FCOG(SA) Primary is here — the foundations, made fun
20 June 2026
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The FCOG(SA) Primary is open. The basic-science foundation that every O&G exam stands on is now live — free to read, every chapter, at cogneez.co.za.
The Primary is where it all begins, and it's the part most candidates have to stitch together from scattered textbooks. So we wrote it as one course: current, South-African, and shaped like the exam.
What's inside
96 chapters across the full Primary blueprint — the basic sciences underneath everything in obstetrics & gynaecology:
- Anatomy — the pelvis, genital tract, perineum, breast and the pregnant uterus
- Embryology — early development, the placenta and fetal circulation
- Physiology, biochemistry & immunology of pregnancy and the cycle
- Pathology and microbiology & virology
- Pharmacology — how drugs work, and how pregnancy changes them
- Statistics & evidence-based practice, ethics & medico-legal, public health, and the technical groundwork for theatre
Every chapter is written to the CMSA Primary syllabus, in plain registrar-to-registrar language, and grounded in current, verified sources.
2,000 single-best-answer questions — for the Primary alone. That's enough for genuinely deep coverage: a bank weighted the way the exam is (more questions where the marks sit), built to test understanding rather than catch you out, with every option explained so even a wrong answer teaches you something. And with the Intermediate and Final banks alongside it, that's now over 4,000 SBAs across the three FCOG(SA) courses — one home for the whole journey, Primary to Final.
See how every topic grows: Primary → Intermediate → Final
The three FCOG(SA) exams aren't separate worlds — they're one staircase. The basic science you learn now becomes the clinical reasoning you're tested on later. To make that visible, every chapter carries a simple Primary · Intermediate · Final control:
It isn't just a label — it's the control. Tap a level and it shows you exactly how this topic deepens. Standing in the Primary "pregnant uterus" chapter, tap Final and you'll see what it builds into — caesarean section, postpartum haemorrhage, uterine rupture — and it reads just as cleanly in light or dark:
So the foundation never feels abstract: you can see where it's heading, and step straight up to the next layer when you're ready.
Pick up exactly where you left off
Studying happens in the gaps of a clinical day, so your session waits for you. Start your daily questions, get pulled away to read a chapter — or just close the app — and the moment you tap Recall you're back on the exact question you left, even if you'd already answered it and were halfway through the explanation. Nothing resets; nothing is lost.
Practise under exam conditions
When you want calibration rather than coaching, a timed mock drops you into the exam seat — a mixed paper, on the clock, with feedback held to the end, just like the real sitting.
Contents that fits how you study
Open Contents in any chapter and two new things are waiting:
- Tick off chapters as you read them — a real checklist of where you've actually been, kept separate from your practice scores.
- Find the chapters with audio in one tap — filter the list to just the ones you can listen to. (More audio is on the way.)
Free to read — with a head start if you start now
Reading is free, every chapter, on every course. The full experience — the 2,000-question bank, daily spaced practice, timed mocks and your live readiness picture — is Pro, and there's a launch head-start:
- Sign up on or before 25 June 2026 → a 14-day Pro trial, no card.
- After 25 June → new accounts get a 1-week Pro trial.
No card means nothing auto-charges: the trial simply ends and you stay on the free tier unless you choose to keep Pro. The earliest sign-ups get the most Pro time to put to work before the exams — so if you're going to start, start now.
— The Cogneez team