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Specialist Public Health Medicine Prometric Exam
The Specialist Public Health Medicine Prometric exam is the licensing paper doctors sit for the Specialist Public Health Medicine professional title, listed by the DHA under code COM5551. It is the specialist tier, so the authority expects a recognised specialty qualification and the post-qualification experience set out in its classification rules before it will let you book.
Exam Guidelines by Prometric and Pearson VUE
Exam summary, coverage areas and references
Duration
3 hrs
Questions
150
Exam Code
COM5551
Exam Fee
USD 280
about AED 1,028
Pass Score
65%
Exam Coverage
- Epidemiology
- Preventive medicine
- Biostatistics / research methods
- Health care management
- Health informatics
- Health education & communication
- Maternal & child health care
- Primary Health Care principles/ elements
- Community Medicine ethics/ legal aspects
- School health
- Nutrition
- Elderly health care
- Mental health
- Special needs health care
- Occupational health
- Environmental health
- International health
Reference Texts (3)
- 1. Last JM (Ed): A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 4th Edn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000 [French, Chinese, Japanese, Farsi, Serbian, Russian, Slovakian translations published 2001-6] .
- 2. Pencheon D, Guest C, Melzer D, Muir Gray JA, editors. Oxford Handbook of Public Health. Practice. First Edition, reprinted 2003. Oxford University Press, New York; 2003.
- 3. Park K. Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine. 18th ed. M/s Banarsidas Bhanot Publishers, India; 2005.
Chapters
4.8(451)
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Full-length · timed · 65% to passAbout the Specialist Public Health Medicine Prometric Exam (COM5551)
The Specialist Public Health Medicine Prometric exam is the licensing paper doctors sit for the Specialist Public Health Medicine professional title, listed by the DHA under code COM5551. It is the specialist tier, so the authority expects a recognised specialty qualification and the post-qualification experience set out in its classification rules before it will let you book.
COM5551 is set across 17 blueprint areas: epidemiology, preventive medicine, biostatistics / research methods, health care management, health informatics, health education & communication, maternal & child health care, primary health care principles/ elements, community medicine ethics/ legal aspects, school health, nutrition, elderly health care, mental health, special needs health care, occupational health, environmental health and international health. Questions are written from 3 named reference texts, listed in the guidelines above.
Our COM5551 bank holds 200 explained questions, about 1 times the length of the real sitting.
General guides: Prometric exam guide, Dataflow verification guide and pass marks by authority.
Specialist Public Health Medicine exam: frequently asked questions
What is the exam code for the Specialist Public Health Medicine Prometric exam?
COM5551 is the DHA code for the Specialist Public Health Medicine paper in the Physicians listing.
How many questions are in the Specialist Public Health Medicine exam and how long is it?
150 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours, about 1.2 minutes per question.
What is the pass mark for the Specialist Public Health Medicine Prometric exam?
65% under the DHA guideline for COM5551, which is 98 of 150 questions answered correctly.
How much is the COM5551 exam fee?
The DHA guideline lists USD 280 (about AED 1,028) for the COM5551 sitting.
What topics does the Specialist Public Health Medicine exam cover?
The official blueprint splits the paper across 17 areas: Epidemiology, Preventive medicine, Biostatistics / research methods, Health care management, Health informatics, Health education & communication, Maternal & child health care, Primary Health Care principles/ elements, Community Medicine ethics/ legal aspects, School health, Nutrition, Elderly health care, Mental health, Special needs health care, Occupational health, Environmental health and International health.
Which authorities accept the Specialist Public Health Medicine Prometric exam?
DHA, MOHAP, DOH, SCFHS, QCHP, NHRA and OMSB list experience rules for the Specialist tier this paper belongs to: DHA 3 years in specialty after board qualification; MOHAP 3 years in specialty post-board; DOH 5 years post-qualification (3 in specialty); SCFHS 4 years post-qualification (2 in specialty); QCHP 3 years in specialty after board qualification; NHRA 3 years in specialty post-board; OMSB 3 years in specialty post-board.
How should I prepare for COM5551?
Start with Epidemiology and Preventive medicine, then work through the 200 explained MCQs chapter by chapter and sit the timed mocks until you clear 65% with margin.
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Minimum experience for the Specialist tier, by authority.
| Authority | Specialist experience |
|---|---|
| DHA | 3 years in specialty after board qualification |
| MOHAP | 3 years in specialty post-board |
| DOH | 5 years post-qualification (3 in specialty) |
| SCFHS | 4 years post-qualification (2 in specialty) |
| QCHP | 3 years in specialty after board qualification |
| NHRA | 3 years in specialty post-board |
| OMSB | 3 years in specialty post-board |
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