Qatar Ministry of Public Health Circular No. DHP/24/2024

Introducing New Exams for Clinical Psychologist

Greetings from the “Department of Healthcare Professions”,

“As DHP’s continuous pursuit to meet international best practices, ensure competency of healthcare practitioners, and maintain patient safety, DHP announces the availability of Clinical Psychologist Exams through Prometric, starting from the date of the circular Prometric exam will be one of the mandatory requirements for Registration & Licensing of Clinical Psychologist as below:

No.	Exam Title	Cut Score	No. of items / Exam Duration	Scopes required to take the Qualifying Exam
1	Clinical Psychologist	50%	150 MCQs, 3 ½ hours	Clinical Psychologist

Attached Qualifying Examination Blueprint (Content of the Test) & References For further information, contact: dhpregistration@moph.gov.qa

Thank you for your cooperation, Department of Healthcare Professions

Qualifying Examination Blueprint (Content of the Test)

Section	Content	No. of items	Evaluation Item
Biological, social, and cognitive-affective 15%	Recognize biological explanations of human behaviour, more emphasis has to be on the brain and its relation to behaviours Understand the psychological theories underlying human behaviours psychodynamic, behavioural, social learning, cognitive, humanistic, and interpersonal theories) Distinguish individual differences and personality

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Content

No. of items

Evaluation Item

Biological, social, and cognitive-affective 15%

Recognize biological explanations of human behaviour, more emphasis has to be on the brain and its relation to behaviours
Understand the psychological theories underlying human behaviours psychodynamic, behavioural, social learning, cognitive, humanistic, and interpersonal theories)
Distinguish individual differences and personality