Useful Links
Assignment Resources
- Survey Gizmo
Needing a survey for your SSC? In the past, people have used SurveyMonkey for this, but who really wants to pay $19.99 for some SSC feedback?! Don’t go for the free account here – there’s a cunningly hidden free student membership at the bottom of the hom
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
- eMedicine
Regularly updated clinical knowledge base available to physicians and other health care professionals.
- Cochrane Library
Contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more.
- Clinical Evidence
Books
- The Naked Truth
Elsevier have put together this site of textbook reviews, written by medical students at your own university.
- MedicPrint
Online discount bookstore, specifically targeted at medical students, with over 66,000 titles.
- Book Butler
Looking for the cheapest place to get your next book? Book Butler searches over 100 online shops to show you the cheapest!
- Blitz Medicine
Free site allowing students to buy and sell used textbooks and equipment.
- Blackwells (+ 5% Galenicals Discount)
5% discount available for Galenicals members on books from Blackwells (only using this link!).
Careers
- The Foundation Programme
Information on how to apply to the Foundation Programme, what to expect during your training, how assessments work, how to get the most out of your Foundation Learning Portfolio and what resources are available to help you decide on your future career.
- Severn Deanery Foundation School
Homepage for the deanery which most of us are likely to be opting for when it comes to MTAS applications.
- Quack Foundation School Guide
The Quack Guide is an independent guide to foundation schools, written by a team of students and junior doctors after becoming frustrated with the lack of information when applying for jobs.
- NHS Medical Careers
This site has a suite of career planning tools to help all those within the medical field come to a well informed and realistic decision about their career by looking at self assessment, career exploration, decision making and plan implementation. There i
- Modernising Medical Careers (MMC)
Information on the recruitment and training process, as well as the foundation programme.
- BMJ Careers
1000s of job vacancies with career-related articles on policy through to working in a given specialty, plus tips on writing a winning CV.
Financial
- Money4Medstudents
Offer practical, unbiased information and advice to help medical students develop the financial knowledge and skills to manage their money.
Membership Organisations
- Royal Society of Medicine
Provide accredited courses for continuing professional development, allowing for continuing postgraduate education.
- Medical Protection Society (MPS)
Provide professional indemnity and expert advice to doctors, dentists and health professionals around the world. This includes clinical negligence claims, complaints, medical council inquiries, legal and ethical dilemmas, disciplinary procedures, inquests
- Medical Defence Union (MDU)
One of the UK’s largest defence unions, the MDU can offer advide and protection in a variety of circumstances regarding clinical performance.
- General Medical Council (GMC)
The General Medical Council (GMC) registers doctors to practise medicine in the UK.
- Doctors.net
Provide the ever popular @doctors.org.uk email addresses, as well as forums, news updates and educational resources.
- British Medical Association (BMA)
From revision courses and study aids to careers guidance and advice on helping you prepare for life as a junior doctor, the BMA has the right tools to support you all the way through medical school and beyond.
- Bristol Medico-Chiurgical Society
Aims to promote the exchange of views between health professionals on local health matters and to contribute to informed debate within the professions.
- Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)
Functions as a forum for debate and exchange of information, building on contacts in medicine and teaching in the UK and among other networks, to promote knowledge and expertise in medical education.
Practice Questions
- Surgical Tutor
As well as hosting a wide range of MCQs, Surgical Tutor has a good selection of galleries, tutorials, and general information on surgery.
- onExamination
Provided by the BMJ group, this site boasts a very large database of finals (and other) questions of various formats. Only downside – it comes with a pricetag!
- Medicalfinals.co.uk
This site hosts MCQs in a variety of subjects, as well as other quizzes, advice on exams, and a number of useful tutorials.
- Clinical Tutor
Clinical Tutor is a free website providing medical education through learning resources including MCQs, journal clubs, and useful links
Tutorials and Notes
- Meducation
Meducation is the medical education community, which enables doctors and student doctors to meet and share material online. It’s the YouTube of medicine, containing powerpoints, notes, podcasts and images…definitely worth a look!
Videos and Images
- St Georges Videos
Clinical examination videos, as well as some for practical procedures such as catheterisation, ABGs and venepuncture
- California University
Clinical examination videos broken down by system, as well as some hints and tips on recording findings, presenting cases and more.
- Ask Doctor Clarke
This clinical skills website is now free to all UK medical students and offers on-line video tutorials, demonstrating examination schemes and typical clinical cases, together with concise revision notes.
