OA Admission Exam case studies
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The OA Admission Exam is the entry assessment used within optometry's credentialing pathway for candidates preparing to practise as optometrists and to sit the profession's licensing examinations. It is aimed at graduates of accredited optometry programmes and at internationally trained optometrists whose qualifications are being assessed, and it tests whether a candidate can apply core clinical knowledge rather than simply recall it. Content spans ocular disease and examination findings, ocular pharmacology and therapeutics, ophthalmic optics and refraction, contact lenses, binocular vision and ocular motility, ocular manifestations of systemic disease, neuro-optometry, ocular emergencies, and the professional, ethical and practice-management expectations of the role. Questions are multiple choice and typically built around short clinical scenarios, so the strongest preparation is structured revision of each domain combined with deliberate practice on case-style items and careful review of every wrong answer. The OA Admission Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 1,545 words.
1Sudden Painless Vision Loss in a Patient with Cardiovascular Risk
A 68-year-old man with a history of hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation presents with sudden, painless loss of vision in the left eye upon waking. He reports a 'curtain' descending over his vision.
329 words, about 2 min2Pediatric Contact Lens Fitting with High Astigmatism
A 14-year-old boy is interested in contact lenses. He has a history of allergic conjunctivitis and plays basketball.
335 words, about 2 min3Managing Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma in a Patient with Multiple Systemic Conditions
A 72-year-old woman presents with severe right eye pain, headache, nausea, and blurred vision. She has a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
320 words, about 2 min4Binocular Vision Dysfunction After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
A 28-year-old woman presents with headaches, blurred vision, and difficulty reading 3 months after a mild traumatic brain injury (concussion). She reports symptoms worsen with prolonged near work and she has to close one eye to read.
252 words, about 1 min5Ethical Dilemma in a Patient with Progressive Vision Loss
A 45-year-old man with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has progressive vision loss. His visual acuity is 20/80 OU, visual fields are constricted to 10 degrees.
309 words, about 2 min