Practise PLAB 2 stations out loud.
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Read the task card, then talk to a simulated patient: take the history, ask for the examination findings, explain, agree a plan and safety-net. The examiner watches and says nothing.
Free 7-day trial · practice as much as you want · 126 consultation stations, 12 clinical stations and 12 procedure stations · physician-drafted, under specialty reviewWhat PLAB 2 is like
The GMC describes PLAB 2 as a clinical and professional skills assessment of 16 scenarios, each lasting eight minutes, set in a mock consultation or an acute ward. Most stations use a simulated patient; the examiner mostly observes.
Every station is marked in three domains: data gathering, technical and assessment skills; clinical management skills; and interpersonal skills.
- GP surgery, A&E, ward and telephone consultations, in British English
- Management written to UK guidance: NICE, CKS, BNF and Resuscitation Council UK
- Not affiliated with the GMC
Reading time before each station is 90 seconds in most published descriptions; the GMC's own page says only that you read the task outside the room. Check the GMC's current PLAB 2 guide for the version you will sit.
Practise the way you’ll be examined.
Say it out loud
The marking credits what you actually say to the patient, not what you meant to ask.
Ask for the findings
Examination findings are handed over only when you ask to examine, as they are in the exam.
Always safety-net
Every station ends with a plan the patient agrees to and clear advice on when to come back or call 999.
Read the domain feedback
See which of the three domains you dropped marks in, station by station.
PLAB 2 pricing
Included with your DOME subscription. Free 7-day trial — every case and station, as many reps as you want.
PLAB 2 is part of the DOME subscription: Founding price: $49/month, locked for as long as you stay subscribed. The list price will be $99/month later.
DOME Exams is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the General Medical Council (GMC). PLAB and the UKMLA are GMC assessments. The stations here are original practice material written from the GMC's public description of the exam; none is a real or recalled exam item.