Guides for new doctors
Straight answers to the things nobody quite tells you before you start.
- Free to read
- No account, no email. Open it and read.
- Written by
- Resident doctors with experience of the job you’re doing.
- Who it’s for
- Doctors starting FY1, FY2, IMT and core training.
Every guide
27MIN READ
What preparing for FY1 actually involves — almost no revision, a short list of logistics, and the dates, pay and entitlements set out in full.
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21MIN READ
Best apps for FY1 doctors: what to install, and in what order
The apps a UK FY1 actually opens on a shift — what each is good at, what it is bad at, and the order to set them up.
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Live webinars for resident doctors
Short live sessions with time for questions. Every one is written up here afterwards, free to read whether you came or not.
The app
The unofficial handbook for resident doctors
- emergencyEmergency checklists step by step, ticked as you go.
- ecg_heartALS scribe mode a cycle timer and a running log of the arrest.
- assignmentOn-call scenarios plans for the 3am bleeps, to read on the way.
- stethoscopeClerking plans common take presentations, considerations on one side and the plan on the other.
- calculateCalculators the UK set: CURB-65, Glasgow-Blatchford, Wells, 4AT and more.
- co_presentWebinar notes a library of notes from our highly popular webinar series.
- history_eduLogbook log takes, clinics and teaching, then export to spreadsheet for ARCP.
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