Short answer: The EMREE blueprint, dated November 2025, prints more than discipline weights. It gives a difficulty mix of 40, 40 and 20 percent, seven physician tasks with approximate shares led by diagnoses and investigations at 25 to 30 percent, and two cognitive levels. The organiser says distributions may differ by up to 5 percent.
What we read and when
The numbers below are from the organiser’s blueprint PDF, whose cover reads “EMREE Blueprint Nov2025”, read on 15 October 2026 from the organiser’s portal. They are labelled official. The organiser says to see its website for the latest information, so check the current file. Meddex is independent and is not connected to the EMREE organiser, UAE University or the National Institute of Health Specialities.
The discipline weights, which most guides quote, are in EMREE discipline weights. This guide covers the other tables.
Table 2: the suggested difficulty mix
The blueprint suggests 40 percent easy questions, 40 percent moderately difficult and 20 percent difficult, out of 120 questions. That is 48 easy, 48 moderate and 24 difficult. The column is headed “Suggested Difficulty Level”, so it is a design target, not a guarantee for each sitting.
Our reading: nearly half the paper is meant to be accessible to a prepared graduate. Missing easy items through carelessness costs as much as missing hard ones. Reading the stem fully and checking units and lead-ins is worth more than reaching for rare facts.
Table 3: the seven physician tasks
The blueprint lists approximate shares of the exam for seven physician tasks and competencies, shown as ranges.
- Fundamental scientific concepts: 10 to 20 percent.
- Clinical features, history and physical examination: 10 to 20 percent.
- Diagnoses and investigations: 25 to 30 percent.
- Pharmacologic therapies: 15 to 20 percent.
- Non-pharmacologic management: 15 to 20 percent.
- Prevention and health maintenance: 5 to 10 percent.
- Professionalism, ethics and communication: 5 to 10 percent.
What the ranges mean on 120 questions
This is our own arithmetic, not an organiser figure. Diagnoses and investigations at 25 to 30 percent is about 30 to 36 questions. Pharmacologic therapies and non-pharmacologic management together are 30 to 40 percent, which is about 36 to 48 questions, so management is nearly as large as diagnosis. Prevention and professionalism are each about 6 to 12 questions. The ranges are approximate, and the blueprint footnote says distributions may differ up to 5 percent in each category.
Table 4: two cognitive levels
The blueprint names two levels, recall and comprehension, and analytical reasoning and evaluation. It prints no percentages for them. Questions that ask you to interpret findings or choose between reasonable options belong to the second level. That fits the official description of an exam that tests clinical application, diagnosis and management.
Dimensions of care, and the outline’s warning
Items are also classified by dimension of care, which includes health promotion and illness prevention and communication, acute care, chronic care and psychosocial care, and by physician activity, which is assessment and diagnosis or management. The content outline says that no single exam covers all of it, and that questions may include content outside the outline. Do not treat the outline as a ceiling.
Turning the tables into a plan
First tag every question you miss by task: diagnosis, investigation, drug, non-drug management, prevention or ethics. After 100 questions you will see which task costs you most. Most people find that they do well on facts and lose marks on “next step” and “best investigation” items.
Second, practise lead-ins. The organiser’s sample file, an old 21-item set, shows lead-ins such as most likely diagnosis, most appropriate next step, best investigation and most likely cause of a complication. Third, spend time on drugs and non-drug management together, because they are about a third of the paper. The EMREE subjects guide and the EMREE 12-week plan show where to place the blocks.
A tagging example
Example, written by Meddex. You miss a question about the safest drug for a woman with a chronic condition who is planning pregnancy. Tag: pharmacologic therapy, second cognitive level, obstetrics section. Rule: write the drug to avoid and the drug to prefer. After a month you will know whether drug questions or investigation questions dominate your errors. Practise with Meddex if it helps, but only after you have read the organiser’s own pages.
Frequently asked questions
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