Knowledge and Library Services: Students: Online educational resources

Educational resources

ClinicalSkills.net
ClinicalSkills.net is an information package of more than 250 guidelines on clinical skills procedures, all in highly illustrated step-by-step format - supported by text and references - a tool for both qualified staff and student nurses in training who want to put best practice into practice. It also includes guidance for healthcare assistants and carers.
Access: NHS OpenAthens account

Exam resources

The Knowledge and Library Services are not currently funded to provide examination resources. While not a recommendation, we are signposting to the following resources:

almost a doctor
Includes a free medical encyclopaedia and other resources for medical students, doctors and healthcare professionals.
Clinical odyssey
A free app that offers simulations, spanning more than 500 conditions and diseases, all which can be played in minutes. Each simulation is also accompanied by a concise yet comprehensive discussion of the diagnostic reasoning, and key learning points for you to take home. New cases are released every week, often in keeping with global endemic and epidemic trends, to help you brush up on the clinical skills that are the need of the hour.
F|Docs
supports foundation schools to deliver a world class foundation programme. It enables final year medical students and foundation doctors to prepare for their future careers whilst easily achieving their curriculum requirements.
Geeky medics
Geeky Medics offers comprehensive OSCE preparation resources, including written guides, checklists, flashcards, video demonstrations and mock OSCE stations, interactive question bank and flashcard platform, as well as clinical topic summaries mapped to the Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA).
i-medics
Provides free Medical exam question banks for doctors and those looking to become doctors.
LearnHaem
is a free resource of haematology slides and content to help young doctors and medical students learn key haematology topics and prepare for the UK FRCPath Haematology exam.
Medical flashnotes
Medical flashnotes is a clinical medicine reference and studying tool for students and residents, covering medicine, surgery, paediatrics, psychiatry, and obs and gynae. It is ideal for quickly looking up a condition on the wards, or studying for exams.
Medical schools council
A database of shared learning materials collated from the UK MSC partner schools.
Mind the bleep
A free medical education platform for final year medical students, junior doctors and other healthcare professionals. It offers practical content that helps you deal with every challenges with ease. It includes articles, webinars, courses and other resources to cover all the essentials needed to support you and care for patients – all clinical specialties, wellbeing, employment, finance, and career development.
The next step
gives medical and dental students advice to make the transition into the workplace a little easier. It features insights, advice and industry news to help you make more informed decisions about your future. Their content hub is full of blogs and articles written by junior doctors and dentists, as well as videos, podcasts and competitions.
OSCE aid
An online revision community for medical students and junior doctors where you can find a library of resources on clinical examination, communication skills and practical procedures to help you revise for Medical OSCEs.
PassMedicine
Revision resource for medical students and qualified doctors.
Pastest
Whether you’re travelling or have a spare 15 minutes while on the go, this free app will help you to fit your medical test preparation around a busy schedule. Download it now from the App Store or Google Play to access questions and media from your subscription even when offline.
Pulsenotes
Aimed at medical, physician associate, nursing and allied healthcare students with over 2,700 single-best answer questions.
Radiology masterclass
Provides online medical imaging education resources for medical students, doctors, and allied health care professionals.
Sharp scratch
From the BMJ, a podcast for med students and new docs: Every fortnight, Sharp Scratch gets together medical students, junior doctors and expert guests to discuss all the things you need to know to be a good doctor, but that medical school doesn’t teach you.
TeachMe series
An award-winning collection of educational healthcare resources. Used by students and healthcare professionals alike, each resource is presented in an easy-to-read and visually appealing style.
Zero to finals
Designed to provide you with learning resources to help you get your head around a topic you have struggled with and prepare efficiently and effectively for the exams you are most worried about.

Clinical decision support tools

We offer access to UpToDate and BMJ Best Practice which are designed to give you the most up-to-date information quickly. See our Clinical decision support guide for more information.