About us

BMJ Learning is the best available learning website for medical professionals. It offers a wide range of learning resources, commissioned by the BMJ Group. The learning resources deal with everyday issues in primary care and hospital medicine. They are evidence based and peer reviewed. The modules on BMJ Learning are continually updated. Modules which are no longer up to date are placed in the archive of old content. Modules are continually checked by the editorial team to ensure that they are up to date. We currently have over 440 learning modules.

There are different types of learning module on the site - interactive case histories, just in time modules, reflective modules, and multimedia modules. The learning modules on the site take approximately one hour to complete.

The learning resources on BMJ Learning are created according to a process that is compliant with all relevant ethical, medico-legal, and legal requirements. If material related to a potentially identifiable patient is contained within a module, then we require that patient's explicit and written consent. The confidentiality of patients is assured. BMJ Learning is compliant with data-protection legislation. The modules on the site are copyright of BMJ Learning - unless specifically stated on the module.

BMJ Learning can be used in Windows, MacOS, and Firefox on any PC and in any region. If you have any trouble using the site then email customerservice.learning@bmjgroup.com or phone +44 (0)20 7383 6160.

Is BMJ Learning for you?

BMJ Learning is for:

• Hospital doctors
• General Practioners
• GP trainees
• Practice nurses
• Practice managers
• Anyone else who works in health care.

You can use it as an individual or you can use it to learn together as a team. For example, you could use our modules on audit, complaints, and preventing medical errors as a foundation for a half day's teaching on clinical governance. Learning together has many advantages. You can exchange information and experiences and you can share different insights and perspectives on clinical and ethical dilemmas.

When you register you will be asked to choose one of the following channels - 'GP CPD', 'GP trainee', 'Hospital doctor CPD', 'Foundation programme', 'International' (for users outside of the UK), 'Emergency Medicine CPD', 'Practice nurse CPD', 'Practice manager' or 'Other healthcare professional'. Once registered you will then be directed to the part of the site which is designed for you.

What BMJ Learning can do for hospital doctors

You can

• Use our evidence based and up to date learning resources spilt in to 70 categories or specialties 
• Plan and record your learning so you can track your progress over time and use certificates of completion as evidence for CPD points (where applicable)

What BMJ Learning can do for foundation doctors

You can

• Find out what's on the curriculum
• Find out about your assessments
• Use our evidence based and up to date learning resources that are mapped to the curriculum

What BMJ Learning can do for GPs and GP trainees

You can

• Learn about appraisal and revalidation
• Use our evidence based and up to date learning resources
• Use our learning needs assessment tools to find out what you need to know
• Plan and record your learning so you can track your progress over time and use certificates of completion as evidence for CPD/QOF points (where applicable)

What BMJ Learning can do for practice nurses

You can

• Plan your learning according to the Agenda for Change classification
• Use our evidence based and up to date learning resources that are tailored to your needs - we have modules for you on smoking cessation and on leg ulcers and a range of other chronic diseases

What BMJ Learning can do for practice managers

You can

• Use our learning resources that cover issues such as how to deal with complaints, how to comply with the Data Protection Act and how to deal with difficult colleagues
• Plan and record your learning so you can track your progress over time

Quotes:

"I wish all the learning one undertakes was that short, clear and efficient!"

Maria Beltran de Guevara, Rayleigh, South Essex

(Fitness to drive module)

"Good, concise, patient orientated evidence. Have learnt more on the subject and feel more confident in dealing with my patients."

Antony Willman, Wiltshire

(Chronic fatigue syndrome module)

"I managed to complete this during a morning surgery - and it helped with real case management . . . learning at work, through work!"

Jacques Mizan, London

(Post traumatic stress disorder module)

"Well laid out and clear presentation of diagnosis and treatment options. The section on the new GMS contract was helpful."

Rabinder Mittal, Reading, Berkshire

(Type 1 diabetes mellitus module)

"Enjoyable and confidence building. I realise I have a good basic knowledge already, the module helped clarify things for me."

Margaret Portman, Leeds

(Erectile dysfunction module)

Sponsorship

Industry sponsorship is available on BMJ Learning in two formats:

1. A single banner on the introductory page of a learning module
2. A single banner on the BMJ Learning email alert

Banners may link to either a pdf containing information supplied by the sponsor, or to an external website owned by the sponsor. In either case, the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd is not responsible for any content provided or hosted by a sponsoring company. Please note:

• Sponsors have no influence over the content of the modules themselves.
• Sponsors are not given access to the personal records of our users.

If you have any questions regarding industry sponsorship on BMJ Learning, please contact Gavin Egan on gegan@bmj.com

BMJ Group

BMJ Learning is part of the BMJ Group. The learning resources on BMJ Learning are based on Clinical Evidence which is a continually updated source of the best available evidence. BMJ Learning also works in conjunction with the British Medical Journal to provide you with a wide range of learning resources. BMJ Learning receives income from a range of sources to ensure wide and affordable access while maintaining full editorial independence. BMJ Learning receives income from the BMA to provide free access to BMA members. It receives an unrestricted educational grant from univadis, a portal for healthcare professionals provided by MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme), to provide free access for univadis users across Europe, in English and other languages. It also contracts with a range of bodies including the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to produce custom learning modules. Where a module has been created under contract, this is indicated clearly on the module. Where advertising is carried, the advertisers have no involvement with the editorial content.

Coming soon

BMJ Learning is continually changing. It has 400 learning resources and this number is growing all the time. We are also developing our learning resources to make them more interactive and enjoyable to use. We are developing multimedia aspects of the site including video courses such as our 'Clostridium difficile: in association with the Department of Health' module.