Iran Ophthalmology Specialty Board study guide
Iran Ophthalmology Specialty Board · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Iran Ophthalmology Specialty Board Examination is the national summative assessment that graduates of Iranian ophthalmology residency programs must pass to be recognized as specialist eye physicians. It is intended for residents in their final year of training and for graduates preparing for independent practice, hospital appointments, or academic posts. The Iran Ophthalmology Specialty Board study guide has 13 sections and about 4,733 words.
01Optics, Refraction and Contact Lenses
Optics, refraction and contact lenses is where arithmetic meets the trial frame: the examiner expects you to convert a retinoscopy finding or a spectacle prescription into a working contact lens power, and to explain why a patient who sees 6/6 in glasses may not tolerate the same power on the eye. Reduced vergence L = n/l, with l in metres.
409 words, about 2 min02Cornea and External Eye Disease
Cornea and external eye disease tests whether you can separate the common causes of a red, painful eye with a corneal lesion - bacterial, fungal, herpetic and acanthamoebic - and whether you know when a steroid is a mistake. Bacterial keratitis: contact lens wear and trauma dominate.
400 words, about 2 min03Lens and Cataract Surgery
Lens and cataract surgery examines biometry and intraocular lens power as much as the operation itself. Board questions often present an axial length, a keratometry reading and a target refraction, then ask which formula you would trust.
409 words, about 2 min04Glaucoma
Glaucoma questions reward a disciplined sequence: pressure, angle, disc, field and nerve fibre layer. The examiner wants to see that you gonioscope every patient before calling it open-angle, and that you can distinguish a glaucomatous field from a cataract or a neurological one.
396 words, about 2 min05Retina and Vitreous
Retina and vitreous is case-based in spirit: you are given a history and a description, and asked for the next step. Recurring themes are diabetic retinopathy, vascular occlusion, macular degeneration, retinal detachment and macular surgery.
362 words, about 2 min06Uveitis and Ocular Immunology
Uveitis and ocular immunology asks you to classify inflammation with the SUN criteria and then link it to a systemic disease, while recognising the masquerade syndromes that punish a reflex steroid prescription. SUN grading: anterior chamber cells 0 to 4+ in a 1 mm by 1 mm slit beam, with flare graded separately.
329 words, about 2 min07Neuro-ophthalmology
Neuro-ophthalmology tests whether you can localise a lesion from a pupil, a field and a fundus. Classic questions involve optic neuritis, ischaemic optic neuropathy, papilloedema, pupil abnormalities and ocular motor palsies.
376 words, about 2 min08Oculoplastics, Orbit and Lacrimal System
Oculoplastics, orbit and lacrimal disease covers eyelid position, orbital inflammation and tumours, and the watering eye. The exam favours anatomical reasoning: which layer is lax, which muscle is weak, and which compartment is involved.
355 words, about 2 min09Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus tests development as much as diagnosis: the same deviation has different urgency at 6 months and at 6 years. Expect amblyopia, esotropia, exotropia, leukocoria and retinopathy of prematurity.
347 words, about 2 min10Ocular Oncology and Pathology
Ocular oncology and pathology links a clinical picture to a histological diagnosis. The exam expects you to know the common intraocular and adnexal tumours, their metastatic risk, and the stains that confirm them.
330 words, about 2 min11Ophthalmic Epidemiology
Ophthalmic epidemiology tests the arithmetic of screening and the logic of study design. You are likely to be given a 2 by 2 table, a screening scenario or a trial, and asked what the numbers mean.
313 words, about 2 min12Community Ophthalmology and Preventive Care
Community ophthalmology and preventive care asks what you would do for a population rather than a patient: which diseases cause avoidable blindness, which interventions are cost-effective, and how programmes are monitored. The main global causes of blindness are cataract, uncorrected refractive error, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, trachoma and onchocerciasis, with vitamin A deficiency in children.
322 words, about 2 min13Basic Sciences Relevant to Ophthalmology
Basic sciences relevant to ophthalmology - anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, microbiology and genetics - is the foundation section. Questions are short and factual, and they reward precise numbers.
385 words, about 2 min