The Registrar – the PRDC's magazine

Written for and by resident psychiatrists, The Registrar magazine shares insights and updates relevant to training and professional development. Here, you can explore the current issue, browse past issues or share your own ideas.

Latest issue

Summer 2026

This issue of The Registrar explores the many places inspiration can be found, from role models and lived experience to small ideas that grow into meaningful change.

Among other subjects, it features Dr Lade Smith CBE reflecting on her three-year term as RCPsych President, a resident doctor’s account of creating a free, independently produced revision podcast, and perspectives on supporting humanitarian aid workers, returning to psychiatry after bereavement and training in rural Scotland.

Share your ideas

Contributing to The Registrar is a great opportunity to engage with your Psychiatric Resident Doctors’ Committee and fellow resident psychiatrists, and share your experiences, projects, or ideas with fellow residents. It’s also a chance to see your work published and discussed.

The magazine welcomes article ideas on topics relevant to training and practice, including pieces on education, leadership, research, conferences, exams, recruitment, interviews and any other issues you feel are important to resident doctors. We particularly love hearing about innovative projects that fit with our aim to improve recruitment, training, and retention training, as well as interesting activities psychiatrists do outside of their clinical work, that complement their practice.

Short adverts for upcoming events, courses or conferences will also be considered.

Please note: You do not need to submit full articles initially, as the editor will first consider the proposal, and if accepted will provide a steer to develop the content, define the scope, and advise on the appropriate word count for your piece.

Contact

To feed back on previous issues or submit ideas for future ones, you can email prdcsupport@rcpsych.ac.uk.