Exam Resources & Tips
Exam Resources
These resources are for Ophthalmologists sitting exit exams, which include landmark clinical trials, important guidelines to learn and useful summaries. These resources are being continuously updated and new resources are being added. For the most up to date version, refer to this link to download the resource:
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Exam Tips
Written Exam:
Recommended Oral & Written exams reading:
Guidelines:
Landmark clinical trials:
Ethics
Miscellaneous
Gold-dust websites!
Exam courses
FRCOphth Part 2 orthoptic examination courses:
Sample Questions & Exam tips:
https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/examinations/candidate-tips/ (Contains SAMPLE QUESTIONS)
https://www.ophthoquestions.com/posts/10-step-guide-to-the-frcophth-part-2-written-exam
Exam tips suggested by Mukhtar Bizrah
For any suggested resources/tips you would like to share with your colleagues, please email [email protected] to add to the above list of resources.
- QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS
- Speak to 3-5 previous candidates early on
- Study hard but wisely
Recommended Oral & Written exams reading:
- Oxford handbook of Ophthalmology, Denniston & Murray.
- Clinical Ophthalmology: A Systematic Approach, Kanski & Bowling.
- Case Reviews in Ophthalmology, Friedman & Kaiser.
- Ophthalmology Secrets in Color, Gault & Vander.
- Basic and Clinical Science Course (AAO) books
- Ophthalmology, Yanoff & Duker.
Guidelines:
- https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/standards-publications-research/clinical-guidelines/
- https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/standards-publications-research/ophthalmic-services-guidance-2/
- https://www.nice.org.uk/
- http://www.londoneyecourse.com/exam-resources.html
- Vision requirements for driving
Landmark clinical trials:
- http://www.londoneyecourse.com/exam-resources.html
- https://www.eyedocs.co.uk/ophthalmology/journals
- http://www.eophtha.com/eophtha/studiesandtrials.html
- http://www.mrcophth.com/importanttrialsinophthalmology/mainpageimportanttrialsinophthalmology.html
- Handbook of Clinical Trials in Ophthalmology by Gupta, Aggarwal & Goel.
Ethics
Miscellaneous
- Statistics - OHB Chapter
- Research, clinical/info governance, communication skills - Medical interviews Book by ISC Medical
Gold-dust websites!
- http://www.mrcophth.com/oxfordpd.htm
- http://www.mrcophth.com/vivaquestions/viva1/1.html
- http://www.mrcophth.com/commonshortcases/commonshortcasesindex1.html
- http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/atlas/quiz/index.htm
- http://www.eyerounds.org/atlas/Quiz/index.htm
- http://www.djo.harvard.edu/site.php?url=/physicians/kr
- Corneal topography interpretation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoNzlkFbosk
- Orbital examination - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_rNQR-WFE8
Exam courses
- http://www.oculus-course.com/
- http://www.londoneyecourse.com/
- http://www.cmft.nhs.uk/royal-eye/courses-and-conferences
FRCOphth Part 2 orthoptic examination courses:
- http://www.binocularcourse.net/ (Spring) - Orthoptics course at the Royal Free hospital in London, tailored to candidates sitting the Part 2 oral exam.
- Moorfields Orthoptics Course (Autumn) - ›[email protected]
Sample Questions & Exam tips:
https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/examinations/candidate-tips/ (Contains SAMPLE QUESTIONS)
https://www.ophthoquestions.com/posts/10-step-guide-to-the-frcophth-part-2-written-exam
Exam tips suggested by Mukhtar Bizrah
For any suggested resources/tips you would like to share with your colleagues, please email [email protected] to add to the above list of resources.