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General practice doctor: Contacts and resources

Jobs and work

• BMJ Careers
• Do-it  - volunteering opportunities
• Flexible Careers Scheme (FCS) for Doctors
• Locum Staffing  
• Medical Officer (RAMC)  
• NHS Authorities and Trusts  - for contact details of primary care trusts
• NHS Jobs
• NHS Professionals
• Yellow Pages - for contact details of local GP practices

Study

• British Medical Association (BMA)   - for information on the BMA medical trust fund.  Also a good source of news about the profession.
• Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans of the United Kingdom (COPMeD)  - for contact details of UK deaneries
• Educational Grants Advisory Service (EGAS)  
• FunderFinder
• Get into Medical School  
• The Grants Register: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide, Palgrave Macmillan, Annual
• Guide to the Major Trusts, Directory of Social Change (DSC), 2007/08
• Hotcourses Scholarship Search  
• ISC Medical  - tips for medical school interviews
• Medschools Online   - information on entry to medical school, funding and volunteering opportunities
• Money4MedStudents  
• New Media Medicine  - forum for prospective medical students, medical students and doctors
• Student Loans Company
• The Essential Guide to Becoming a Doctor, Wiley - John & Sons Ltd, 2007
• The Insiders' Guide to UK Medical Schools 2007-2008  
• Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)  
• Widening Access to Medical School (WAMS)  

Training

• Foundation Programme  
• gp-st.co.uk  
• Medical Careers  
• Medical Specialty Training - includes GP training in England
• Modernising Medical Careers in Wales  
• Medical Specialty Training  (in England)
• National Recruitment Office for General Practice Training  
• NHS Careers
• Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA)  
• Practitioners with Special Interests (PwSIs)  
• Scottish Medical Training (SMT)  
• So you want to be a GP?  

News

• British Journal of General Practice (BJGP)  
• British Medical Journal (BMJ), BMJ Publishing Group, Weekly
• Department of Health (DH)  
• General Medical Council (GMC)
• The Lancet, The Lancet Publishing Group, Weekly
• Medical Women's Federation  
• Pulse  
• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)  
• Support4Doctors  

AGCAS

Written by Christine Waddelove, The University of Liverpool

Last updated:

October 2009

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