Live Webinar: Statistics for the FRCEM SBA

This live 2-hour webinar is designed to demystify commonly tested statistical principles and help you approach data-based SBA questions with confidence.

Led by Dr Ian Stell, the session follows a quiz-based format with SBA-style questions and detailed answer explanations. We will cover high yield areas in medical statistics and Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), including important and less familiar areas including likelihood ratios, absolute risk reduction, number-needed-to-treat, study design, types of bias, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, Forest Plots and more. This relevant to FRCEM and potentially also to MRCEM, as EBM questions may be included in the MRCEM SBA.

Date: 28th August 2025

Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM BST (London time)

Fee: £29 if booked before 19th August, £49 thereafter

Special offer: Book the webinar and get 10% off our upcoming online FRCEM SBA course — or book the course and get free access to the webinar.

Format: Online via Zoom

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Topics to be covered include:

  • Study design and interpretation of clinical research
  • Types of bias and their impact on study validity
  • Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) principles and applications
  • Likelihood ratios and diagnostic accuracy
  • Absolute and relative risk reduction
  • Number needed to treat (NNT) and number needed to harm (NNH)
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
  • Forest plots: interpretation and exam question strategies

Webinar Format

This will be an interactive SBA-style test session. We recommend using two devices: one (e.g. laptop/tablet) to join the Zoom session, and another (e.g. smartphone) to submit your answers in real-time. After each question, Dr Stell will break down the correct answer and provide guidance based on current best practice and recent guidelines.

We will also send you the video recording of the webinar. It will be available for 72 hours after you receive it.

Special Offer for SBA Course Attendees

If you’ve booked a place on our upcoming 2-day FRCEM Final SBA or MRCEM Intermediate SBA course, you’ll get free access to the live webinar—your invitation will be emailed to you.

If you’re considering booking our FRCEM SBA revision course but haven’t decided yet, this webinar is a great opportunity to get a feel for our teaching approach. Webinar attendees also receive 10% off the online FRCEM SBA course.

Who Will Be Hosting the Webinar

Ian Stell

Dr Ian Stell, an experienced emergency medicine consultant and a renowned educator in the field. Dr Stell has over 20 years of experience in medical education, particularly in MRCEM/FRCEM exam preparation, making complex subjects accessible and easy to understand.

What doctors are saying about our short webinars?

“The method of delivery via clinical questions relating to the guidelines worked very well. I would like to add sincere thanks to Dr Stell — he is a gifted communicator and teacher. I left the webinar so glad I had done it. I was not just ‘updated’ — I had a far better understanding of many important topics. Doing questions is challenging but an excellent way to learn.”

Anonymous attendee, MRCEM SBA Webinar: NICE Guidelines – Updates You Should Know, 6th August 2024