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BMJ Learning

BMJ Learning (registration required) went live a few weeks ago and is fast becoming a very useful tool. The courses and conferences guide and growing collection of online learning modules have your continuing education covered. Foundation doctors will find the Foundation Programme section of the website a godsend, allowing you to fill in your portfolio online and make sense of the somewhat chaotic array of forms handed to you at induction. As the name suggests, the website is part of the BMJ Publishing Group and uses other members of the family, such as Clinical Evidence and the BMJ, to provide its resources.

Script for success

The editorial in the BMJ this week about medical students being unprepared for prescribing will come as no surprise to those of you who remember your first few days on the wards, when a simple request for laxatives would have you scurrying off to find the nearest BNF. Ideally we would have paid more attention in our (few) pharmacology lectures and had more teaching on practical drug therapy, but as that's not possible, here are some websites that may be of use:

• The GMC's guidance on prescribing
• The BNF
• Prescribing advice from the Student BMJ
• Prescribing Advice for GPs, an NHS Prescribing Advisors' blog
• A selection of websites to help you refresh your pharmacology: Flesh and Bones basic guide to pharmacology (registration required), PharmWeb, flashcards from the University of Utah's medical student website, and online quizzes courtesy of Tulane School of Medicine and Pharmacology 2000