before it went live. It carries the quality stamp only because it passed.
- Every photo above was confirmed as this experience, not stock photography.
- Your money is held in a third-party client account and released to the facilitator 1 day after the experience starts.
Practical details
Including the cancellation terms — visible before you book, not buried at checkout.
Meeting point
Varies by module — the Otro Valley, Alpe Selvaccia, or Val Grande. Confirmed with participants after booking.
What to bring
Walking boots suitable for full days on mountain trails Warm layers and a rain shell Swimwear and towel for the cold-water training Anything you need for the clinical sessions
Accessibility
Car-free valleys and hut accommodation reached on foot, with wilderness trekking on some modules. Not suitable for wheelchair users.
Cancellation — Moderate
Full refund up to 30 days before the start date.
- More than 30 days before: 100% refund.
- More than 14 days before: 50% refund.
- Inside the last window: 0% refund.
Insurance to consider
Worked out from where this trip goes, how long it lasts and what the terrain is like. Insurance is yours to arrange.
Cancellation cover
Pays back what you cannot get refunded if you have to cancel or cut the trip short, for example through illness.
a.s.r. annuleringsverzekering(opens in a new tab)Medical costs abroad
Pays for a doctor or hospital outside the Netherlands. Your Dutch health insurance may not cover everything abroad.
a.s.r. reisverzekering (via Mountain Beat)(opens in a new tab)Rescue and repatriation
Pays for search, rescue and the journey home after an accident or illness. In remote or mountain areas a helicopter rescue can cost tens of thousands of euros.
NKBV Expeditieverzekering (membership required)(opens in a new tab)
The facilitator has not described the terrain yet, so this is based on the region and length only.
The insurance you actually need depends on your own circumstances, such as the cover you already have. Naturetreats does not sell or recommend insurance: check any policy against your own situation before you travel.