PLAB is also known as Professional and
Linguistic assessments Board Test (PLAB) .
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 practise 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).
Should you be taking the PLAB test?
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 practise medicine in the UK.
The General Medical Council must assure 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 practise 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
Qualifications required for PLAB ?
A primary medical
qualification (PMQ) for limited registration.
Please check the GMC website to see if your qualification is
acceptable.
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.
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, academic writing.
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).
Please Note :
1)Those
students who have passed the IELTS test more than two years back at
the time of initial registration , will have to prove that they have
maintained their English language skills once again.
2)Limited
registration will not be granted without the offer of a job. But passing
PLAB does not guarantee a job. Before taking the PLAB test, one should
make sure that they are well informed about opportunities for work in
the UK.
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