PART III PEPS Content Outline

The Part III examination consists of a total of twelve stations, including ten encounter stations presented as case scenarios, and two performance skills stations. All stations will include use of standardized patients. The content domains and clinical presentation categories are presented in the table below.

Competency Domains	Weight
Clinical Assessment and Interpretation	29
Management and Documentation	25
Skills	22
Patient Education	13
Communication	11
Total	100

Candidates will rotate through ten encounter stations, where they will be presented with one case from each of the nine clinical categories below. One of the categories will be randomly selected and included as the tenth station. Each encounter will be evaluated on each of the five competency domains listed above. Anterior and posterior skills will be evaluated as part of the skills domain.

Clinical Presentation Categories	Weight
Anterior Segment Disease	17
Posterior Segment Disease	16
Glaucoma	14
Systemic Disease	11
Refraction	11
Neuro-Ophthalmic Disease	9
Contact Lenses	8
Binocular Vision	8
Pediatrics	6
Total	100

Performance Skills Stations	Weight
Anterior Segment: • Biomicroscopy • Tonometry (applanation) • Gonioscopy (4-mirror)	*
Posterior Segment: • Fundus Biomicroscopy • Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy	*

* Performance skills stations are evaluated as part of the Skills Domain referenced in the table above.