BJGP Research Conference

BJGP Research Conference is a one-day focused event with lots of new information for your CPD, and opportunities for networking with other primary care academics and clinicians. Workshops, plenaries, and parallel sessions provide learning opportunities valuable to researchers at all stages of their career. By ‘pulling back the curtain’ on the publishing process, the BJGP reveals how medical journals and academic publishing work, providing insight to new and established authors. See the Full Programme and book your place today.

Workshops include: Build a second brain: taking smart notes and ‘Personal Knowledge Management’ systems; How to get published for early career researchers; and All you need to know about non-research writing. The keynote speaker is Prof. Trish Greenhalgh, and there will be many opportunities to engage with other primary care academics and clinicians. Find out more at BJGP Research Conference.

Ethnicity and the MRCGP assessment

This observational study of UK doctors in GP specialty training found that ethnicity did not reduce the chance of passing GP licensing tests after taking into account sex, place of primary medical qualification, declared disability, and Multispecialty Recruitment Assessment scores. This is important evidence given previous concerns that subjective bias due to racial discrimination is a cause of examination failure for UK trained ethnic minority candidates and international medical graduates.

Heavy menstrual bleeding

Women with heavy menstrual bleeding still face many challenges and taboos when seeking help. New research shows the debilitating impact of heavy menstrual bleeding on women, and the types of challenges they face. Women had widely differing experiences of current medical treatments in general practice, and emphasised how they valued patient-centred communication and involvement in decisions. Greater awareness about treatment and reducing taboo about heavy menstrual bleeding is needed. Being listened to and taken seriously can help.