Resident Network Links are the link between residents in every region and the national conversation — disseminating what matters, championing their peers, and shaping the training agenda. A high-profile platform for residents who want to lead, not just hold a title.
The Link role is light in hours but real in impact. It's built for residents who are enthusiastic, engaged, and ready to represent their region well.
Help shape the national training agenda and bring your region's concerns to where decisions are made.
A recognised regional leadership position — strong for your portfolio and your visibility nationally.
Build leadership, advocacy and communication skills, and the chance to contribute to national projects.
Join a motivated network of Links across every school, with direct support from the lead officers.
Every School of Anaesthesia sits within its UK region. Names appear here once a Link is appointed and has signed the data-sharing (GDPR) agreement — until then the seat shows as open. Hover a region to find its school.
Where the Resident Network Links sit within the Association's Resident Doctors Committee — from the Chair down to the Links in every school.
Drawn from the RNL Charter. Open each one for practical recommendations on how to do it well.
Raise the profile of the Association and Resident Committee, and encourage membership by promoting the benefits and services available to residents in your school.
Disseminate news from the Resident Committee and Association, including the magazine Anaesthesia News.
Advertise and encourage attendance and abstract submission at the Resident Doctors Conference (RDC), and aim to attend RDC and the annual Links conference yourself.
Escalate local training concerns to the Resident Committee for national action — and collect examples of excellence worth celebrating and replicating.
Keep a consistent link with the Resident Committee through structured reporting — a brief report every three months — plus the annual Links feedback survey.
A plain summary of the commitment. The role is for engaged residents — and the seat is reviewed if that engagement isn't there.
Holding the role. The seat is for residents who stay engaged. Where a Link persistently doesn't meet the core responsibilities — for example two consecutive missed quarterly reports or a sustained failure to disseminate priority communications — the lead officers may, after raising it directly, end the appointment and open the seat to another resident in the school.
Everything flagged for this cycle sits at the top, then the recurring materials you'll receive, then quick links straight to the Association's events and podcasts.
Post the items you want Links to share right now. Point each link at your document, folder or message.
A digest after each Resident Doctor Committee meeting, ready to forward to your school.
Copies of the magazine to distribute across your region as you see fit.
Regular updates on what's coming up — circulate these to keep residents in the loop.
A generic deck on the Association's services and benefits for meetings and inductions.
Print-ready material promoting the Resident Doctors Conference and abstract submission.
Add the key messages you'd like Links to raise locally this cycle.
Same questions as the regional report template, due every three months. Fill it in, then copy it or send it straight to the lead officers.
Your formatted report will appear here once you press “Build report”.
Anything about your role, dissemination, reports or escalations — get in touch with the lead officers.