Everything you need to know before you subscribe

EdgeMed EM is a West African Emergency Medicine exam-prep platform built by an EM physician for EM residents. It runs three product tracks: Primaries (the entry-exam Basic Sciences hurdle), Membership (the mid-program clinical exam), and Fellowship (the exit exam — viva + SAQ + dissertation, coming soon).

Each track gives you a high-volume MCQ bank with Ghana-context clinical scenarios, an evidence-anchored Pearls blog for high-yield recognition patterns, and tutor/test modes for paced revision.

EM residents preparing for the GCPS / WACS entry, mid-program, and exit exams across Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the wider West African EM community. The platform is also used by interns considering EM as a specialty and by EM consultants for refresher revision before MRCEM / EMSSA cross-board attempts.

Primaries — the Year-1 entry hurdle. EM Primaries Basic Sciences: Anatomy + Physiology + Pharmacology + Microbiology + Pathophysiology + Pathology + Biochemistry, applied to emergency medicine. 3,070 MCQs live, anchored to Snell, Ganong, Katzung, Robbins, Murray, Harrison FRCEM, and Harper/Lehninger. Includes the Mahadevan & Garmel Clinical Companion bundle at no extra cost.

Membership — the mid-program clinical exam. 3,009 MCQs anchored to 10 reference textbooks (Tintinalli, Rosen, Cameron, Hunter, Roberts & Hedges, Mattu & Brady, Ma & Mateer, Goldfrank, Oxford Handbook, ATLS-aligned). 1,870 flagged high-yield. ECG strips + POCUS depth + Ghana-context scenarios.

Fellowship — the exit exam. Viva scenarios + SAQ prompts + dissertation toolkit. Coming soon — in active development.

Sign up with just an email and password — no credit card required. You get 10 free MCQs lifetime across any track to evaluate the question quality and Ghana-context framing. Anonymous visitors get 5 preview questions before the signup wall.

After your 10 free MCQs, you pick a plan to keep practising.

USD is the canonical price. We auto-convert to GHS at today’s exchange rate (Frankfurter API + small markup to cover the bank’s TT spread and Paystack fees) for users in Ghana, updated every 24 hours.

Primaries starts from $55 / 3 months. Membership from $95. Career Bundle (Primaries + Membership) from $130, saving ~13% vs buying separately. Yearly options give the best per-day rate. See /pricing for all tiers and durations.

A 10-seat Group Annual plan ($2,900) is available for hospital cohorts and WhatsApp study groups — one owner pays, invites 9 colleagues by email.

All payments are processed by Paystack, a Pan-African payment processor used by major Ghanaian platforms. You can pay with:

• Mobile Money — MTN, Telecel, AT
• Card — Visa, Mastercard, Verve
• Apple Pay — on supported devices coming soon

You can pay in GHS or USD. Card payments work internationally.

Yes — 7-day money-back guarantee for first-time subscribers. Try EdgeMed for a full week. If it doesn’t help your exam preparation, email support@edgemedem.com and we’ll refund every cedi or cent within 5 business days. No questions asked.

For renewals, a 24-hour refund window applies after the auto-renew charge — cancel anytime from /account to avoid surprise renewals. Full details in our Refund Policy.

Your access lasts the full duration of the plan you bought (3 months, 6 months, or 1 year), measured from the day of payment. If you renew before the previous term ends, the new term extends from your existing end date — you don’t lose any days.

You’ll receive an email receipt at purchase showing your exact expiry date, and reminders in your account dashboard as renewal approaches.

Individual plans are for one person. If you want to share with colleagues, the Group Annual plan ($2,900 for 10 seats) is purpose-built for that — one owner buys, then invites 9 colleagues by email and each gets their own login, progress tracking, and personal dashboard.

Sharing a single login is a violation of our terms and will result in the account being suspended.

Primaries Basic Sciences — Snell’s Clinical Anatomy, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, Katzung’s Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Murray’s Medical Microbiology, Harrison’s Revision Notes for the FRCEM Primary (Oxford 2017).

Primaries Clinical Companion (bundled) — Mahadevan & Garmel: An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine, the recognition-pattern reference.

Membership — 10 textbook anchors: Tintinalli, Rosen’s, Cameron (Adult + Paediatric EM), Hunter’s Tropical Medicine, Roberts & Hedges Procedures, Mattu & Brady ECGs, Ma & Mateer Emergency Ultrasound, Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies, Oxford Handbook of EM, plus ATLS-aligned trauma content.

Every Pearl is written under our Pearl Writing Protocol: Mahadevan & Garmel for the recognition framework, plus a named current guideline for management. Examples of guidelines you’ll see cited by name:

• Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2021 (sepsis)
• ESC 2023 (STEMI)
• RCUK 2021 (anaphylaxis)
• NICE NG217 2022 (status epilepticus)
• NICE NG51 2024 (sepsis recognition)
• WHO 2022 (severe malaria)
• BOA 2015 + RCEM Best Practice (shoulder dislocation)
• AHA/ASA 2019 + ATTENTION/BAOCHE 2022 (posterior stroke)

When evidence shifts, we update the Pearls (e.g. removing steroids from acute anaphylaxis per RCUK 2021).

Drug availability tables reflect what’s actually on formulary at Korle Bu, UGMC, Komfo Anokye, 37 Military Hospital, and district-level facilities. Tropical medicine coverage (severe malaria, schistosomiasis, dengue, typhoid) is integrated into the MCQ bank rather than bolted on. Ghanaian first names appear in case stems for relatability. Pearls include explicit notes on what’s available at teaching vs regional vs district level.

Go to edgemedem.com/forgot-password, enter your account email, and we’ll send a reset link. The link is valid for 1 hour and can only be used once. Check your spam folder if it doesn’t arrive in a few minutes.

Yes — the entire platform is built mobile-first. Most Ghanaian users practise on their phone during commutes and ward downtime. Test mode, Tutor mode, Pearls, Library, and your /account dashboard all work on phones, tablets, and desktops with no app install needed. Just bookmark edgemedem.com on your home screen.

A receipt email is sent automatically the moment your payment is confirmed. It includes your plan, amount, expiry date, and a Paystack reference number for support enquiries. If you need a formal invoice on EdgeMed Education Ltd letterhead (e.g. for institutional reimbursement), email support@edgemedem.com with your payment reference and we’ll send one within 24 hours.

Yes — every question has a 🚩 Mark for review button on the reveal screen and on Test result rows. Click it to flag a question; click again to unflag. Your marked-count shows on /account, and you can drill only your marked questions via the Custom test builder by selecting the “Marked” pool.

Designed for the “I want to revisit this before the exam” reflex — a habit every serious candidate develops.

Your /account dashboard has a 🎯 Focus areas widget that surfaces your three weakest topics as soon as you’ve answered at least 5 questions in any topic. Each card shows your accuracy and a one-click “Drill 10 more” button that drops you straight into a focused 10-question test on that weak spot.

Deeper analytics live at /account/performance: a per-topic heatmap (red → amber → green), strengths column, and a heuristic predicted-pass score based on your bank coverage and accuracy trend. Updated in real time as you practise.

Yes — the 🔧 Custom link in the sub-nav opens the Custom test builder. Filter by:

• Topic — any of the 60+ topic tags, or all topics
• Pool — All / Unused (never seen) / Incorrect (you got wrong before) / 🚩 Marked (you flagged)
• High-yield only — restrict to flagged high-yield questions
• Count — 5, 10, 20, 40, or 60 questions per test

Click Start and you’re inside the same timed test mode with the same scoring — just on the slice you chose. Useful for last-week review (Marked + Incorrect) or covering your blind spots (Unused on weak topics).

We collect only what’s needed to operate the Service: your email, name (optional), password (one-way hashed — we never see your actual password), and your practice history. Card and Mobile Money details are handled entirely by Paystack and never touch our servers.

We do not sell or rent your data, ever. Full details including processor list, retention windows, and your rights are in our Privacy Policy. For terms of use see our Terms of Service.

EdgeMed is built by EdgeMed Education Ltd, a Ghana- registered company founded by an EM physician based in Accra. The team includes a content reviewer EM consultant. Questions are AI-drafted then human-reviewed by an EM clinician before they reach the bank.

You can reach the team directly by replying to any EdgeMed email or by writing to support@edgemedem.com.