Faculdade IPEMED de Ciências Médicas

Name

Faculdade IPEMED de Ciências Médicas

Legal name

Afya Participações S.A.

Website

https://ipemed.com.br

Company type

Public

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAALAC

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

SECONDARYEDAGANAJ

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Professional Development & Training Materials

Keywords

• Medical education
• Postgraduate training
• Medical specialization
• Continuing medical education
• Medical residency

Headquarters

HQ city

Salvador

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices25 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Postgraduate Medical Courses (Pós-Graduação): Revenue generated from tuition fees for medical specialization programs across 70+ specialty areas including cardiology, dermatology, neurology, and others. Programs include 'Pós-Graduação Ouro' premium tier with enhanced features.
2. Short-term Courses and Training: Revenue from short-duration courses, training programs, and continuing medical education modules. Includes courses like 'Emergências Clínicas' and financial training for physicians.
3. Digital Subscriptions and Content Access: Subscription revenue from digital products including Whitebook (clinical decision support), CareOn app subscription (40% discount mentioned), and other digital tools for medical practice.
4. Mentorship and Career Services: Revenue from career mentorship services for medical professionals including 'Mentoria de Carreira Médica' as a paid add-on benefit.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Faculdade IPEMED de Ciências Médicas, operating under the Afya Participações S.A. ecosystem, delivers medical specialization education through postgraduate programs across 70+ clinical specialties such as cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, and neurology. Offerings are delivered via in-person classes at 25 education units across Brazil, online formation, and a premium "Ouro" tier, supplemented by clinical decision support tools (Whitebook), subscription services (CareOn), financial education for physicians (Finanças Dominadas), and private practice management training (Meu Consultório Particular).

Product overview

Faculdade IPEMED de Ciências Médicas (part of Afya group) operates as a medical education platform offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and services. The core offering is postgraduate medical education (Pós-Graduação) available in over 20 specialties including Cardiology, Dermatology, Neurology, and more. The platform provides multiple delivery modalities: in-person classes at 25 units across Brazil, online formation (Formação On-line), and premium Ouro tier. Supporting products include Whitebook (clinical knowledge resource), CareOn subscription service, financial education programs (Finanças Dominadas), practice management tools (Meu Consultório Particular), and academic publishing (Afya Papers). The company also offers undergraduate programs in Radiology and Hospital Management, along with fellowship programs and continuous education courses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pós-Graduação Ouro: Premium postgraduate medical education program
• FellowPapers
• Finanças Dominadas
• Meu Consultório Particular

Products and services

• Pós-Graduação Afya

Quantifiable outcome

• Specialists can earn up to 44% more than general practitioners
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lecturio: Online medical education platform offering video courses, question banks, and clinical training content for medical students and professionals. Direct peer in the medical e-learning category, competing for the same online education spend.
• Sanar: Brazilian medical education platform offering courses, specializations, and clinical content for medical students and physicians. Most direct Brazilian peer given overlapping specialty postgraduate offerings and physician-student target market.
• BMJ Learning: Continuing professional development platform from BMJ offering CME modules and clinical decision support resources for physicians globally. Directly comparable as a CME-focused medical education provider targeting practicing professionals.
• Osmosis (Elsevier): Medical education platform owned by Elsevier providing visual learning content, question banks, and study resources for medical students and healthcare professionals. Direct competitor in online medical education.
• AMBOSS: Global medical knowledge platform combining clinical decision support with medical education for students and physicians. Directly comparable due to dual offering of educational content (like IPEMED's postgraduate programs) and clinical resources (like Whitebook/CareOn).
• Medway: Brazilian medical education company focused on postgraduate specialization and medical residency preparation. Direct competitor in the Brazilian postgraduate medical education market, serving similar physician and student segments.

Broad incumbents

• UpToDate: Industry-leading clinical decision support resource used by physicians worldwide for evidence-based medical information. Comparable to Afya's Whitebook product and represents a global incumbent in the clinical knowledge space.
• Estácio: One of Brazil's largest private higher education institutions offering undergraduate and graduate programs including health sciences. Comparable as a broad Brazilian higher education incumbent that competes for the same physician-student pool, though without IPEMED's medical specialization focus.

Regional players

• Universidade Anhembi Morumbi: Brazilian private university offering undergraduate and graduate programs including medicine. Comparable as a Brazilian higher education institution in the medical field, competing for the same postgraduate physician enrollment market.
• Faculdade de Medicina da USP: Premier public medical school in São Paulo offering undergraduate medical training and graduate programs. Comparable as a top-tier Brazilian medical education institution competing for prestige-driven postgraduate physician enrollment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/afya
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/faculdade-ipemed-de-ci%C3%AAncias-m%C3%A9dicas

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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