Critical Review Teaching for MRCPsych Paper B

By Professor Paul Wilkinson

This course is suitable for both International and UK Psychiatry Trainees

  • Excellent course, solidified lots of basics which we otherwise do not get from curriculum

  • …fantastic course. Really informative. Good emphasis on what topics need to be given more weight re revision.

  • Easy to understand and follow. Teaching and knowledge of the presenter was impressive.

  • Doing bits of teaching then practice questions, worked well

Key Features of The Course

This two day online course will thoroughly prepare candidates for the critical review, statistics and epidemiology components of the MRCPsych Paper B.  Brief chunks of theory will be followed by relevant MCQ/EMIQ practice and discussion.  The course will cover all statistical tests that are likely to come up in the exam, e.g. Mann-Whitney, multiple regression, and discuss how to interpret them and answer questions on them.

The course will conclude with MCQs and EMIQs that test knowledge across study designs e.g. What type of bias would occur in this situation?  Which is the most appropriate study design?

  • We limit the course to 30 people, to make it easier for everyone to ask questions. Our February 2024 course was fully booked within a week of dates being released.

    We operate a first-come, first-served policy, so we advise fast booking.

  • The course will focus on, and cover all of, section 3 of RCPsych critical review syllabus: ‘Critical Appraisal of the Evidence’. This is the vast majority of this syllabus, and most exam questions are on this. Also, our experience is that this is the part of the syllabus for which trainees have the least experience and most anxiety.

  • This course runs twice per year, 2-6 weeks before the March and October exams. I am sorry but I am not able to run a third course in advance of the new summer sitting.

Professor Paul Wilkinson

Professor Paul Wilkinson is Clinical Dean and Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Cambridge, and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Paul has been running a crash course for the MRCPsych Critical Review exams since 2002, with very high feedback scores.