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Uncategorized · 11/03/2016

Statistics – Where is the Source?

Statistics for MRCOG
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I have got many queries on the source of Statistics. “Where to study? What to study? How to study? “

And yes, it’s not a subject we doctors usually adore, but it’s not something we can escape from!

And a couple of questions invariably appear in the exam- written and sometimes in OSCE like the Forest Plot.

The statistics questions are almost same for part 1 & 2.

  • I have gathered my knowledge by doing MRCOG Part 1 books. Any  Basic Science Book with a chapter in statistics would do.
  • But I did come across a very useful statistics chapter from a MRCP book- Basic Medical Sciences for MRCP PART 1. I made my notes from this book.

Basic Medical Sciences for MRCP Part 1(3E)

  • There is also a TOG article on statistics- a bit lengthy though.
  • Strat OG also has some statistics titles which you will find useful.
  • I also found a useful resource given by Dr. Tom Mcfarlene on statistics. You may want to check it.  Read “Basic Statistics 1 & 11”.  This has power point presentations.

To get the hang of useful topics, please do more and more practice questions.

Make sure you memorise important formulas for the exam, which you may have to use to derive answers from. For example-

  1. Sensitivity / Specificity
  2. Positive predictive value ( I think we had a question on this for the last exam)/ Negative predictive Value
  3. Odds ratio / Risk ratio
  4. Mean / Median / Mode
  5. Skewing to the right or left of the Bell shaped curve
  6. Interquartile range
  7. Standard deviation / Variance
  8. Standard error
  9. Chi-square test /Mann-Whitney U-test / t-test/ Fisher’s Exact test-– know in which scenario, which test is used.
  10. Case control study/ Cohort study
  11. P –Value
  12. Confidence Interval

These are the things I can think of Statistics to help you guys… And and if you find this useful please share the knowledge.

Happy Reading! 🙂

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: MRCOG, SOURCE, STATISTICS

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  1. Swati says

    25/12/2018 at 9:09 PM

    Hi mam
    I have my part 2 exam in January
    I’m not getting cervical cancer screening guidelines
    Can u pls help

    Reply
  2. moazzama says

    09/10/2016 at 5:05 PM

    Hi, it is a wonderful website, is there any book on skin lesions in pregnancy
    And
    Perineal skin lesions in gynecology

    Reply
    • Anjana Mackeen says

      12/10/2016 at 7:20 PM

      Thank you.
      For the skin lesions, I read OGRM journal article.

      Reply
  3. DR BILQUEES MUSTAFA says

    17/03/2016 at 9:21 PM

    DEAR ANJANA Thank you so much , Really you are doing great job.

    Reply
    • Anjana Mackeen says

      18/03/2016 at 11:50 PM

      You are most welcome! Thank you for the feed back

      Reply
  4. Mariam says

    13/03/2016 at 1:50 PM

    Thanx dear dr Anjana appreciated effort God bless you

    Reply
    • Anjana Mackeen says

      14/03/2016 at 12:23 PM

      Happy with the feed back I am getting…. Do let me know if any further topics needs to be discussed.

      Reply
  5. Liza says

    13/03/2016 at 1:16 AM

    Thanks dr ,for this information really a easy and understandable explaination there , thanks again .

    Reply
  6. Zakia says

    11/03/2016 at 11:19 PM

    Dear Anjana, thank you so much for all your kind advices and guidance to help us.

    Reply
    • Anjana Mackeen says

      13/03/2016 at 2:41 AM

      Glad to help. Let me know on what more you all need to know…

      Reply

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