Biological Basis of Cancer Therapy Part B: Medical Statistics Revision Workshop (FRCR 1)
Monday 5 January 2026 - live virtual workshop
The Cancer Studies Research Group based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust play a major role in allow registrars in clinical and medical Oncology to fulfil the academic side of their training.
The medical statistics workshop is intended as a revision back up following on from the FRCR 1 teaching week 1 to 5 December 2025 - you can sign up for the Biological Basis of Cancer Therapy Part B teaching week.
However, if you have attended statistics teaching in your own hospital and require a revision session before the FRCR 1 RCR examinations, you can register via Eventbrite to attend the Revision Workshop as a standalone event.
The workshop recording and link to MCQs will be available and accessible via SharePoint to all registered candidates for revision purposes until end September 2026 in line with the Spring and Autumn 2026 RCR FRCR 1 examinations.
Audience
This is a Royal College Accredited Training Course for clinical and medical oncology specialist registrars.
What to expect
- Bed calculations
- Translational radiobiology
- Tissue radiobiology
- Chemistry of radiobiology
- Cell survival
- DNA damage and repair
- Radiobiology exam practice
- Descriptive statistics
- Survival analysis
- Exam practice
Teaching method
Live virtual Zoom recording. Lectures and MCQs with links to blank quiz questions to aid FRCR part 1 revision. The revision workshop recording is facilitated by the University of Manchester's Biostatistician lecturer, Matthew Parkes. The SharePoint link will be emailed to candidates upon Eventbrite registration.