EdgeMed MBChB · Licensing exam
MDC licensing exam practice
Practice for the Medical and Dental Council, Ghana registration examination for general duty practitioners — the common national licensing examination for locally and foreign-trained doctors. Papers are built from the EdgeMed MBChB bank of 3,363 clinically reviewed questions, in the same format and timing as the Council's Stage 1.
The examination at a glance
| Stage | Format | Pass mark |
|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 · Theory | Paper One: 100 single-best-answer questions in basic and para-clinical sciences. Paper Two: 100 single-best-answer questions in the clinical sciences. Two hours each, on the same day, with a 30-minute break. |
Average of 50% across both papers |
| Stage 2 · OSCE | 22 unmanned image stations (projected clinical and public-health images, 5 minutes each: 10 Community Health, 3 each Medicine, O&G, Paediatrics, Surgery), then 17 manned stations of 10 minutes — history, examination, data interpretation and procedure/counselling in Medicine, Surgery, O&G and Paediatrics, plus a Community Health viva. | Average of 50% (Stage 1 pass needed first) |
New graduates of a Ghanaian medical or dental school: Stage 1 only, if you attempt it within one year of graduation (your school's MDC-standardised clinical examination stands in for Stage 2). Miss the one-year window and you sit both stages.
Foreign-trained doctors and dentists: both Stage 1 and Stage 2.
The standard is that of a graduating final-year student about to start housemanship in Ghana. Summary based on the Council's published guidelines (April 2025) — always check the Council's current guidelines and dates.
Stage 1 practice papers
Sit each paper in one go, without notes, as on the day. Each paper is built fresh, favouring questions you haven't seen, and scored with a breakdown by subject and the topics to work on next.
Stage 2 (OSCE) practice
For foreign-trained doctors, and local graduates sitting more than a year after graduation. Local graduates within a year: focus on Paper One and Paper Two above. The stations are still useful for final-year clinical exams.
- Manned-style OSCE stations — history, examination, counselling, procedure and emergency stations with marking checklists, across Medicine, Surgery, O&G, Paediatrics, Psychiatry and EM.
- Image & data stations — unmanned-style stations (diagrams, charts and results, 5 minutes each) with a mark scheme. Sit the 22-station MDC-style circuit (10 Community Health + 3 each from Medicine, Child Health, O&G and Surgery) with the bell, as on the day, including clinical photograph stations.
- Community Health viva stations — 10-minute structured vivas (outbreak investigation, immunisation and cold chain, malaria control, screening tests, maternal mortality, PHC and CHPS, occupational health, community management of malnutrition), with examiner questions and model answers. Practise with the Community Health questions and revision notes.
Who this is for
- New graduates of Ghanaian medical schools sitting Stage 1 within a year of graduation.
- Final-year medical students preparing to qualify and register (the OSCE stations also help with final clinical exams).
- Foreign-trained doctors returning to practise in Ghana, who sit both stages (after the Council's six-month clinical attachment).
- Local graduates sitting more than a year after graduation, who must sit both stages.
EdgeMed is an independent study aid. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Medical and Dental Council, Ghana, and it does not reproduce the Council's examination questions. How we write and review questions.