BMJ Group
BMJ Learning is part of the BMJ Publishing Group (BMJ Group), the medical publishing division and wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association (BMA). BMJ Publishing Group Limited is incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number 3102371. Its registered office is BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR.
BMJ Group is best known for its weekly journal the BMJ (formerly known as the British Medical Journal). Established in 1840, the BMJ is an influential publication for doctors around the world.
Meet the BMJ Learning editorial team
The quality and reliability of BMJ Learning content are guaranteed by our expert clinical editorial team. We combine decades of front-line clinical experience with specialist medical editing and journalism skills to create content you can trust.
Nigel Praities
Head of Content, BMJ Learning & BMJ Careers
With a 20-year career in health journalism and medical editing, Nigel leads our editorial teams. He has a strong track record of guiding teams to produce ground-breaking investigative journalism and high-quality digital content designed for specialist audiences.
Key Qualifications:
MSc in Science Communication, Imperial College London
BSc in Physiology, University College London
Dawn Connelly
Lead Clinical Editor, BMJ Learning
Dawn brings over 20 years of experience creating digital content for healthcare professionals. Her editorial expertise is built on a solid clinical foundation, having worked as a hospital pharmacist for several years before moving into health journalism.
Key Qualifications:
BPharm, University of Bath
Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, Keele University
Charles Hall
Clinical Editor, BMJ Learning
Charlie has been a core part of BMJ Learning for over 15 years. He focuses on developing our high-quality courses, assessments, and multimedia content.
Key Qualifications:
MA in Pre-clinical Medicine and Computer Science, Cambridge University
MBBS, Imperial College School of Medicine
MSc in Science Media Production, Imperial College London
Dr. Melanie Davis-Hall
Clinical Editor, BMJ Learning
Mel is a practicing NHS GP. Alongside her work at BMJ, she is the medical director and in-house doctor for The Lowdown, a femtech platform for sexual and reproductive health. She also serves as a board trustee for the Self Care Forum.
Key Qualifications:
BMBS and BMedSci, University of Nottingham
MRCGP (Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners)
DCSRH (Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare)
Harriet Vickers
Multimedia Editor, BMJ Group
Harriet creates our high-quality videos, working with 3D animation specialists and a wide pool of freelancers. She has been at BMJ for over 15 years, with extensive experience creating educational and journalistic video, audio, and imagery.
Sources of income
BMJ Learning receives income from a range of sources to ensure wide and affordable access while maintaining full editorial independence.
BMJ Learning receives income from the BMA to provide free access to BMA members.
Where a module has been created under contract, as part of a partnership, this is indicated clearly on the module. Where advertising is carried, the advertisers have no involvement with the editorial content.
Ethics
The learning modules on BMJ Learning are created using a process that is compliant with all relevant ethical, medico-legal, and legal requirements. If material related to a potentially identifiable patient is contained within a module, then we require that patient's explicit and written consent. The confidentiality of patients is assured. BMJ Learning is compliant with data-protection legislation.
Images
Any identifiable people or patients pictured on our site have given their consent for their image to be used. We source some of our images from a stock photography company, which requires models to sign a release form permitting the use of their image. If you'd like to know more, you can read our supplier's policy on model release forms.
Some images on BMJ Learning have been reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence. You are free to re-use, alter, or transform these images, and you you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar licence.
Copyright
Learning modules on the site are the copyright (©) of BMJ Learning, unless specifically stated on the module.





