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Specialist Clinical Biochemistry Prometric Exam

BIO5900 is the DHA code for the Specialist Clinical Biochemistry Prometric exam. The authority has not published a topic blueprint for this paper, so it is written to the stated scope of practice for the role instead — the procedures, safety rules and documentation a specialist clinical biochemistry is accountable for day to day. Revision organised around that scope beats revision organised around a textbook's contents page.

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About the Specialist Clinical Biochemistry Prometric Exam (BIO5900)

BIO5900 is the DHA code for the Specialist Clinical Biochemistry Prometric exam. The authority has not published a topic blueprint for this paper, so it is written to the stated scope of practice for the role instead — the procedures, safety rules and documentation a specialist clinical biochemistry is accountable for day to day. Revision organised around that scope beats revision organised around a textbook's contents page.

The sitting is 150 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours — about 1.2 minutes per question — delivered on computer at a Prometric test centre. The 60% pass mark works out at roughly 90 correct answers out of 150. Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so an unanswered question is the only guaranteed zero on the paper.

The paper is sat by doctors applying for a licence under the Specialist Clinical Biochemistry professional title. Specialist is a graded title: the regulator checks your specialty certificate and post-qualification years against its classification table, and a mismatch there is refused on classification rather than on the paper. In practice the exam is rarely the bottleneck: the regulator has to accept your qualification and experience, and Dataflow has to return primary source verification, before a booking slot exists at all. Start that paperwork alongside your revision rather than after it.

This bank holds 2,000 explained questions cut to the same headings as the BIO5900 outline, each with written reasoning that also rules out the distractors. Retries are unlimited, and the timed mocks run at the real 150-question, 3-hour, 60%-to-pass settings — so the first time you sit this paper at full pace is not the morning it counts.

One body of content, seven regulators. DHA in Dubai, MOHAP across the UAE, DOH in Abu Dhabi, SCFHS in Saudi Arabia, QCHP in Qatar, NHRA in Bahrain and OMSB in Oman all license the Specialist Clinical Biochemistry title off a Prometric-delivered MCQ paper, and the overlap between them is substantial. What differs is the pass mark, the classification tier they will grade you into, and how many attempts they allow — not the medicine.

Specialist Clinical Biochemistry exam — frequently asked questions

What does exam code BIO5900 cover?

BIO5900 is the Specialist Clinical Biochemistry Prometric paper. The code appears on your eligibility approval and on the Prometric booking screen — quote it when you book, because neighbouring grades of the same profession have their own codes and their own papers.

How many questions is the Specialist Clinical Biochemistry exam, and how long do I get?

150 questions in 3 hours, which is about 1.2 minutes each. It is computer-based at a Prometric centre, and you can flag and revisit questions before you submit.

What is the pass mark for BIO5900?

60% under the DHA guideline — roughly 90 correct answers out of 150. Nothing is deducted for wrong answers, so leave nothing blank. Other Gulf regulators publish their own thresholds for the same content, so confirm the figure with the authority you are applying to.

Do I need a separate exam for each Gulf authority?

No. DHA, MOHAP, DOH, SCFHS, QCHP, NHRA and OMSB each license the Specialist Clinical Biochemistry title off a Prometric-delivered MCQ paper built on the same content. What changes between them is the pass mark, the classification tier and the attempt limit — so one body of preparation carries across, but each application is its own file.

What do I need before I can book BIO5900?

An eligibility approval from the regulator — your qualification and experience accepted against its classification rules — plus Dataflow primary source verification returned on your degree, licence and experience letters. The booking window opens after that, not before, which is why the paperwork should run in parallel with your revision.

Guides for Specialist Clinical Biochemistry candidates

Licensing routes for doctors

The full pathway — eligibility, documents, exam and registration — written per authority.

Authorities that license this title

Each regulator sets its own pass mark, classification tier and attempt limit for the same paper. Check yours before you book.

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