Resources

FMLM is the UK home for medical leadership. Their website provides an overview of education resources and offers individual support for members irrespective of career stage.

The NHS Leadership Academy provides leadership development for people of all backgrounds and experiences across healthcare. View their free online programmes.

The NHS London Leadership Academy toolkit offers a comprehensive set of educational resources for managing yourself, managing others and leading teams of change.

This a directory of leadership and management resources which has been extensively developed and maintained by leaders and managers within the NHS.

HLA was formed to help young clinicians and medical students learn about leadership. They offer a yearly Scholars Programme to successful applicants.

The King's Fund is an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England. They strive for the best possible health and care to be available to all.

HBR is a general management magazine and is a leading destination for the latest thinking in management and leadership. View their latest leadership articles here.

Businessballs is a free ethical learning and development resource for people and organizations. They provide articles and resources covering a broad spectrum of topics.

SkillsYouNeed is a free web-service which provides high quality education resources for skills needed to help improve people's lives. Visit their leadership section.

Mind Tools is a paid for online resource which aims to help you learn the essential management, leadership, and personal effectiveness skills for a successful career.

This is a national programme designed to engage everyone in improving NHS Finance. They aim to bring financial skills, knowledge and expertise to staff at all levels of the profession.

The Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching promotes university teaching that leads to meaningful student learning. They provide a comprehensive collection of teaching guides.

A range of resources designed to create an inclusive classroom environment. Topics include course and syllabus design, day-to-day interactions and assessment practices.

This toolkit covers intended learning outcomes, inclusive learning, assessment and feedback, educational research methods and remote teaching.

Teach Thought is an American blog aimed at teachers. It includes articles covering a variety of topics as well as a long running podcast.

AMEE is a worldwide organisation with members in 90 countries. Their resources section offers a comprehensive list of medical education associations and journals.

IHI is a world leader in using improvement science to advance health care across the world. Use their toolkit to launch your improvement project or visit their Open School to learn more.

ASQ is a global organisation that works to empower individuals to achieve excellence through quality. Use their quality tools to make informed decisions for your improvement activities.

NHS England has developed a comprehensive collection of improvement tools. You can search the collection alphabetically or browse groups of tools using one of four categories.

This now archived 320 page PDF provides a comprehensive overview of 75 improvement tools, theories and techniques for service improvement.

NHS Scotland's Education Website provides information and resources to support people with experience at all levels of quality improvement to develop their knowledge.

IEHSS seeks to enhance and develop capabilities for research, practice, improvement and innovation. Their knowlege centre provides resources to help you on your journey.

HQIP is an independent organisation which aims to improve health outcomes by enabling those who commission, deliver and receive healthcare to improve our healthcare services.

This international forum is a series of international conferences that inform and inspire healthcare practitioners and patients towards a better, safer and higher quality of care.

Life QI is a paid for interactive web platform which brings together tools, people and data to make improvement happen.

NIHR is the UK's largest funder of health and care research. Visit their website to find out about career development, opportunities for funding and the latest research news.

HDRUK is currently uniting the UK's health data to enable discoveries that improve people's lives. Visit their website to find out more about their work.

The Equator Network is a one-stop-shop for writing and publishing. Their Library contains a comprehensive searchable database of reporting guidelines and links to other resources.

The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews is the official guide that describes the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews for healthcare interventions.

Scribbr provides a comprehensive and easy to understand library of articles for understanding simple statistics.

Students 4 Best Evidence (S4BE) is a growing network of students from around the world who are interested in learning more about evidence-based health care

Datavizproject is designed by data scientists for data scientists. This resource offers advice on the different types of visualisations available for presenting research data.

The Data Visualisation Catalogue is a library of different information visualisation types. Explore how each visualisation works and what it is best suited for.

This is the digital companion site for the book 'Visualising Data: A Handbook for Data Driven Design'. It provides additional resources.

In this guide, Storytelling with Data share the good and the bad of commonly used charts and graphs for data communications.

Businessballs is a free ethical learning and development resource for people and organizations. They provide articles and resources covering a broad spectrum of topics.

SkillsYouNeed is a free web-service which provides high quality education resources for skills needed to help improve people's lives. Visit their communication section.

Paul Ekman is a world leading professor of psychology who has undertaken extensive research into emotions and facial expressions. Visit his website to view his work.

HBR is a general management magazine and is a leading destination for the latest thinking in management and leadership. View their latest communication articles here.

Mind Tools is a paid for online resource which aims to help you learn the essential management, leadership, and personal effectiveness skills for a successful career.

NIA supports exceptional individuals with a passion and commitment to scaling their innovations for greater patient benefit. Fellows are expected to share their learning.

This workforce development programme aims to provide the commercial skills, knowledge and experience needed to successfully develop and spread innovative solutions.

Doctorpreneurs is a non-profit organisation which is committed to transforming healthcare by unlocking the wealth of talent within the existing workforce.

BMJ Innovations is an online-only journal, covering research on emerging digital health, medical devices and innovations.

The Medical Futurist is an online magazine which helps readers understand the latest digital health technologies.

STAT is an online news outlet which delivers fast, deep, and tough-minded journalism about medicine and life sciences.

Digital Health provides independent business, policy and technology news, research and events focused on developments in health IT in the NHS and UK health.

This is a government run organisation which offers free and impartial advice. They help people avoid unmanageable debt and offer high-quality debt advice for those in debt.

Medic's Money is run by a dual qualified doctor and chartered accountant. They have an informative blog, run a podcast and help connect doctors with financial professionals.

MoneySavingExpert.com is dedicated to cutting your bills and fighting your corner with journalistic research, cutting-edge tools and a massive community.

This is the NHS Pension Website. They are responsible for administering the NHS Pension Scheme in England and Wales. Visit the Member Hub to find out about your pension.

The FCA is an independent financial regulator accountable to the Treasury and Parliament. View the consumer section to view your rights and learn how to protect yourself from scams.

The financial services register lists all firms and individuals who are involved with regulated financial activities and details the activities they are permitted to conduct.

This is a blog about how you can create a life that is better than your current one by reducing costs and making smart financial choices.

Investopedia is an american company which simplifies complex financial information for their readers. Their comprehensive education section includes this dictionary.

This is a national programme designed to engage everyone in improving NHS Finance. They aim to bring financial skills, knowledge and expertise to staff at all levels of the profession.

Physician on FIRE is an american based personal finance website created to inform and inspire physicians to achieve financial independence and the ability for early retirement.

Find out about the six principles of CPD, what CPD is, planning your CPD, carrying our your CPD, evaluating and recording impact and the role of the GMC in your CPD.

James Clear is the best selling author of Atomic Habits. His blog covers topics such as happiness, productivity and habits. Learn science-based ways to solve practical problems.

SkillsYouNeed is a free web-service which provides high quality education resources for personal, interpersonal, leadership, learning and presentation skills.

Udemy is an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 130000 courses and 35 million students. Their courses are frequently discounted and will rarely cost more than £15.

Coursera partners with more than 200 leading universities and companies to bring flexible online learning to individuals. You can audit their courses for free or pay to recieve a certificate.

Skillshare is a subscription platform with thousands of classes for creative and curious people. Topics include illustration, design, photography, leadership, entrepreneurship and more.

MasterClass is a subscription platform which offers online classes created for students of all skill levels. Their lessons are delivered by world famous instructors from across the world.

Businessballs is a free ethical learning and development resource for people and organizations. They provide articles and resources covering a broad spectrum of topics.

HBR is a general management magazine and is a leading destination for the latest thinking in management and leadership. View their vast list of topics here.

Mind Tools is a paid for online resource which aims to help you learn the essential management, leadership, and personal effectiveness skills for a successful career.

The Mezzofanti Guild is an online blog which provides advice for language learning. Visit this site to find out strategies for simpler language learning and recommended resources.

Visit italki for a language learning marketplace that connects students with the most dedicated teachers around the world for 1-on-1 online language lessons.

Fluent in 3 Months is about finding the quickest route to speaking a new language. This blog shows how to become fluent in a new language in just a few months before you travel.

This part of the Health Educaiton England Specialty Training website provides a list of the different person specifications for each specialty.

This part of the Health Educaiton England Specialty Training website provides access to the different competition ratios for all specialties.

NIHR support the training of doctors and dentists in England to enable them to develop clinical academic careers. View their Integrated Academic Training and Fellowships Programmes.

The Savvy IMG provide a series of articles and resources for international doctors planning to start work in the UK.

Project Cutting Edge helps aspiring surgeons build happy, successful, lifelong careers. They strive to cultivate sustainable achievement and improve outcomes for patients and clinicians.

The training required to become a doctor can be different for everyone. The BMA have mapped out the medical training pathway to help guide you through the process.

This is an article by the BMA outlining their expertise and knowledge on training, GP workforce initiatives, appraisals and volunteering. They offer help whatever your career stage.

With so many things to consider, making a final decision about your medical specialty can be tough. The BMA have put together some top tips to guide your decision-making process.

Visit the JCST website for more information on the surgical recruitment process and how it is administered.

This webpage provides information on the ten surgical specialties and covers the type of work involved, working conditions, sub-specialisation and competition ratios.

Visit the JRCPTB webpage for information on the 30 medical specialties and three sub-specialties. Find information on the development of the new physician training pathway.

View the HEE GP recruitment section for information on the general practice specialty training, including academic and global health fellowships.

There are different types of registration applications available based on knowledge, skills and experience. This article explores the different types of registration.

Answer a series of questions to find out which application route you should take to join the Specialist Register or GP Register.

This webpage lists the minimum number of years you must have trained on a UK combined programme in order to be eligible for a CCT (for combined programme applicants).

Medic Footprints is a UK based organisation that seeks to support the career and lifestyle needs of medics by connecting them with career new and interesting career opportunities.

80,000 Hours provides research and support to help students and recent graduates switch into careers that effectively tackle the world’s most pressing problems.

Prospects are the experts in graduate careers. They help to guide students and graduates to a bright future with unrivalled information, advice and opportunities

Permission to Thrive equips doctors with the tools and resources they need to thrive, and fall in love with their career again. View their transformational webinars and training sessions.

Medical Success brings invaluable knowledge and wealth of information together into an easy to use resource, giving clear advice and opening doors that had previously been closed.

An american based conference created as a way to help physicians explore the numerous non-clinical opportunities that are available to them. View their useful resources section.

Adventure Medic is an award-winning, free, online magazine for students and healthcare professionals interested in wilderness, expedition and humanitarian medicine.

Created by a GP as a single repository of resources for doctors approaching burnout. There is a useful section on alternative careers.

For some physicians, patient care is the only professional goal. But many doctors have career goals beyond clinical work. This site explores options besides clinical practice.

Beyond the Ward is designed to be a community of healthcare professionals who provide mutual support as they explore career options outside clinical practice.

A webpage for medics who are considering a move to an alternative career. You will find ideas of jobs where a medical degree and clinical training or experience are valued.

Training to be a doctor has many different potential career avenues. This page outlines the different career opportunities and support options that are available to doctors.

Adventure Medic is an award-winning, free, online magazine for students and healthcare professionals interested in wilderness, expedition and humanitarian medicine.

DisasterReady aims to better prepare humanitarian and development professionals for the critical work they do by providing high-quality online learning resources at no cost.

Plan My FY3 believe that junior doctors planning their time out of training should be able to access the right information, and the right opportunities, at the right time. View their guides.

The Sebbatical Guide will help you to realise your sebbatical dreams by giving practical and pragmatic information, and helping you put the foundations in place.

The Mezzofanti Guild is an online blog which provides advice for language learning. Visit this site to find out strategies for simpler language learning and recommended resources.

Fluent in 3 Months is about finding the quickest route to speaking a new language. This blog shows how to become fluent in a new language in just a few months before you travel.

Visit italki for a language learning marketplace that connects students with the most dedicated teachers around the world for 1-on-1 online language lessons.

Medic Footprints is a UK based organisation that seeks to support the career and lifestyle needs of medics by connecting them with career new and interesting career opportunities.

This webpage outlines the different types of out of programme opportunities (OOPs) as well as important points to consider before deciding to take time out.

This webpage explore the initiatives undertaken by HEE to improve the experience of doctors in training, including information on improving flexibility in training.

This webpage explains the new initiative by HEE for 'Out of Programme Pause' and lists the local deanary programmes.

This article explains the GMC definition of out of programme opportunities. They explain the various types available and offer guidance to deaneries and trainees.

A statement that gives guidance to deaneries, medical royal colleges and trainees on the management of absences from training and their effect on a trainee's certificate CCT date.

This certificate confirms to regulators in other countries that a doctor is in good standing with the GMC. It shows whether they are registered with the GMC and if they have any restrictions.

This article by the British Medical Association covers a list of things you should consider before working abroad as a doctor.