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BMJ Best Practice for medical students

BMJ Best Practice supports you make the transition from education to clinical practice.

Medical students around the world rely on BMJ Best Practice to:

• Help them prepare for clinical practice, with the most recent, trusted information on the most-commonly occurring conditions, backed up by evidence and with links to guidelines
• Give them confidence during clinical placements – remote, mobile and offline access ensures they always have the information they need, even where wi-fi is unavailable

BMJ Best Practice for clinicians

BMJ Best Practice gets you to the latest evidence-based information quickly and accurately.

Structured around the clinical workflow and updated daily, BMJ Best Practice uses the latest evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.

Whether you’re with a patient or researching treatment decisions more deeply, BMJ Best Practice is your trusted, instant second opinion.

BMJ Best Practice for nurses

Access clinical guidelines and patient care leaflets all in one place.

BMJ Best Practice is one of the world’s most trusted resources for day-to-day practice, used by multiprofessional care teams worldwide.

• Search by detailed symptom or a broader clinical topic
• Share information and discuss treatment options with patients using our accredited patient leaflets
• Stay current and support your professional development. Record reading with automatic CME/CPD tracking to support revalidation and appraisals

BMJ Best Practice for paramedics

BMJ Best Practice supports the multi-disciplinary approach to medicine management.

Our easy-to-navigate, evidence-based information ensures practitioners will find what they need quickly and efficiently. With BMJ Best Practice you can:

• Have confidence in your clinical decisions with the very latest evidence and expert opinion, updated daily, and linked to international guidelines
• Share information and discuss treatment options with patients using our accredited patient leaflets.

BMJ Best Practice for pharmacists

BMJ Best Practice supports the multi-disciplinary approach to medicine management.

Within each topic we have treatment algorithms which list medications for patient groups and sub patient groups. With BMJ Best Practice you can:

• Have confidence in your clinical decisions with the very latest evidence and expert opinion, updated daily, and linked to international guidelines
• Share information and discuss treatment options with patients using our accredited patient leaflets.

BMJ Best Practice for librarians

BMJ Best Practice makes it easy for librarians to support healthcare professionals in their clinical practice and research.

Our easy-to-navigate, evidence-based information ensures users will find what they need quickly and efficiently. With BMJ Best Practice you can:

• Provide continuous access to the latest clinical information
• Support evidence-based medicine
• Facilitate training and education
• Improve information literacy
• Promote patient education

BMJ Best Practice for medical schools

BMJ Best Practice supports your students as they make the transition from education to clinical practice.

Teaching hospitals and medical schools around the world rely on BMJ Best Practice to:

• Help prepare their students for clinical practice, with the most recent, trusted information on the most-commonly occurring conditions, backed up by evidence and with links to guidelines
• Give students confidence during clinical placements – remote, mobile and offline access ensures they always have the information they need, even where wi-fi is unavailable

BMJ Best Practice for hospitals

Providing high quality care in a cost-efficient way remains the greatest challenge for hospitals and healthcare systems around the world.

BMJ Best Practice helps healthcare institutions ensure better, safer care by providing their multiprofessional teams with fast access to the latest information to support their clinical decisions.

Best Practice is proud to work with many of the world’s most highly-regarded medical institutions including leading institutional medical schools, international ministries of health, public and private hospitals and large health networks.

BMJ Best Practice for primary care

In a time-pressured environment like primary care, fast and accurate diagnosis and decision making is vital.

With extensive coverage of the most commonly-occuring conditions, Best Practice can be relied on to answer your clinical questions.

• Support your doctors with the very latest evidence and expert opinion, updated daily, and linked to international guidelines
• Help your doctors discuss treatment options with patients. Best Practice has over 400 patient leaflets that have been reviewed by our Patient Panel

BMJ Best Practice for Telehealth

Pairing BMJ Best Practice with your Telehealth services will facilitate patient-clinician engagement.

Our easy-to-navigate, evidence-based information ensures practitioners will find what they need quickly and efficiently during the online consultation.

• BMJ Best Practice is relevant to doctors, nurses and other frontline health workers in your medical call centres.
• BMJ Best Practice can be integrated into your clinical system or electronic health record.