Useful Links

Note: External sites are not in any way approved or recommended by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

The PTC has developed a concise, relevant reading list for trainees. 

Doctors.net.uk is a large, active UK medical network.  It provides a number of on-line resources including sections on education, CPD modules, and an active forum discussion board including a specific forum for psychiatric trainees.

The BMA is the doctors' professional organisation established to look after the personal and professional needs of its members.

This website is for all professionals working in mental health and outlines current news issues in psychiatry, advertises jobs, courses and conferences, and details opinions and research in psychiatry.  There is also a discussion forum open to all mental health professionals.

 

The Volunteer Programme for Senior Psychiatrists and Specialist Registrars offers an opportunity to establish out of programme placements for Specialist Registrars in their second or third year of training who will be eligible for an overseas placement approved towards a CCT for up to one year of higher training.

The European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees aims to represent in one body the views of all psychiatric trainees and to provide a forum in which to learn about the diversity and richness of the current training of psychiatrists Europe.

WPA Young Psychiatrists Network constitutes an assembly of all young psychiatrists within the umbrella of WPA. Its components include the WPA Young Psychiatrists Council (YPC) (composed of the young psychiatrists officially representing WPA Member Societies), all Fellows from current and past WPA Congresses, the members of the WPA Educational Liaison Networks of Young Psychiatrists and Psychiatrists in Training, and all young psychiatrist members of WPA Member Societies.

 

This page details information about College journals, Gaskell books, College reports and factsheets and leaflets.