PLAB
The PLAB test of the General Medical Council consists of 'Single best answer', and 'Extended Matching' questions. In recent years the exam has tested clinical problem solving across specialties and has moved away from simply testing factual recall. To pass this exam you should become familiar with the style of question and identify your areas of weakness - not simply try to memorise past questions!
- Over 2000 'extended matching question' items
- Over 600 'single best answer' questions
- Question themes from previous exams
- Detailed performance analysis and feedback
- Adaptive learning
- Exam specific revision advice
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Learning journal
The learning journal is somewhere to leave notes and comments on the various subjects you have learnt during your revision. This can help you to make links between these topics. By doing this you can recognise your strengths and weaknesses while also identifying your progress. It can also enhance your written and general communication skills within the field of medicine; a skill generally overlooked during your training.
Question of the day
Try our Question of the Day based on topics from the January 2007 exam.
Theme:Lower GI bleeding
AAnal Fissure
BAnal Fistula
CCampylobacter infection
DHaemorrhoids
EMerckel's diverticulum
FPseudomembranous colitis
GRectal cancer
HUlcerative Colitis
The following patients have all presented with rectal
bleeding. Please choose the most appropriate association from the
list above.
An 80-year-old woman in the hospital develops new onset bloody diarrhoea with mucus after being treated for persisting pneumonia with prolonged course of antibiotics.
A 65-year-old woman returns from an overseas holiday develops fever and diarrhoea. Her stools are loose and mixed with blood.
A 70-year-old man present with 4 month history of increasing frequency of defeacation, urgency and sensation of incomplete evacuation.
A 34-year-old woman in the second trimester of pregnancy presents with bright red rectal bleeding. The blood is on the surface of the stool and also splashes in the toilet. She has a long history of constipation with passage of hard faeces.
A 30-year-old woman with recurrent bloody diarrhoea. She has had 2 similar episodes 2 years previously.