ORAL EXAMINATION DATES
October 17, 2011
October 16, 2011
October 1, 2011
October 13, 2012
You do not submit an application for the Oral examinations, just the
fee. Oral examinations are typically administered on Saturday, and
sometimes on Sunday. Examinees are not permitted to take both the
written and oral examinations during the same administration. Oral
examinations are not required for every specialty.
ALL ORAL EXAMINATIONS WILL BE HELD IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
EXAMINATION DESCRIPTION
An outline of the subject areas covered on the certification examination is
included to help candidates prepare for the exam. Candidates should review
this outline carefully and focus study on the areas listed. Candidates
should be aware that the outline reflects the responses to practice-analysis
questionnaires and enables codification of the examination for subsequent
analysis of the results. Each question is linked to a specific area of the
outline. No question is meant to be obscure or tricky. The
percentage of questions in an area conveys the relative importance of each area
of the examination. The information in the outline is meant to serve as a
study aid only and not as a guarantee of success in taking the certification
examination.
Ophthalmology Classification System
|
|
Subject Area |
# of Questions on Exam |
| 1 |
Anatomy |
9 |
| 2 |
Contact Lenses |
5 |
| 3 |
Cornea |
10 |
| 4 |
Electrophysiology |
1 |
| 5 |
External Disease |
10 |
| 6 |
Eyelids |
9 |
| 7 |
General Medicine (Diabetes, Hypertension, etc.) |
8 |
| 8 |
Glaucoma |
10 |
| 9 |
Immunology |
3 |
| 10 |
Intraocular Inflammation & Uveitis |
7 |
| 11 |
Intraocular Tumors |
3 |
| 12 |
Keratorefractive Surgery |
5 |
| 13 |
Lacrimal Apparatus |
6 |
| 14 |
Lasers |
7 |
| 15 |
Lens and Cataracts |
10 |
| 16 |
Microbiology |
4 |
| 17 |
Neuro-Ophthalmology |
6 |
| 18 |
Ocular Drug Toxicity |
6 |
| 19 |
Ocular Examination and Diagnostic Tests |
10 |
| 20 |
Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease |
8 |
| 21 |
Ocular Trauma |
6 |
| 22 |
Ophthalmic Pathology |
4 |
| 23 |
Optics and Refraction |
8 |
| 24 |
Orbit |
5 |
| 25 |
Pediatric Ophthalmology |
6 |
| 26 |
Pharmacology |
6 |
| 27 |
Physiology |
4 |
| 28 |
Radiology and Imaging |
3 |
| 29 |
Retina |
9 |
| 30 |
Strabismus |
6 |
| 31 |
Vitreous |
6 |
Ophthalmology Examination Study References
You may wish to use the study materials to prepare for the written
certification or recertification examinations. The Examinations
Committee uses these references to create questions for the
examinations.
