Mental health and wellbeing

• Free and confidential 24/7 counselling line and peer support service open to all doctors and medical students. There is always someone you can talk to.
• Medical students wellbeing checklist provides guidance to medical schools on how to protect and promote student welfare.
• Thriving in medical school resource provides a wide range of tools, resources, and services designed to help you thrive throughout your first year and beyond.
• Improving the mental wellbeing of doctors and medical students - read about our work to improve the mental health of the profession, including new research and our wellbeing charter.

Sexism and sexual violence

• Sexual misconduct at work provides information on sexual misconduct and the resources to support you if you have been involved in an incident of sexual misconduct.
• Sexism and sexual violence towards medical students report on the issue of sexism and sexual violence in UK medical education, as identified by medical students themselves.
• A joint pledge to end sexism in medicine  addresses the cultural and structural factors that cause sexism in order to improve working conditions for medical students and doctors.

Racism

• Racial harassment guidance for medical students for if you witness or experience racial harassment at medical school
• Racial harassment charter for medical schools guides you on how to implement the BMA charter against racial harassment in your medical school.
• BMA FREE (forum for racial and ethnic equality) offers support for doctors and medical students from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

LGBTQ+

• Welfare resources for LGBTQ+ medical students resources external to the BMA including national/UK-wide charities, medicine-specific charities and university-specific resources.
• Proud@BMA network is a member-led group who identify as LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning) championing and advancing diversity across the BMA.

Disabilities and reasonable adjustments

• Reasonable adjustments throughout the stages of medical education and training provides useful information, links to resources, key points you might want to consider, and tips from doctors who have gone through this stage of training

Curriculum and education support

• Medical training pathway maps out the medical training pathway to help guide you through the process.
• A guide to Intercalated degrees including the benefits of intercalating and some of the key considerations.
• Master the MLA with thousands of exam-style questions with BMJ OnExam.
• Read our guidance on how to make the most out of your clinical placement.
• Tips for choosing your medical specialty