Launching BMJ Masterclasses

When we ask our readers what they want more of, one of the first things that they say is: education.1 This has led to the development of the ABC series of books and to BMJ Learning–which now has more than 50 000 registered users. These products help meet the needs of those who like to learn in their own workplace and home.2 However, many of our users have said that they learn best at face to face meetings. To meet their needs, our next learning product is BMJ Masterclasses, a series of one day courses throughout the United Kingdom. The initial masterclasses will be in respiratory medicine and cardiology and will be aimed primarily at consultants and specialist registrars in these specialties and in general internal medicine. General practitioners with a special interest in …