FCPS Part 1 Biostatistics and epidemiology
Every biostatistics and epidemiology chapter in our FCPS Part 1 textbook, in CPSP syllabus order. Each chapter covers what past papers keep asking and ends with questions from our bank.
Most repeated biostatistics and epidemiology topicsBiostatistics and epidemiology MCQsBiostatistics worked examplesWhole textbook
Epidemiology
- Incidence and prevalenceIncidence, prevalence, rates and ratios: measures of disease occurrence
- Epidemiological study designsStudy Designs in Epidemiology: Case-Control, Cohort, Cross-Sectional and Trials
- Relative risk and odds ratioRelative Risk, Odds Ratio, Attributable Risk, NNT and NNH: Worked Calculations
- Bias and confoundingBias, Confounding and Causation: Types of Bias and Bradford Hill Criteria
- Screening testsScreening Tests: Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV and Likelihood Ratios
- Levels of preventionPublic Health: Levels of Prevention, Herd Immunity, Outbreaks and Environmental Health
Biostatistics
- Types of dataTypes of Data, Measurement Scales and Graphs in Biostatistics
- Mean, median and normal distributionMean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation and the Normal Distribution
- Sampling and sample sizeSampling Methods, Sample Size, Power and Type I and II Errors
- Confidence intervalsProbability, Standard Error and Confidence Intervals in Biostatistics
- Hypothesis testingHypothesis testing: p values, errors, statistical tests, correlation and regression
- Validity and reliabilityValidity and Reliability of Measurements: Accuracy, Precision and Kappa
Paper 2 chapters (specialty)
- Study designs and screeningStudy designs, screening test performance, measures of risk and the role of chance
- Maternal and perinatal indicatorsMaternal and perinatal health indicators, with emphasis on Pakistan
- Principles of imagingPrinciples of ultrasound, Doppler, X-ray, CT, MRI, radioisotopes and lasers
- Biological effects of radiationBiological effects of radiation, heat, cold and sound; imaging safety in pregnancy