Useful Websites for Medical Students

www.gpnotebook.com I'm sure most familiar with this already, but is an excellent tool for information in the
consultation

http://www.patient.co.uk A good source for patient information leaflets and for using in the consultation

http://cks.library.nhs.uk/home NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries

http://www.bnf.com/ British National Formulary

http://www.nice.org.uk NICE guidelines online.

http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/ Quite a powerful search engine for looking up the evidence

http://www.dermnet.com/ Skin Disease Image Atlas

http://www.fpa.org.uk/Homepage The Family Planning Association. Excellent fact sheets and answers common
questions on what to do about missed pills, unplanned pregnancy, young people's sexual health etc

http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical/ NHS Cervical Screening Programme information- great at answering

questions such as how long to wait after pregnancy for a smear, what abnormal results mean etc

http://www.immunisation.nhs.uk/Vaccines/HPV Great source of information on the HPV vaccine. Answers all the
questions patients usually ask.

http://www.elu.sgul.ac.uk/cso/skills/index.htm St George's Medical School, London. Clinical Skills Lab online with
videos of the basic examinations

http://www.onexamination.com/ Online question bank. Good practice for finals.

http://www.pastest.co.uk Online question bank for EMQ/MCQ practice for medical finals

http://www.arc.org.uk/ Arthritis Research Council - Information leaflets for patients on topics such as back pain,
including exercise sheets so patients can start own physio at home. Also has publications to download for
professionals and students- I would particularly recommend the "Clinical Assessment of the Musculoskeletal
System:A Handbook for Medical Students" which is free to download.

http://www.library.nhs.uk/ Many resources from NHS library.

http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/ Good for reviewing the evidence

http://www.bmj.com/ BMJ online... you can login with Athens Password

http://www.npci.org.uk/therapeutics/infect/commonintro/patient_decision_aids/patient_decision_aid1.php The
National Prescribing Centre has Patient Decision Aids to use in the consultation. There are excellent ones on the
use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in swine flu with smiley face kite charts demonstrating benefits/risks etc.

http://emc.medicines.org.uk/ Medicines compendium

http://www.gmc-uk.org/ GMC site

http://www.rcgp.org.uk RCGP website

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html National Office for Statistics. Good if you're doing a porject and
need to look at the demographics of something

Dr Laura Hair – September 2009