Medical Trainings
Where lifestyle meets healing: advanced training for physicians, blending evidence-based lifestyle medicine with immersive time in the mountains.
Hosted by OTRO Elements
- Duration
- 5 days · 4 nights
- Location
- Otro Valley · Alpe Selvaccia · Val Grande, Italian Alps, Italian Alps
- Group size
- 15–25 people
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Best season
- spring, summer, autumn
- 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.
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 host
OTRO Elements
Netherlands · basecamp at Alpe Selvaccia, Italian Alps6 years hosting
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.
Verified credentials
- Local IFMGA-affiliated mountain guides set and lead every alpine route
- Groups capped at 8–12 people, with several facilitators per expedition
- Winter routes finalised on snow, avalanche and weather conditions shortly before departure
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We hold your payment until your experience starts
Your payment is taken at booking but stays with NatureTreats. We release it to your host the day after your experience begins. If it doesn't happen, you are refunded in full, automatically.
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: full refund.
- 30–14 days before: 50% refund.
- Less than 14 days before: no refund.