Built into MRCEMStat
Spaced repetition for the MRCEM Primary
A tuned SM-2 engine, the method behind the best flashcard apps, built into every question. What you miss comes back today. What you know graduates and leaves your revision. You don't make flashcards; you just clear today's revision.
When each question comes back
Wrong
Today
Back in today's revision
Hard
1 day
You got it, but it was hard
Medium
3 days
You got it with some thought
Right in revision
Graduates
You've learnt it: done
Easy
Graduates
You knew it cold: done
- Get a question wrong: it goes straight into today's revision, and its ease score drops.
- Get it right in practice: tap Hard, Medium or Easy. Hard brings it back tomorrow, Medium in 3 days, and Easy graduates it.
- Get it right in revision: it graduates. Graduated questions leave your revision for good.
- Your revision stays small: it only ever holds what you still need to learn. Get a graduated question wrong later in practice and it simply comes back in.
Why it matters for the MRCEM Primary
The Primary covers six subjects in 180 questions. Over six months of study it is easy to forget the brachial plexus by the time you reach renal physiology.
Spaced repetition fixes that. Instead of re-reading everything, you see each question again just before you would forget it. The questions you find hard keep coming back, at 1 or 3 days, until you get them right in revision; then they graduate.
It works with the 20-a-day plan: do your new questions, then clear the questions due today. Your Progress page shows how many are due.
What you get with MRCEMStat
Automatic
Your revision builds itself from your answers and your Hard, Medium and Easy ratings. No flashcards to write.
With the full explanation
Each revision question comes with its highlighted explanation, so you relearn the whole point, not just the letter.
A daily number
You always know how many questions are due today, on your Progress page and in Practice.
Part of every plan
Spaced repetition is included in both the 3-month and 6-month plans.
Questions
- What is spaced repetition?
- Spaced repetition means seeing a fact again just before you are likely to forget it, at longer and longer gaps. It is one of the best-studied ways to make learning last.
- How does spaced repetition work on MRCEMStat?
- It uses a tuned SM-2 algorithm, the method behind most flashcard apps. A question you get wrong comes back the same day. When you get one right, you rate it Hard (back in 1 day), Medium (back in 3 days) or Easy (graduated). Get it right in your revision and it graduates too. Graduated questions leave your revision for good, so it only holds what you still need to learn.
- Can a graduated question come back?
- Not on its own. If you meet it again in practice and get it wrong, it goes back into today's revision and starts again.
- Do I have to make flashcards?
- No. MRCEMStat builds your revision for you from the questions you miss. There is nothing to set up.
- Where do I find today's revision?
- On the Practice page, choose the Due pool. Your Progress page also shows how many questions are due today.
Last updated after the 27 October 2026 MRCEM Primary sitting.