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New, restructured National Board examinations will be implemented during 2009-10.
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:: July 29, 2008
Scores have been posted online for the June 2008 ACMO Examination.
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::July 24, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS!
Dr. Linda Casser has accepted the position of Dean of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University.
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::July 21, 2008
Verification Letters for the August 2008 Part I (BS), Part III (PAM & CSE), and Law examinations have been posted online.
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::July 21, 2008
Instructions to Candidates for the August 2008 Part I (BS), Part III (PAM & CSE), and Law examinations have been posted online..
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::July 16, 2008
Online registration is now available for the December 2008 Part I (BS) and Part II (CS) examinations.
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::July 3, 2008
Information for the new 2009 Part I (Applied Basic Science) has been posted online.
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::July 3, 2008
The new 2009 Examination Restructure Content Matrix has been posted online.
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::June 13, 2008
Injection Skills continues to be Pilot-Tested on the August 2008 Clinical Skills Examination.
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::March 4, 2008
Important Change to the Clinical Skills Examination (CSE) Equipment that Candidates Must Supply
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Part I, renamed “Applied Basic Science” (ABS), will consist of a blend of current Basic Science (BS) test items, and many current Clinical Science test items. Most of these test items will have the requirement of referencing a clinical condition, either explicitly or implicitly. The Clinical Science items shifting to ABS are related to epidemiology/history/symptoms and clinical testing (skills 1 and 2, respectively) as well as some items classified as skill 3 (diagnosis) in BS. Some items testing diagnosis and all treatment (skill 4) will remain within Part II. With the additional content of Clinical Science shifting to ABS, new Part I will be lengthened to four sessions (from the current three), each session being 3½ hours in length containing 125 items, for a total of 500 items (from the current 435).
Currently, students are eligible to sit for Part I in August, just prior to beginning their third academic year. However, as a result of the greater clinicality of new Part I, eligibility will require students to be in the spring of the third academic year. Due to this new eligibility requirement, students in the Class of 2010 will not be eligible to sit for the August 2008 Part I exam, as they would have been if the exams were not being restructured. The new eligibility requirement will limit students to three opportunities (from the current four) to sit for Part I prior to graduation.
The Examination Content Matrix, which contains the subject areas and their relative emphases, can be viewed by clicking here.
Sections within the Examination Content Matrix are linked to PDF files. To ensure your ability to read these PDF files, please download the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader® by clicking here!
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