PLAB 1 (UKMLA AKT)
PLAB 1 (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board, part 1) is the written knowledge test required by the General Medical Council (GMC) for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) wishing to practise medicine in the…
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What you'll get access to
Scoring
- Correct answer
- +1
- Wrong answer
- 0
- Blank
- 0
Test structure
| Single Best Answer Clinical Medicine | 180 Q | 180 min |
| Total | 180 Q | 180 min |
Key dates
Booking opens (via GMC My Account)
approx. 8 weeks before diet
4 diets per year
February, May, August, November
Results published online
approx. 4 weeks after sitting
PLAB 2 (OSCE) booking can be made after passing PLAB 1
within 2 years
PLAB 1 has 4 sessions per year. The GMC publishes the exact dates for each diet roughly 6-12 months in advance on gmc-uk.org. Test centres available in 17 countries worldwide (Pearson VUE network).
Source: official ministry / exam body publications.
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