Last Updated: April 22, 2026 (Physics bonus content added to Full Access)
SHOS Med provides educational mentorship, exam preparation resources, research training, application guidance, and entrance exam registration facilitation for individuals pursuing medical education at European institutions and medical careers in the United States. Users select a pathway upon registration-either the Applicant Path (for prospective medical school applicants) or the Student Path (for current medical students and residency applicants)-which determines the content and features displayed in the user dashboard.
The Applicant Path is designed for individuals applying to medical school and includes access to:
The Student Path is designed for current medical students and residency applicants and includes access to:
All registered users receive permanent, no-cost access to the Free Tier, which includes: (i) the first three (3) chapters of each Exam Review Guide subject (Biology and Chemistry), and (ii) forty (40) preview questions in the Question Bank (twenty (20) Biology and twenty (20) Chemistry). Free Content is provided on an "as is" basis. Because no payment is made for Free Content, no refunds, credits, or compensation of any kind are owed in connection with Free Content, including in the event of service interruptions, content changes, errors, or discontinuation of any Free Content. SHOS Med reserves the right to modify, limit, or discontinue the Free Tier at any time, including changing which chapters or questions are included.
Your selected pathway determines which features and content are displayed in your dashboard. SHOS Med reserves the right to modify the content available within each pathway at any time. Pathway selection does not create a contractual obligation to provide any specific set of features beyond what is described in these Terms.
SHOS Med provides educational mentorship and informational guidance services only. Our Services are designed to share the personal experiences and knowledge of our mentors who have navigated the path from European medical education to US medical practice. All information, advice, guidance, strategies, and recommendations provided through our Services are based on the personal experiences and opinions of our mentors and are offered for educational and informational purposes only.
Nothing provided through our Services constitutes or shall be construed as:
The Research Course provides general educational guidance on research methodology, study design, literature review, data analysis concepts, and manuscript preparation. All research guidance is for educational purposes only. Actual research conduct must be performed under appropriate institutional oversight, with proper IRB approval where applicable, and under the supervision of qualified research mentors at your institution.
You acknowledge and agree that all decisions regarding your education, career, medical school applications, examination preparation, residency applications, research activities, and related matters are solely your own responsibility. You should independently verify all information and, where appropriate, seek professional advice from licensed attorneys, immigration consultants, financial advisors, and academic counselors.
You expressly acknowledge and agree that you are not relying on SHOS Med, its mentors, or any guidance provided through our Services as the sole or determinative basis for any educational, examination, application, financial, immigration, or career decision. You are responsible for your own due diligence and independent judgment. To the extent any information provided through our Services later proves to be incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate, you agree that your remedy is limited as set forth in Section 15 (Limitation of Liability), and that you have no claim arising from your decision to act on such information without independent verification.
Our application guidance services are designed to help you present the strongest possible application, but acceptance is never guaranteed regardless of the quality of your application or the extent of our guidance.
Our Question Bank, study materials, and exam preparation guidance are educational tools designed to supplement your independent study. Performance on examinations depends on numerous factors beyond our control, including but not limited to your individual preparation, prior knowledge, test-day conditions, examination content, and scoring criteria set by the examination body.
The residency match process (NRMP Match, SOAP, etc.) involves numerous factors outside our control, including but not limited to: the number of available positions, program preferences, interview performance, application volume, and the decisions of program directors and selection committees. Our mentorship services aim to help you build the strongest possible application, but matching is never guaranteed.
Graduation depends on your own academic performance, attendance, conduct, and compliance with institutional requirements over the entire course of study.
SHOS Med does not guarantee, promise, or warrant that you will obtain ECFMG certification, a medical license, board certification, or any other professional credential in any jurisdiction. Certification and licensure requirements are set by independent regulatory bodies and are subject to change.
SHOS Med does not guarantee, promise, or warrant that you will obtain a student visa, work visa, or any immigration status in the Czech Republic, the United States, or any other country. Visa and immigration decisions are made solely by government authorities. Any guidance we provide regarding visas or immigration is based on general knowledge and personal experience only and does not constitute immigration legal advice.
SHOS Med does not guarantee, promise, or warrant any specific career outcome, including but not limited to: employment, income level, specialty placement, geographic placement, or professional advancement.
Research publication depends on numerous factors beyond our control, including the quality of the research, institutional resources, journal selection, peer review outcomes, and the decisions of editors and reviewers. The Research Course is an educational resource and does not constitute research supervision or collaboration.
Cost comparisons, tuition figures, financial estimates, and savings calculations presented on our website or in our materials are approximate, subject to change, and provided for informational purposes only. Actual costs may vary based on exchange rates, institutional fee changes, living expenses, personal circumstances, and other factors.
Any statistics, success rates, match rates, completion rates, or similar data referenced on our website, in our materials, or in communications are provided for general informational context only and do not predict or guarantee your individual outcome. Past performance of our mentees, alumni, or any referenced population does not guarantee future results.
Phrases used on our website such as "Everything You Need to Get Accepted," "Get Guided," "Succeed," "Match Day," "Your Path to Medicine Starts Here," or similar aspirational language describe the goals and intent of our Services, not guaranteed outcomes. Such language is used in its ordinary marketing sense and shall not be construed as a contractual promise, warranty, or guarantee of any result. You acknowledge that you understand these phrases are motivational and aspirational, and that no reasonable person would interpret them as binding guarantees of specific outcomes.
Any references to student loans, financial aid, or funding opportunities on our website are general information only. We do not guarantee eligibility for any financial aid, loan program, or scholarship. Financial aid availability depends on the policies of lending institutions, government programs, and educational institutions, which may change at any time.
Testimonials, success stories, reviews, and endorsements displayed on our website or in our materials represent the individual experiences of specific users and are not intended as a guarantee, promise, or prediction that you will achieve the same or similar results.
The display of any testimonial or success story shall not be interpreted as a claim that our Services will produce any particular outcome. The mention of specific outcomes (e.g., "Accepted to Charles University," "Matched into Internal Medicine") describes what happened for that individual only.
The Question Bank contains original practice questions created by SHOS Med. The Exam Review Guide contains original educational chapters covering Biology and Chemistry topics. The Research Course contains original educational modules covering research methodology. These materials are not official examination questions, course materials, or institutional curricula and are not sourced from, endorsed by, or affiliated with Charles University, the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), USMLE, ECFMG, or any other examination body or institution.
Our practice questions are designed to cover topics that may be relevant to entrance examinations. However, we make no representation or warranty that our questions reflect the actual content, difficulty, format, or scoring of any official examination.
The Question Bank, Exam Review Guide, Research Course, and all study materials are intended as supplementary educational tools only and should not be relied upon as the sole source of preparation for any examination, research endeavor, or application.
While we make reasonable efforts to ensure accuracy, our Content may contain errors, omissions, or outdated information. Science, medicine, examination criteria, university policies, immigration rules, and licensing requirements change frequently, and our Content may not reflect the most current state of any such field. You are responsible for independently verifying any information from our Services before relying on it, including by consulting authoritative sources such as official university communications, examination-body publications, and licensed professionals where appropriate. SHOS Med disclaims all liability for any loss, expense, missed opportunity, or other damage arising from inaccuracies, errors, or omissions in our Content.
Certain Content, including but not limited to Research Course modules, may reference specific conferences, events, deadlines, submission dates, registration fees, or other time-sensitive information. SHOS Med does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or currency of any conference or event information. Conference organizers may change dates, deadlines, fees, locations, formats, and other details at any time without notice to SHOS Med. You are responsible for independently verifying all conference and event details directly with the organizing body. SHOS Med shall have no liability for any loss, expense, or missed opportunity arising from reliance on conference or event information presented in our Content.
Mentors provide guidance based on their personal experiences and professional opinions. What worked for one individual may not work for another. Mentors do not speak on behalf of any university, hospital, residency program, or regulatory authority.
Mentors affiliated with SHOS Med are independent individuals sharing their expertise. Their participation does not create any agency, employment, partnership, or joint venture relationship with any institution where they are or were trained or employed.
While our mentors are licensed physicians, their role through SHOS Med is exclusively that of educational mentors and advisors. Their participation does not constitute the practice of medicine, law, immigration consulting, or any other licensed professional service.
You agree that no individual mentor shall bear personal liability for outcomes arising from guidance provided through SHOS Med, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
You may not record, photograph, screenshot, or otherwise capture any mentorship session, consultation call, or private communication with any mentor without the express written consent of both the mentor and SHOS Med. Unauthorized recording may result in immediate account termination.
Mentors may reference their training or employment history for credibility purposes. Such references are personal biographical information only and do not imply any endorsement, affiliation, or partnership between SHOS Med and any hospital, university, or medical institution where a mentor has trained or is employed.
Your interactions with mentors-including consultation calls, email exchanges, written feedback, and forum responses-do not create any professional service relationship. Specifically, no mentor interaction shall be construed as creating a doctor-patient relationship, an attorney-client relationship, an immigration-consultant relationship, a financial-advisor relationship, or any other licensed-professional relationship. Mentors who hold professional licenses (such as medical licenses) act through SHOS Med solely in an educational and personal capacity and not in their licensed-professional capacity. Any observations, suggestions, or guidance shared by a mentor are personal opinions based on individual experience and are not professional services.
SHOS Med serves as the official United States and Canada representative of the Third Faculty of Medicine (LF3), Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, for purposes of applicant outreach, entrance exam registration facilitation, and general information dissemination to US- and Canada-based prospective students. This representative status has been authorized by LF3.
As the official US and Canada representative of LF3, SHOS Med facilitates communication between US- and Canada-based applicants and LF3, assists with entrance examination registration logistics, and provides general information about the application process. This representative role does not grant SHOS Med any authority to make admissions decisions, modify academic requirements, waive institutional policies, set or modify tuition or fees, or bind LF3 to any commitment.
LF3 and Charles University are independent educational institutions that retain sole and absolute authority over all academic matters, including but not limited to: admissions criteria, entrance examination content and scoring, tuition and fee schedules, academic policies, curriculum, and degree conferral. SHOS Med has no control over and assumes no responsibility for any decisions, actions, or policies of LF3 or Charles University.
While SHOS Med endeavors to provide accurate and current information about LF3, all institutional information is subject to change by LF3 and Charles University at any time without notice to SHOS Med. You are encouraged to verify all institutional details directly with LF3.
Notwithstanding SHOS Med's representative status, SHOS Med has no role in, control over, or authority to influence: (a) admissions decisions, including which applicants are accepted or rejected; (b) entrance-examination content, scoring, grading, or pass/fail determinations; (c) interview content, scoring, or outcomes; or (d) any academic, financial, or administrative policy of LF3 or Charles University. The fact that SHOS Med facilitates application logistics or registration does not improve any applicant's likelihood of admission, and SHOS Med makes no representation that engaging its Services confers any advantage in the LF3 admissions process.
SHOS Med facilitates registration for the LF3 entrance examination for US-based applicants in its capacity as the official US agent. SHOS Med acts solely as a facilitator and intermediary in the registration process. The entrance examination is created, administered, and scored entirely by LF3.
Examination dates, locations, formats, and logistics are determined by LF3 and are subject to change. SHOS Med will make reasonable efforts to communicate any changes to registered examinees but shall not be liable for any changes to examination logistics made by LF3, including but not limited to changes in date, time, location, format, or cancellation of the examination.
If LF3 cancels an entrance examination, SHOS Med will make reasonable efforts to facilitate a refund of any examination registration fees collected by SHOS Med on behalf of LF3. SHOS Med shall not be liable for any costs, expenses, or damages incurred by you as a result of examination cancellation, including but not limited to travel expenses, accommodation costs, lost wages, or preparation costs. Refund of examination fees in the event of cancellation is subject to the policies of LF3.
Examination registration fees collected by SHOS Med are collected on behalf of LF3. These fees are separate from any fees charged by SHOS Med for its own Services. SHOS Med does not set the examination fee amount, which is determined by LF3.
SHOS Med does not guarantee that entrance examinations will be offered in any particular location, at any particular time, or at all. Examination availability is solely at the discretion of LF3.
Our Services reference various third-party entities including Charles University, LF3, ECFMG, NBME, NRMP, ERAS, Stripe, Google, and WhatsApp. These are independent third parties over which SHOS Med has no control.
As described in Section 8, SHOS Med is the official US and Canada representative of LF3. Notwithstanding this representative relationship, LF3 and Charles University remain independent institutions. SHOS Med's representative status does not constitute an endorsement by LF3 or Charles University of SHOS Med's educational content, mentorship services, or any guarantees made or implied by SHOS Med. The representative relationship pertains solely to applicant outreach and examination registration facilitation.
Except as explicitly stated regarding LF3, SHOS Med is not officially affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or partnered with any other faculty of Charles University, the NBME, ECFMG, NRMP, or any hospital, residency program, or regulatory body.
Universities, examination bodies, and regulatory authorities may change their requirements, policies, tuition, and examination formats at any time without notice. SHOS Med is not responsible for any such changes.
You agree to provide accurate, complete, and current information when creating an account and using our Services.
You represent that you are at least 16 years of age. If you are between 16 and 18 (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction), your parent or legal guardian must have reviewed and agreed to these Terms on your behalf.
You acknowledge that pursuing medical education and career applications involves inherent risks, uncertainties, and no guaranteed outcomes. You voluntarily assume all such risks.
You agree to independently verify all information received through our Services before acting upon it, including application deadlines, documentation requirements, tuition costs, visa requirements, conference details, and institutional policies.
You agree that you are not relying solely on our Services as the basis for any significant educational, financial, career, or life decision.
When using the SHOS Med community forum or any interactive features, you agree to:
SHOS Med reserves the right to remove any forum content and suspend or terminate the accounts of users who violate these conduct standards, at our sole discretion and without prior notice.
Payments are processed through third-party payment processors (currently Stripe). All prices are listed in US Dollars (USD) unless otherwise specified.
All registered users receive permanent, no-cost access to the Free Tier (3 preview chapters per Exam Review Guide subject and 40 preview Question Bank questions, as defined in Section 1). Because no payment is collected for Free Tier access, no refund policy applies. SHOS Med reserves the right to modify, limit, or discontinue the Free Tier at any time, including changing which chapters or questions are included.
Examination registration fees are collected by SHOS Med on behalf of LF3. Refund of examination fees is governed by the refund policies of LF3, not SHOS Med. SHOS Med will facilitate refund requests but cannot guarantee that LF3 will approve any refund. See Section 9 for additional terms regarding entrance exam registration.
All content on the SHOS Med website-including but not limited to Question Bank questions and explanations, Exam Review Guide chapters, Research Course modules, study materials, graphics, logos, and website design-is the exclusive intellectual property of SHOS Med and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
You receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access Content for personal, non-commercial educational use only. This license is conditional on your compliance with these Terms and may be revoked at any time.
You may not:
Content viewed through our platform may contain visible or invisible digital watermarks that include identifying information such as your registered email address. These watermarks are used to identify the source of unauthorized distribution. By using our Services, you acknowledge and consent to the embedding of such watermarks in content you access.
By posting questions, answers, comments, or other content on the SHOS Med community forum or any interactive features, you grant SHOS Med a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, display, reproduce, modify, and distribute such content in connection with the Services. You retain ownership of your content but acknowledge that forum posts are visible to other users. We reserve the right to moderate, edit, or remove any user-generated content at our discretion without notice. You represent and warrant that any content you post does not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party.
Your use of our Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. We collect personal information including name, email, selected pathway, study progress, notes, highlights, and usage data. We do not sell your personal data. Our website uses Firebase (Google) for authentication and data storage, and Stripe for payment processing. We implement reasonable security measures but cannot guarantee absolute security. Content views may include embedded watermark data as described in Section 13.4.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless SHOS Med, its founders, co-founders, mentors, employees, agents, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: your use of our Services; your violation of these Terms; any claim that our guidance caused you harm (to the extent arising from your own decisions or omissions); your interactions with third parties in connection with our Services; any content you post on the community forum; and any dispute between you and LF3, Charles University, or any other third-party institution.
Before initiating any formal dispute resolution, you agree to contact us at contact@shosmed.com and allow thirty (30) days for informal resolution.
If informal resolution is unsuccessful, any dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in Bergen County, New Jersey.
These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, United States, without regard to conflict of laws principles.
Any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to these Terms or the Services must be filed within one (1) year after the cause of action arises. Any claim not filed within this period is permanently barred.
Nothing in this section shall prevent SHOS Med from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property rights.
You may terminate your account at any time by contacting contact@shosmed.com. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, for violation of these Terms, circumvention of content protection measures, unauthorized distribution of Content, abusive conduct on the community forum, or any other cause we deem sufficient. Upon termination: your right to access all Services ceases immediately; any unused paid services are forfeited unless a refund is approved under Section 12; and your user-generated content may be retained or removed at our discretion.
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Material changes will be communicated via email or website notice. Continued use after notification constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms. We encourage you to review these Terms periodically.
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and SHOS Med regarding the subject matter herein and supersede all prior agreements and understandings. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full effect. Our failure to enforce any provision shall not constitute a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. SHOS Med may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. SHOS Med shall not be liable for failures due to force majeure events, including but not limited to natural disasters, pandemics, government actions, or infrastructure failures.
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