Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: BMJ Learning

BMJ Learning gives you access to peer reviewed learning modules in text, video and audio formats.

1. Referencing text content 

The required elements for the reference are:

Author Surname, INITIALS./Corporate Author. (Year of publication or update) Title of content.  BMJ Learning. Available at: URL [Accessed date].

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment 

Turner, S. (2020) Clinical pointers; managing recurrent or persistent cough in children under 5: when to consider asthma. BMJ Learning. Available at: https://new-learning.bmj.com/ [Accessed 12th August 2022]. 

In-text citation

Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence

According to Turner (2020)...

Example 2 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence

There is no test for asthma (Turner 2020).

2. Referencing video content with audio

The required elements for the reference are:

Author Surname, INITIALS./Corporate Author. (Year of publication or update) Title of content. [Video] BMJ Learning. Available at: URL [Accessed date].

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment 

Bird, W. (2021) The health benefits of physical activity: diabetes: introductory video with Dr William Bird. [Video]. BMJ Learning. Available at: https://new-learning.bmj.com/ [Accessed 12th August 2022]. 

In-text citation 

Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence

According to Bird (2021)...

Example 2 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence

Exercise plays an important role in patients with diabetes (Bird 2021).

Points to note:

• Use the url for the database, https://new-learning.bmj.com/, rather than the url for the exact page of the video or text content (the latter will be significantly longer).