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NEP5991 is the DHA code for the Specialist Nephrology Prometric exam, and its published blueprint splits the paper across 14 areas: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplantation, chronic kidney disease (ckd), detection and management, acute kidney injury (aki), acid base disorders, fluid and electrolytes, hypertension, glomerular and vascular, cystic and genetic diseases, nephrolithiasis, professionalism and ethics and patient safety. That list is the syllabus — questions are written to those headings from 6 named reference texts, so revision that ignores it is revision spent on the wrong material.
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NEP5991 is the DHA code for the Specialist Nephrology Prometric exam, and its published blueprint splits the paper across 14 areas: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplantation, chronic kidney disease (ckd), detection and management, acute kidney injury (aki), acid base disorders, fluid and electrolytes, hypertension, glomerular and vascular, cystic and genetic diseases, nephrolithiasis, professionalism and ethics and patient safety. That list is the syllabus — questions are written to those headings from 6 named reference texts, so revision that ignores it is revision spent on the wrong material.
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 65% pass mark works out at roughly 98 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 Nephrology 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 200 explained questions cut to the same headings as the NEP5991 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, 65%-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, SCFHS in Saudi Arabia, QCHP in Qatar, NHRA in Bahrain and OMSB in Oman all license the Specialist Nephrology title off a Prometric-delivered MCQ paper, and the overlap between them is substantial. DOH runs its sitting through Pearson VUE instead. What differs is the pass mark, the classification tier they will grade you into, and how many attempts they allow — not the medicine.
NEP5991 is the Specialist Nephrology 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.
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.
65% under the DHA guideline — roughly 98 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.
The published blueprint names 14 areas: Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Kidney Transplantation, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Detection and Management, Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), Acid Base Disorders, Fluid and Electrolytes, Hypertension, Glomerular and Vascular, Cystic and Genetic Diseases, Nephrolithiasis, Professionalism and Ethics and Patient safety. Our chapters use the same headings, so a weak chapter score points straight at the blueprint area to revisit.
No. DHA, MOHAP, SCFHS, QCHP, NHRA and OMSB each license the Specialist Nephrology title off a Prometric-delivered MCQ paper built on the same content. DOH runs its sitting through Pearson VUE instead. 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.
DHA's exam guideline prices this sitting at USD 280, which is roughly AED 1,028 at the dirham peg. That is the test fee alone: the regulator's application charge and Dataflow verification are billed separately, and other Gulf authorities set their own amounts for the same paper.
It depends on the regulator. For the Specialist classification this paper belongs to: DHA asks for 3 years in specialty after board qualification; MOHAP asks for 3 years in specialty post-board; DOH asks for 5 years post-qualification (3 in specialty); SCFHS asks for 4 years post-qualification (2 in specialty); QCHP asks for 3 years in specialty after board qualification; NHRA asks for 3 years in specialty post-board; OMSB asks for 3 years in specialty post-board. Each authority counts those years against its own classification table, and they have to be backed by experience letters that survive Dataflow verification.
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.
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Papers from the same professional group, each with its own code, blueprint and pass mark.
Each regulator sets its own pass mark, classification tier and attempt limit for the same paper. Check yours before you book.
| Regulator | Minimum 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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