I completed my IELTS in September 2017 and did not book the PLAB exam until I was completely sure I wanted to do it for personal reasons. I joined a WhatsApp group. . I turned on notifications for PLAB Facebook group. . Bookmarked Patient.info and Dr Naseer's website. . In October I subscribed to Plabable. Plabable … Continue reading Madihah Afeez’s PLAB 1 Experience
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167/200 Alhamdullilah I passed my PLAB 1 on 19th April 2018 with a score of 167/200. I feel it's my responsibility to help the new PLABbers here so here is my experience. From USMLE to PLAB I am a practicing physician in Pakistan and I am working at a district level hospital 36 hours … Continue reading Taimoor Hameed’s PLAB 1 Experience
By an IMG Consultant Cardiology in the NHS Reading Time = 4 minutes So, you want to know if you can break into cardiology subspecialty training in the UK. The answer is – yes, of course, it is possible. After all, if I can do it, so can anyone of you reading this can – … Continue reading A Career In Cardiology
The Beginning Where do I begin from? It has been one crazy rollercoaster ride full of ups and downs of risk, faith, courage and emotions. Yes, I have been the very first candidate of the first ever PLAB 2 course run in our beloved country Pakistan. And ever grateful to Almighty for blessing me with … Continue reading Marjan Gohar’s PLAB 2 Experience
Planning for PLAB 2 Alright! Where to start from? I was in the third year of medical school when I decided that I was going to train in the UK. I did everything as per "my timeline"; I had passed PLAB 1 during my House Job. Now for PLAB 2, I made a rough estimate … Continue reading Nahal Raza’s PLAB 2 Experience
Two and a Half Months I got my IELTS result a bit late so I had two and a half months to prepare for my PLAB 1. I started off really slowly. Sush Unity and Dr. Khalid I did 1700 Sush Unity MCQs available on the PLAB Facebook group and cross-checked the answers by … Continue reading Uroos Khan’s PLAB 1 Experience
My struggle with IELTS Attempt 1 Overall 7.5 L = 7.5 R = 9 W = 6 S = 7 . Attempt 2 Overall 7.5 L = 8 R = 8.5 W = 6.5 S = 7 . Attempt 3 Overall 8 L = 9 R = 8.5 W = 7 S = 7.5 . … Continue reading Uroos Khan’s IELTS Experience
Hello all! I am a doctor aspiring to work in the UK and after attempting my IELTS exam in May 2017; I sat for my PLAB 1 examination in Karachi in November 2017 and passed with a score of 140. I attempted the exam while working as a full-time intern with 80-100 hour work weeks … Continue reading Anonymous PLAB 1 Experience (VI)
I am a doctor hailing from Karachi. I sat for my IELTS UKVI Academic (Computer Based) exam on the 6th of May-2017, via the British Council. I gave the test while working full time and I chose the computer-based type because my typing speed is faster as opposed to writing. I had prior experience of … Continue reading Anonymous IELTS Experience (V)
Studying With a Job I used to get free from the hospital at 2 PM. After taking a two-hour break, I would start studying at 4 PM. I would study one topic per day from Samson's notes. It used to take me two to three hours to finish one topic. After getting done with Samson's … Continue reading Iqra Marriyam’s PLAB 1 Experience
