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Where to look if you need to research a topic

The following sites are a few of the sites which you may find it useful to visit regularly during the registrar year and to look things up for tutorials etc:

Department of Health sites

• The Dept of Health Website http://www.dh.gov.uk/

• Chief Medical Officers site which produces a regular bulletin http://www.dh.gov.uk/cmo

Prescribing

• MeRec Bulletins http://www.npc.co.uk/merec.htm

• The British National Formulary (BNF) http://bnf.org/

• Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin http://www.dtb.org.uk/dtb/index.html

• Toxbase. Poisons information. Need to register http://www.spib.axl.co.uk/

• Bath Clinical Area Partnership (BCAP)Formulary http://nww.ruh-bath.swest.nhs.uk/departments/prescribing_and_therapeutics/home_menu.htm

• National Prescribing Centre (NPC) http://www.npc.co.uk/

• Prescriptions Pricing Authority (PPA) http://www.ppa.org.uk/index.htm

• UK Medicine Information http://www.ukmi.nhs.uk/

GP 3rd Party sites with links

• Doctors Net http://www.doctors.net.uk/

• Doctor’s Desk. Useful links to journals, databases and many other useful sites http://drsdesk.sghms.ac.uk/

Professional Bodies and Organisations

• GMC http://www.gmc-uk.org/

• RCGP http://www.rcgp.org.uk/

• Medical Protection Society (MPS) http://www.medicalprotection.org/medical/united_kingdom/default.aspx

• Medical Defence Union (MDU) http://www.the-mdu.com/gp/index.asp

• Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice (JCPTGP) has been replaced by the PMETB

• PMETB (Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board). This oversees the supervision and training of all postgraduate doctors http://www.pmetb.org.uk/pmetb

• National Office of Summative assessment for General Practice http://www.nosa.org.uk/

• BMA http://web.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/__Home_Public

• National Association of Sessional GPs http://www.nasgp.org.uk/

• Avonweb http://nww.avon.nhs.uk/

• BANES PCT Intranet http://nww.banes-pct.nhs.uk/

• Mendip Primary Care Trust http://www.somerset-health.org.uk/mendip/

• RUH http://www.ruh-bath.swest.nhs.uk/

Educational Sites

• Wessex Deanery http://www.wessex.org.uk/medical/

• Swindon and Bath Day Release Course http://gppro.co.uk/newgpr/index.htm

• Bath GP Educational Trust (includes information about educational meetings, also links to Bath Locums and Assistants Group(BLAG)) http://www.bathgped.org/

• Well Close Square GP Practice (fantastic resource for trainers and GP registrars) http://www.gp-training.net/training/resource.htm

• BMJ e-learning. Good way to learn on line. Evidence based learning modules http://www.bmjlearning.com/planrecord/index.jsp

• Wisdom. NHS site providing educational materials to support health professionals in their life-long learning. http://www.wisdomnet.co.uk/default.asp

• MPS GP Registrar site with useful guides on ethics and medico-legal issues medical protection

• GPTrainers . Links to useful resources and info for GP Trainers and registrars. http://www.gptrainers.co.uk/

• National Association of Primary Care Educators http://www.napce.net/home/index.php

I.T.

• Tutorials and tips re Powerpoint www.microsoft.com/uk/office/powerpoint

• Dr on line: Patient leaflets http://nww.doctoronline.nhs.uk/masterwebsite1Asp/

Bulletins with publications, updates and developments

• MPS Risk Consulting. Outlines publications in the following areas: Patient Safety Quality Improvement Risk Management Regulations and Guidance Employment Issues Other News Forthcoming Courses & Events. Free e-mail subscription.http://www.mps-riskconsulting.com

• Dept of Health GP Bulletin www.dh.gov.uk/publicationsandstatistics/bulletins/gpbulletin http://www.rcgp.org.uk/information/publications/sevendays/

• RCGP. Seven Days Bulletin. Only available via password to members http://www.rcgp.org.uk/

• RCGP e-bulletin update. Only available to members via password, but also distributed with Doctors.net.uk http://www.rcgp.org.uk/information/publications/e_bulletin/index.asp?menuid=112.

Appraisal , Revalidation and Personal Development Plans

• DOH GP Appraisal forms. Information and downloadable forms http://www.dh.gov.uk

• GMC Appraisal Info http://www.appraisaluk.info/

• NHS GP Appraisal Documents www.doh.gov.uk/gpappraisal/index.htm

• GP Learning (PDP plan)http://www.gplearning.co.uk/

Where to look if you need to research a topic

The relevant speciality/professional body internet sites

• RCGP http://www.rcgp.org.uk/

• RCOG http://www.rcog.org.uk/home.asp?PageID=3

• Faculty of Family Planning http://www.ffprhc.org.uk/

• British Thoracic society http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/

• GMC ,Defence organisations, BMA.

Guidelines

• eguidelines http://www.eguidelines.co.uk/

• Scottish Intercollegiate Network Guidelines SIGN http://www.sign.ac.uk/

• PRODIGY Knowledge http://www.prodigy.nhs.uk/indexMain.asp

Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) sites

• Clinical Evidence http://www.clinicalevidence.com/

• National Electronic Library for Health (NELH) guidelines finder: http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/guidelinesFinder/

• Centre for reviews and dissemination http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/index.htm

• Netting the Evidence http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/ir/netting/

• Leicester Dept. of GP Audit guidelines http://www.le.ac.uk/cgrdu/

• National Institute for Clinical Evidence (NICE).http://www.nice.org.uk

• The Cochrane Collaboration http://www.cochrane.org/index0.htm

• The Centre for Evidence-based medicine (everything you need to know about EBM) Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Home Page

• BMA Medline Plus. (BMA Password needed) http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/LIBMEDLINEPlusNLI

• Medline http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/medline/ (You will need an Athens password, which is available to anyone working in NHS. To register visit: https://www.athens.nhs.uk/region/nhsswr/ ) or http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

• Bandolier http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/

• TRIP Database http://www.tripdatabase.com/

• Netting the Evidence http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/ir/netting/

• Ingenta http://www.ingentaconnect.com/;jsessionid=1mnjcmti350i9.victoria

• National Electronic Library for health (NELH ). Many of the above are available through this site http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/ .

Looking things up in general

• Google :A useful general search engine http://www.google.co.uk/

• Ask Jeeves. Useful for asking questions on the internet http://www.ask.co.uk/

• NHS Library http://www.library.nhs.uk/

• South West Information for Clinical effectiveness (SWICE). Access to journals, search engines etc. http://www.swice.nhs.uk/ Athens password needed. This is easy to do, visit: https://www.athens.nhs.uk/region/nhsswr/

• BMJ learning http://www.bmjlearning.com/planrecord/index.jsp

• GP Notebook. Useful source of information about a wide range medical conditions. http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/

Journals

• Bandolier is a useful evidence based journal summarising studies relevant to Primary Care http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/

• The electronic BMJ http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/

• The Lancet http://www.thelancet.com/

• The British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) www.rcgp.org.uk/journal/index.asp

• Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) http://jama.ama-assn.org/

Department of Health

• National Electronic Library for Health (NELH) http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/

• DOH Website and use site index http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en

• South West Information for Clinical effectiveness (SWICE). Needs Athens password. See below or can register at this site http://www.swice.nhs.uk/

• Avon Health bookmark links http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/AvonHealth

General Internet search and gateways

• Google http://www.google.co.uk/

• OMNI (allows you to search selected and reviewed health websites) http://omni.ac.uk/

• Drs Desk http://drsdesk.sghms.ac.uk/

• GP Online http://www.gponline.com/

• Merck manual http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp

• Avonweb http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/AvonHealth

• EMIS Mentor

• Look at your trainer’s list of favourite internet sites

Paper resources

• Practice library

• Academy GWH Library (will find articles very quickly if you complete a library request slip)

Written by: Dr Mark Dinwoodie. With thanks to Dr James Blackstock

 

 

Send mail to Professor Graham Wright g.wright@nhs.net with technical questions or comments about this web site.
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