Medical careers resources

Specialties

Find out more about medical specialties at UHSFT by viewing the directory of services|, or by getting in touch with the UHSFT medical education specialty contacts|.

Job search skills

For advice and guidance on completing application forms and recruitment process please refer to www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk| and/or deanery websites.

Medical career references

There is a wealth of information available to support your medical career decision making. The medical careers resources list| is not exhaustive but will provide a starting point. For individual advice and guidance please email medical.careers@uhs.nhs.uk|  

Postgraduate education

• NHS Education South Central (NESC)
• GP education unit 

Useful links

• Medical education and training 
• Professional medical organisations 
• Colleges and societies 
• Deaneries 
• International 
• Health 
• Health care science
• Journals and textbooks 

Medical education and training

• Association for the Study of Medical Education
• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
• Faculty of Occupational Medicine
• Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
• Faculty of Public Health
• GP Notebook - an UK online clinical reference resource
• Medical Education ASME Periodical
• MRCOG Survival Course and Blog
• Scottish Doctor - learning outcomes for the medical undergraduate in Scotland
• Specialist Training Association
• UCL Medical Humanities Resource Database 

Professional medical organisations

• Doctors.net.uk - GMC number required
• General Dental Council
• General Medical Council
• Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association
• Medical Research Council
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Colleges and societies

• British Association and College of Occupational Therapists
• British Association of Paediatric Surgeons
• British Dental Association
• British Dietetic Association
• British Medical Association
• British Orthopaedic Association
• British Psychological Society
• British Society of Gastroenterology
• British Society for Haematology
• British Society for Immunology
• College of Emergency Medicine
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Royal College of Pathologists
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Physicians, London
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Royal College of Radiologists
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Royal Microscopical Society
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• Royal Society of Medicine

Deaneries

• Northern Deanery
• North Western Deanery
• East Midlands Healthcare Deanery
• West Midlands Workforce Deanery
• East of England Multi Professional Deanery
• London Deanery
• Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery
• Mersey Deanery
• Severn Deanery 
• South West Peninsula Deanery
• Yorkshire and the Humber Postgraduate Deanery

International

• Australian Medical Association
• The British Council - health section [broken]
• Canadian Medical Association
• International Federation of Medical Students's Associations
• Irish Medical Organisation
• European Environment and Health Committee
• European Union of Medical Specialists
• Singapore Medical Association
• Standing Committee of European Doctors
• South African Medical Association
• World Health Organisation
• World Medical Association

Health

• Occupational Health department at UHSFT:  023 8079 4156
• BMA counselling services: 08459 200169
• Sick Doctors Trust (drug and alcohol addition) - 01252 345163
• Doctors' Support Network (mental illness)

Health / science

• Association of Medical Research Charities
• Clinical Trials Database (US website)
• Current controlled trials
• Department of Health
• King's Fund
• Medical Research Council
• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• National Institute for Medical Research
• National Service Framework
• NHS Choices
• NHS Direct
• Office for National Statistics
• Virtual Hospital (University of Iowa)
• Wessex Institute

Journals and textbooks

• Bandolier
• British Medical Journal BMJ
• British National Formulary
• CINAHL nursing literature database and services
• Effective Healthcare Bulletin
• Gray's Anatomy
• Health Service Journal
• Journal of Postgraduate Medicine (Indian journal)
• King's Fund 
• Lancet
• Medical Matrix - subscription only
• Medline-plus
• PubMed (MEDLINE Gateway)
• Nature
• New England Journal of Medicine