Terms of Service

Welcome to Bedside. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of Bedside, an educational tool that helps medical students and trainees practice clinical reasoning on synthetic, fictional cases. By creating an account or using Bedside, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use Bedside.

Medical & educational disclaimer

Bedside is an educational simulator. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

• Synthetic, fictional cases. All patients, histories, examinations, investigations, and outcomes in Bedside are fictional and AI-generated. Any resemblance to real people or real cases is coincidental.
• Not medical advice. Nothing in Bedside is medical advice, and it must never be used to diagnose, treat, or make decisions about a real patient. Using Bedside does not create a doctor–patient or clinician–patient relationship.
• AI can be wrong. Cases, patient role-play, feedback, and tutoring are generated by AI models and may contain clinical inaccuracies — including in drug doses, diagnostic criteria, and management steps. Treat all output as a starting point for verification, not a reference of record, and always check it against authoritative sources, your curriculum, and qualified instructors.
• No real patient data. Do not enter any real patient information, protected health information (PHI), or identifiable clinical data into Bedside. Doing so violates these Terms and may trigger obligations your institution defines separately.
• Emergencies. Bedside is not for emergencies. If you or someone else may be experiencing a medical emergency, contact your local emergency services immediately.

Who can use Bedside

Bedside is intended for medical students, trainees, and educators. You must be at least 16 years old to use Bedside. By using it, you confirm that you meet this requirement and that the information you provide is accurate.

Bedside is not intended for members of the general public, patients, or anyone seeking guidance about their own health. It is a practice environment for learners in formal medical or health-professional education.

Your account

You can use much of Bedside without an account; signing in (by email, password, or Google) saves your progress across devices. You are responsible for keeping your credentials secure and for activity under your account. Tell us promptly at bedsidesupport@gmail.com if you suspect unauthorized use.

Acceptable use

When using Bedside, you agree not to:

• enter real patient data or PHI, or use Bedside for real clinical care;
• rely on Bedside output for any real-world medical decision;
• scrape, copy, resell, or redistribute the content or question banks, or use them to train competing models;
• attempt to access other users' data, bypass usage limits, or disrupt, overload, or reverse-engineer the service;
• use Bedside for any unlawful purpose.

Usage may be rate-limited or capped to keep the service available and within cost limits.

Your content

You keep ownership of the text and responses you enter. To run the service, you grant us a limited license to store and process that content — including sending relevant case and study text to our AI providers — so we can generate and score practice cases and save your progress. We do not sell your content.

Service & third-party providers

Bedside relies on third-party providers — including Supabase (database & authentication), Anthropic and OpenRouter (AI models), and Resend (email). Their terms apply to their parts of the service, and we are not responsible for their outages or actions. We may change, suspend, or discontinue features at any time. Bedsideis provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, including any warranty of clinical accuracy.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Bedside and its developer will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for any harm arising from reliance on AI-generated or educational content. As an educational tool, Bedside is used at your own discretion and risk.

Termination

You may stop using Bedside at any time. We may suspend or terminate access if these Terms are violated or to protect the service and its users. You can request deletion of your account and data as described in our Privacy Policy.

Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms as Bedsideevolves. When we make material changes, we'll update the date above. Continuing to use Bedside after an update means you accept the revised Terms.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any disputes will be subject to the courts located in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email bedsidesupport@gmail.com.