Optometry exam

Optometry Exam Syllabus for DHA and Other

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Optometrists are healthcare professionals, who examine the eyes to detect and treat any defects in vision, signs of injury, ocular diseases, or abnormality. There is a great opportunity for optometrists in gulf countries. To work in gulf countries, they require to pass the Prometric exam.

Prometric is a company that conducts online assessments for healthcare professionals. Which need to pass to apply for a healthcare license in certain specialties to practice. The prometric exam is ComputerBasedTesting(CBT), where questions are in MCQs format. Every country has a different Optometry prometric exam syllabus and pattern.

Getting familiar with the exam syllabus is important to start your preparation. Let’s discuss the optometrist prometric exam syllabus and pattern of DHA(Dubai), OMSB(Oman), SCHFS(Saudi).

DHA exam syllabus and pattern for optometry

  1. Geometric Optics
  2. Clinical Visual Optics
  3. Basic Ocular Anatomy and Physiology
  4. Binocular Vision
  5. Refraction
  6. Contact Lenses
  7. Ocular Disease
  8. Pediatric Optometry
  9. Geriatric Optometry
  10. Low Vision Practice
  11. Environmental Optometry

Duration: 150 minutes
No. of Questions: 100
Fee: USD240
Pass Score: 55%

Oman Optometry syllabus and pattern

  1. Geometric Optics   5%
  2. Clinical Visual Optics  5%
  3. Basic Ocular Anatomy and Physiology 5%
  4. Binocular Vision 10%
  5. Refraction 20%
  6. Contact Lenses 20%
  7. Ocular Disease 10%
  8. Pediatric Optometry 10%
  9. Geriatric Optometry 5%
  10. Low Vision Practice 5%
  11. Environmental Optometry 5%

Saudi Optometry syllabus

Saudi conduct prometric exam of optometry for specialist and technician category.

Optometry Technician Blueprint

  1. Geometric Optics 5%
  2. Clinical Visual Optics 5%
  3. Basic Ocular Anatomy and Physiology 5%
  4. Binocular Vision 10%
  5. Refraction 20%
  6. Contact Lenses 20%
  7. Ocular Disease 10%
  8. Pediatric Optometry 10%
  9. Geriatric Optometry 5%
  10. Low Vision Practice 5%
  11. Environmental Optometry 5%

Passing Score: 55%
 
Optometrist Specialist Blueprint

  1. Clinical Visual Optics 5%
  2. Ocular Anatomy and Physiology 5%
  3. Binocular Vision 10%
  4. Refraction 18%
  5. Contact Lenses 17%
  6. Ocular Disease 15%
  7. Pediatric Optometry 10%
  8. Geriatric Optometry 5%
  9. Low Vision Practice 10%

Passing Score: 60%