Prometric Exam Syllabus 2026: The GCC Blueprint for Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Pharmacists & Allied Health

Authorities publish their exam blueprints as short PDFs that most candidates never read — then they revise from whatever textbook is on the shelf. The blueprint tells you exactly how many marks each domain carries. Study in proportion to the blueprint and you pass; study in proportion to your interests and you gamble.

One blueprint, seven authorities

DHA, MOHAP, DOH, SCFHS, QCHP, NHRA and OMSB each write their own papers, but the content specifications are strikingly similar because they all test the same thing: safe, guideline-based practice at the level of an independent practitioner. That is why a candidate who prepares properly for one authority can usually pass another with minimal extra work — and why our question banks are built around the shared pattern rather than one authority’s wording.

Universal themes across every profession’s paper:

• Common conditions over rare ones (the “top 30” for your discipline)
• First-line management and the next best step
• Patient safety, infection control and medication safety
• Ethics, consent, confidentiality and professional conduct
• Emergencies: recognition and immediate action

General Practice / Physician (GEN5331 and specialty codes)

• Internal medicine — 25–30% (cardiology, endocrine, respiratory, GI, renal, infectious disease)
• Paediatrics — 12–15%
• Obstetrics & gynaecology — 10–12%
• Surgery and trauma — 10–12%
• Emergency medicine — 8–10%
• Psychiatry — 5–7%
• Dermatology, ENT, ophthalmology — 5–7%
• Public health, ethics, communication — 5–8%

Specialists sit a paper weighted 80%+ to their specialty with the remainder on general medicine and professionalism. Practice bank: General Practice.

Registered Nurse (RNT0312)

• Medical-surgical nursing — 35–40%
• Pharmacology and medication administration (including dosage calculations) — 12–15%
• Maternal and child health — 10–12%
• Paediatric nursing — 8–10%
• Mental health — 5–8%
• Fundamentals, infection control and safety — 10–12%
• Leadership, ethics, documentation — 5%

Detailed breakdown and study plan: Prometric exam for nurses. Practice bank: Registered Nurse.

General Dentist (GEN5301)

• Oral medicine and pathology — 15%
• Restorative and prosthodontics — 15%
• Endodontics — 12%; periodontics — 12%; oral surgery and LA — 12%
• Paediatric dentistry and orthodontics — 10%
• Pharmacology and medical emergencies — 10%
• Radiology, infection control, ethics — 14%

See the dentist guide; bank: General Dentist.

Pharmacist (PHO5481)

• Clinical pharmacotherapy — 35–40%
• Pharmaceutical calculations — 15–20%
• Pharmacology and mechanisms — 15%
• Interactions and drug safety — 10–15%
• Pharmaceutics, compounding, law and practice — 15%

See the pharmacist guide; bank: Pharmacist.

Medical Laboratory Technologist / Technician (LAB5631 / LAB5601)

• Clinical chemistry — 20%
• Haematology and coagulation — 20%
• Microbiology and parasitology — 20%
• Blood banking and immunohaematology — 15%
• Immunology and serology — 10%
• Laboratory safety, quality control and phlebotomy — 15%

Banks: Technologist, Technician.

Radiographer (RAD5152)

• Radiographic positioning and technique — 30%
• Radiation physics and protection — 20%
• Image evaluation and pathology recognition — 15%
• CT, MRI, fluoroscopy and contrast media — 20%
• Patient care, safety and ethics — 15%

Bank: Radiographer.

Physiotherapist (PHY5121)

• Musculoskeletal — 30%; neurological — 20%; cardiopulmonary — 15%
• Modalities and therapeutic exercise — 20%
• Paediatrics, geriatrics, anatomy, ethics — 15%

See the physiotherapist guide; bank: Physiotherapist.

Turning the blueprint into a plan

1. Allocate hours by weight. If med-surg is 40% of the nursing paper, it gets 40% of your study time — not the 15% most candidates give it because “I already know it”.
2. Use a single core source per domain plus current guidelines. Breadth of sources is the enemy of retention.
3. Practice questions from week one. Retrieval beats re-reading. Aim for 1,500–2,500 questions before the exam.
4. Track by domain. A mock score of 70% overall with 45% in pharmacology is a fail waiting to happen — the real paper may be pharmacology-heavy that day.
5. Finish with full-length timed mocks under exam conditions, as described in the first-attempt guide.

Not sure which exam code and blueprint applies to your title? The eligibility check maps your qualification to the right authority classification.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Prometric syllabus the same for DHA and SCFHS?

Not identical, but closely aligned. Both test guideline-based practice for common conditions, safety and ethics. Preparation for one transfers almost entirely to the other.

Where can I download the official Prometric exam blueprint?

Each authority publishes content outlines on its own portal (DHA Sheryan, SCFHS Mumaris+, QCHP registration site) and Prometric hosts them on the client page for that authority.

How many questions should I practise before the Prometric exam?

Between 1,500 and 2,500 timed questions with explanation review is the range most successful first-attempt candidates report.

Does the Prometric exam include images?

Yes, a minority of items include ECGs, radiographs, clinical photographs or lab tables — especially in physician, dentist, radiography and lab papers.