Get Started with F|Docs
Congratulations! You are one of a select few involved with the F|Docs pilot (powered by Medics.Academy).
The goal of the F|Docs programme is to make your foundation years go by smoother, and to maximise your chances of getting the specialty placement you want. As part of the early-stage pilot rollout, your feedback will truly make a difference to what F|Docs becomes.
How to activate your account
Normally at a cost of £180, your deanery has paid for your license.
You will have been sent an email with an activation link within. The subject line is, Here’s your Medics Academy coupon!
Click the activation link, and fill in the sign-up form you are taken to (see below).
How to add a course certificate to your Horus ePortfolio
Our e-learning courses are fun and interactive and our certificates can be uploaded straight onto your Horus e-portfolio account.
How to take a course on the Medics.Academy platform
We would recommend that you bookmark your dashboard page in your usual browser on whichever computer you most commonly use, so that it more easily becomes a part of your natural learning routine.
You can find your course dashboard by logging in on the Medics.Academy website, and clicking on "Dashboard" in the navigation bar across the top of the front page, as shown below.
Why use F|Docs?
F|Docs is supported by Professor Derek Gallen, the former director of the UK Foundation Programme. Together with a number of clinicians and former clinicians, F|Docs was made to supplement face-to-face teaching.
Where to start?
Below are clips from three of the courses within the F|Docs library that you might enjoy. Or, if there’s a part of the curriculum you want to fill, click here and browse the course library in order of where they fall under the curriculum.
Leadership and the Crash Team
The Junior Doctor Contract
Ophthalmology for the Non-Ophthalmologist
F|Docs is still in its early stages of development, so we are listening intently to your needs. If you have a topic you’d love to be added to the library, please let us know via [email protected].