Clinical Medicine: BMJ Best Practice (med students)

If you are a Graduate Entry Medicine or clinical medicine student (yrs 4-6), ask the library for a free OpenAthens (med student) account. Send us an email and we will create an account for you. This account gives you access to nationally purchased NHS resources, including BMJ Best Practice.

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Access BMJ Best Practice with your OpenAthens account

The first step to setting up BMJ Best Practice is to sign in with your OpenAthens account. Once you have done this you will be able to create a separate personal account, which you can then use to download the BMJ Best Practice app to your device for anytime, anywhere access, even offline.  

Option 1

• Log in to your OpenAthens account on the NICE website. 
• Select 'My resources' from the menu on the left.

• Click on the link to BMJ Best Practice
• If you are prompted for your institution, select 'NHS in England'.  
• Scroll down to the bottom of the page. If you see a message indicating that access is provided by your institution, then you can move on to STEP 2 (create a personal user account). 

Option 2

• Visit the BMJ Best Practice access through your institution page.  
• Select the option to 'log in via OpenAthens/Shibboleth'
• If you are prompted for your institution, select 'NHS in England'
• Sign in with your OpenAthens account 
• Scroll down to the bottom of the page. If you see a message indicating that access is provided by your institution (University of Oxford - Bodleian Health Care Libraries), then you can move on to STEP 2 (create a personal user account)

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Create your free personal user account

Your personal user account will give you anytime, anywhere access to BMJ Best Practice. You will also need this account in order to download the app to your device for convenient access on any network. The app even works offline. 

• Once you have signed in through your institution (see STEP 2). Click the 'Your profile' option at the top of the page and select 'Set up your free user profile'. 

• Complete the short online registration form. 
• You will find confirmation that you have logged in successfully in the 'Your profile' menu.

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Download the app

• Search for 'BMJ Best Practice' on the App Store or Google Play. 
• Download the app
• Enter your personal account login details to complete the download.