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PLAB
STANDARD COURSE FOR MEDICAL PATHWAY PLAB
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This course is exclusively designed for the medical graduates and undergraduates to prepare for the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) Examination conducted by General Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom.​
The Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB)
General Medical Council (GMC) is the UK's autonomous medical regulatory body. The main focus of this body : protect patients. It is formed in 1858.
​The Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test- PLAB test, aids in ensuring that foreign-trained doctors possess the knowledge and abilities necessary to practice medicine in the UK.
Components of PLAB
The test consists two parts.
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Part 1-180 multiple-choice questions with single best answers .
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Part 2- A practical objective structured clinical exam, or OSCE.
PLAB Part 1
Your capacity to use your knowledge to provide patient care will be evaluated in the exam. It doesn't assess your capacity to recall and recite information. Questions concern current UK best practices and equipment that is frequently on hand in UK hospitals. You must respond to the questions based on published evidence, not on the customs in your area.
You have three hours to complete the 180 multiple-choice questions on the PLAB 1 written test. Each begins with a brief narrative and a question. From the available five responses, you must select the correct one.
The exam includes the management of long-term conditions observed in primary care as well as the common, important, or acute conditions (those common in emergency departments) faced by trainees entering the second year of the Foundation Programme (F2). It does not include a general practitioner's (GP) advanced responsibilities.
PLAB test blueprint
The test's syllabus is laid forth in the blueprint provided by the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB). https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-the-register/plab/plab-test-blueprint/download-the-plab-blueprint
PLAB test blueprint
Good medical practice (GMP) – the advice we give to all doctors on the standards we expect of them
Outcomes for provisionally registered doctors (originally published in The Trainee Doctor) – the outcomes doctors must meet at the end of their first year of Foundation programme training before they can apply for full registration with a licence to practise
The UK Foundation Programme curriculum 2021 – the framework that supports the first two years of educational training of doctors in the UK.
PLAB test blueprint
Sets out the knowledge, skills and behaviour candidates are expected to demonstrate in the test
Sets out the scope and content of the test.
It covers the topics, skills and procedures that a doctor who passes the test would need to know and be able to do, and the professional qualities expected of a doctor working in the UK.
The blueprint will tell you what you can expect to be covered by the questions in part 1, or the scenarios or stations in part 2. But it won’t tell you what questions or scenarios you will face on the day you take the tests.
PLAB Part 2
An objective structured clinical exam (OSCE) is PLAB 2. With 16 scenarios comprising a total of eight minutes each, it seeks to replicate real-life situations like a mock consultation or an acute ward.
OSCE
It tests your ability to apply knowledge to the care of patients, not how well you can remember and recite facts.
Each question has to do with current best practices. In order to respond to them, you should consider published evidence rather than the norms in your community.
Names of drugs referred to in the exam are those contained in the most recent edition of the British National Formulary (BNF).
Domains tested
During the exam you will be marked against three areas or ‘domains' for each scenario.
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Data gathering, technical and assessment skills: History taking, physical examination, practical procedures, investigations leading to a diagnosis.
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Clinical management skills: Formulating a diagnosis, explaining something to the patient, formulating a management plan.
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Interpersonal skills: How you approach the station: whether you establish a rapport with the patient, how you use open and closed questioning, involving the patient and demonstrating your professionalism and understanding of ethical principles.
When marking against the domains, the examiner will assess your competency across a number of skill areas.
Clinical Examination
Practical skills
Interpersonal skills
After passing both exams, you can submit an application for registration and a practice license. When you pass part 2 of the test, your application must be granted within two years. After GMC accept your application and you are registered, you can practice medicine in the UK.
Guidance and interactive tools
You can build and test your knowledge of Good medical practice using: