Category: PLAB 1 Experiences

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

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)

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

Studied During House Job I and my friend booked the test exactly one month and 13 days before the exam date. Thanks to Dr. Naseer Khan for convincing me to take the exam during my house job. This duration of preparation included 7 calls (24-hour duties), 13 ER duties (12-hour duties) and regular days (6-hour … Continue reading Farah Sherazi’s PLAB 1 Experience

Three states that I went through from the time of my preparation to the result day.   Pre-Exam State I was doing my House Job so my schedule was quite rigid and chaotic in and obviously it wasn’t an easy task to study and work simultaneously. Hence I started off with my proper preparation just … Continue reading Maria Sundus’ PLAB 1 Experience

Studies with Work My preparation started a couple of weeks just before the exam. As I am doing my internship I couldn't devote myself fully to studies. But my Post-Graduates were very supportive. I could study at work place.   18 Hours-A-Day I studied around 18 hours per day. This included the online classes I took … Continue reading Marina Akham’s PLAB 1 Experience

I cleared PLAB 1 with roughly two weeks of preparation, with a full-time job. I did only 1700 with explanations and Samson's notes.   The Beginning I started 1700 MCQs along with Samson's notes. I used to go through MCQs whenever I found spare time during duty hours. And I used to study Samson's notes while travelling to … Continue reading Mehreen Malik’s PLAB 1 Experience

(This post was originally written on 20 June 2017 for my blog. Thank you, Dr. Mohammd Saad, for sharing your experience) My PLAB 1 test was on 15th November 2016. I studied for PLAB 1 for only 2 weeks. I studied from Samson's notes and all I practiced were MCQs, lots of MCQs. I practiced from Samson's mocks … Continue reading Mohammad Saad’s PLAB 1 Experience