Short answer: EMREE subjects are commonly described as Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Surgery, Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Public Health & Preventive Medicine. The organiser’s blueprint gives internal medicine the largest share, 20 percent, which we read directly in the PDF. Study all seven, spend the most time on your weakest, and practise single-best-answer questions in each.
The seven-subject map
Candidate sources describe the same seven areas. The organiser’s November 2025 blueprint lists a weight for each, which we read directly. Use the list as a study map and see the discipline weights guide for the figures.
- Internal Medicine: Cardiology, respiratory, gastroenterology, endocrinology, renal, haematology, infection, rheumatology and neurology.
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Antenatal care, labour, obstetric emergencies, contraception, menstrual and gynaecological disorders.
- Paediatrics: Growth, development, neonatal care, childhood infection, immunisation and paediatric emergencies.
- Surgery: Acute abdomen, trauma, peri-operative care, orthopaedics, urology and surgical emergencies.
- Family Medicine: Primary care, chronic disease, screening, common presentations and continuity of care.
- Psychiatry: Mood, psychotic, anxiety and substance disorders, psychiatric emergencies and psychopharmacology.
- Public Health & Preventive Medicine: Biostatistics, epidemiology, screening, outbreaks, prevention and medical ethics.
Where to start
Take a mixed baseline of 40 to 60 questions across all subjects. Rank the subjects by your score. Start with the weakest, but keep a little time on every subject each week so nothing goes cold.
Internal medicine is broad, so split it into systems: cardiology, respiratory, gastroenterology, endocrinology, renal, haematology, infection and neurology, and study one or two per week.
A method that works for every subject
Read the explanation for every question, including the ones you got right. Write a one-line rule for each miss. Revisit the misses after two days and again after a week.
For the practical subjects, such as surgery and obstetrics, practise the first-step question: what do you do first? Resuscitate, investigate or treat. Single-best-answer questions often turn on sequencing.
Do not skip public health and psychiatry
Public health, biostatistics and psychiatry are easy to postpone because they feel less clinical. They are also areas where a few focused weeks lift your score quickly, because the question styles are learnable: study design, bias, screening measures, and the first-line treatments for common psychiatric disorders.
Frequently asked questions
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