What’s OGRM? It’s a medical journal and the abbreviation means – Obstetrics and Gynaecology Reproductive Medicine. It was previously known as ‘Current‘, or was it something else? Well, I’m not sure on that. 😉
There is NO hard and fixed rule when it comes to reading OGRM.
I have read many a topic in it because the explanations were clearer to understand and easier to retain. If you would find an alternate source for the same topic, that would do too.
OGRM is NOT a must syllabus for MRCOG.
In my opinion, RCOG gives more emphasis on NICE & TOG for questions among the three. Any discrepancy in facts such as percentages, take the other source in preference to OGRM.
I read OGRM more extensively for the sake of tackling essay questions needed for my Master’s exam. They present facts in a systematic fashion. You may utilise this if you are attempting any other O & G exam.
Remember that OGRM publishes the same topic every 2 to 3 years with modification and new data. Mostly by the same author or one of the author might be different if it was done by more than one. So make sure you read topics for latest editions.
You might notice there are topics overlapping in TOG, OGRM and NICE other than guidelines and text books. That’s because I have referred more than one source to make my notes for a single topic.
My next blog post will tell you the topics I read in OGRM, so stay tuned!
p.s: let me know if you have any questions on this.
thanks for your great effort
Thank you very much for the nice explanation
May Allah gives you all the best in your life
Would help me in telling me how to cover FSRH guideline
Which to read which is important which is not plz guid me
You are most welcome!
FSRH- You need to basically know about all the contraceptive Options- Risks/ Side effects- UKMEC/WHOMEC criteria/ Their failure rates/ Missed pills & Management/ Emergency contraception & the timings….
First of all thanks so much for your great and honest efforts for helping your colleagues . Second please, I hope you published your opinion about recommended books either for studying or revision question and answer books. I know you may published it before but I hope you publish it again in a collective way like a list. Thanks again. God bless you.
Please wait for my next blog posts on the text books I found useful in exam prep.
Hi dr anjana hope you are fine.I wanted to ask about the course books you specefically stusied for mrcog part two…I’m reading evidence base text for mrcog…dewhurst gynaecology and high risk pregnancy by james for selective topics ..please guide if there is something more.
Hi well I am in the process of writing a blog post on all the text books and source I used. Meanwhile, I did use Evidence based for Gynae topics.
Dewhurst for few topics. You may continue them. Keep reading my blog, I will soon update it with all the sources.
Thanks
You are welcome. let me know on which topics you would like me to write in future…
Thank u
Thanks alot for your help…what about TOG should it be covered also
Please tell me, is it important to join strat og and study e tutorials and emqs and Sba from it.
Yes it is important. I used it as a revision tool.
From your above article, it seems that OGRM is not the first and foremost document to rely on while preparing MRCOG Part-2. The reason for that from Sep-16, essay question will not be part of MRCOG part-2 exam. Kindly confirm.
OGRM is not the first and foremost document- The reason is- It is not suggested as a reading source by the College (RCOG).
Essay questions are NOT part of the exam since last year. Only EMQ and SBA. Please read the RCOG web site and keep your self updated.
Thanks for guidance. Can u tell me plz. Where we should read ca cervix. And pap smear
I am writing a blog post on Oncology. Will publish soon. keep reading…
Thanks for your efforts. . What about TOG ,is it a must ,do you recommend a list of topics
Of course it is important. Didn’t you read my blog post in this site about TOG ? There are 3 posts on that.please do read them
Thanks , I wana ask how and from where i can grt ogrm ?
Try Wiley online library.