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PLAB |
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PLAB is also known as Professional and Linguistic
assessments Board Test (PLAB).
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The PLAB test is relevant for international medical
graduates. Those who wish to take up a period of limited
registration (which you can do only if you are in
supervised employment) and who need evidence that they
have the necessary skills and knowledge to practice
medicine in the UK. The PLAB test is designed to test
ones ability to work safely in a first appointment as a
senior house officer in a UK hospital in the National
Health Service (NHS).
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Passing the PLAB test is one of the ways in which an
individual can satisfy the General Medical Council (GMC)
that they have the knowledge and skills which are
necessary to practice medicine in the UK.
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The General Medical Council assures itself that the
particular individual should have suitable
qualifications and abilities before it could grant an
individual limited registration. Limited registration
will allow the individual to practice in the UK in
supervised employment in the National Health Service.
For further information the following website can be
contacted
www.gmc-uk.org/register/map.htm
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Qualifications required for PLAB:
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A primary medical qualification (PMQ) for limited
registration. Please check the GMC website to see if
your qualification is acceptable.
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Allowed qualifications are those listed in the World
Directory of Medical Schools published by the World
Health Organization. (All MCI recognized colleges in
India are in general acceptable.) www.who.int/health-services-delivery/med_schools.
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Relevant scores in the IELTS test (academic module): a
minimum of 7 as an overall score and in the speaking
section, and 6 in each of the other sections –
listening, academic reading, and academic writing.
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At least 12 months’ postgraduate clinical experience
in a teaching hospital, or another hospital approved by
the medical registration authorities in the appropriate
country. (The test can be taken without this experience,
but the candidate will only be granted limited
registration at the grade of House Officer - the grade
occupied by new medical graduates).
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