Short answer: A DHA exam last week revision plan should stop widening your reading. Spend days one to five on weak domains with short timed sets and your error log, take a final mixed set on day six, and keep day seven light. Pace yourself at about 70 seconds a question and protect sleep every night.
What the last week is for
You cannot learn a whole domain in seven days, and trying will hurt your confidence. The week has one job: raise the floor. That means lifting your weakest domains a little and keeping your strongest ones warm, then arriving rested.
This plan is separate from the general last 7 days guide and suits the DHA exam. It uses the ten domains in Meddex, which are our own grouping of the content areas the DHA lists, not an official blueprint.
Set up on day one: rank your domains
Open your results by domain from your last two mocks. Rank the ten domains from weakest to strongest. Note any domain well below your average. DHA publishes content areas but, as far as we could verify, no percentage weights, so do not trust a page that gives you exact ones.
Pick the weakest three domains as your targets for the week. Write them at the top of a page with your three most-missed rules under each.
The seven days of the DHA exam last week revision plan
Each study block is 60 to 90 minutes. Adjust the order to your roster.
- Day 1: first target domain. 30 questions in 35 minutes, then review every explanation and update your error log.
- Day 2: second target domain, same shape. Add 10 minutes of cards on drug doses and antidotes.
- Day 3: third target domain, same shape. End with a mixed set of 20 you have not seen.
- Day 4: a timed mixed set of 50 questions in about 60 minutes. Review only the misses.
- Day 5: your rules page and cards only. Stop all new material today.
- Day 6: one timed mixed set of 30 to 40 questions to keep pace warm. No full mock.
- Day 7: the exam, or the day before. Follow the last 24 hours plan.
Practise the pace that the format asks for
Meddex mocks use 150 questions in 3 hours as a planning format, which is about 72 seconds a question. Some sources report the same for nurses and physicians, but the official figure for your title must be confirmed in the current DHA guideline. See the reported facts for what we could and could not confirm.
On every timed set this week, note your time at question 10, 20 and the end. If you finish a 50-question set in under 55 minutes with good accuracy, your pace is fine. If you need over 70, you are reading too slowly or doubting too long.
Small changes by role
Nurses should spend part of each block on medication safety and calculations, plus prioritisation. A short set from dosage calculations is worth ten minutes on day two or three.
Physicians should spend part of each block on next-best-step questions, ethics and the topics outside their own specialty. Use the physician subject map to spot gaps.
A worked example of one day in the final week
Take a nurse on day 2 whose second-weakest domain is pharmacology. After work she sits down at 6 pm with a drink and her error log. She does 30 pharmacology questions in 35 minutes, then spends 30 minutes reading every explanation, including those she got right. She writes three one-line rules, such as which drugs need a double check before giving, and adds them to her rules page.
At 7.15 pm she does ten minutes of cards on antidotes and doses, then stops. She does not open a new book. By 7.30 pm she has done roughly 75 minutes of work, and she goes to bed at her usual time. That is a full, useful day in the last week. It is an invented example, so shape yours around your own roster and your own weakest domains.
Protect the nights
Study ends at a set time each evening, with the screen off an hour before bed. Reviews of sleep and memory describe sleep as helping consolidation, which is a reason to keep your hours, not a promise about a score. If you work nights, plan the week so your last two sleeps before the exam are normal ones.
What to leave out
Leave out new textbooks, new question banks, long videos and forum arguments about topic weights. Leave out a full mock after day four. The score will not change your plan, and a bad one can cost you a night’s sleep.
Related guide
For a general week of logistics, mocks and sleep that also suits EMREE, see the last 7 days before your exam.
Frequently asked questions
This article is general educational guidance, not official advice. Exam rules, fees and timelines are set by the Dubai Health Authority and the test provider and can change, so always confirm the latest details on their official channels.
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