Plab Info
Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB)
Practising medicine in the UK If you want to practise medicine in the UK, you must be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC). You are entitled to GMC registration if you have: • Qualified at a UK medical school • Qualified elsewhere in the European Economic Area (EEA) and are an EEA national. You are eligible to apply for provisional and full registration if: • you qualified at one of certain recognised medical schools outside the EEA • you are an EEA national and hold an acceptable overseas qualification, which has been accepted, by another EEA member state as qualifying you to practise in that state. If you are not an EEA national and hold an acceptable overseas qualification, you can apply for limited registration, allowing you to practise under supervision in approved training posts. To obtain limited registration, you must provide objective evidence of your capability for practice in the UK. This may be achieved by: • passing the PLAB test • obtaining a place on a GMC approved training scheme • providing evidence of achievement in specialist training. You should check with the GMC to find out which is the best route for you. Contact details for the GMC are given at the end of this leaflet. Checking training opportunities in the UK Passing the PLAB test will not guarantee you the offer of a job in the United Kingdom and you will not be granted limited registration without the offer of a job. Finding a job is your responsibility and you should ensure that you are well informed about opportunities for work before embarking on the PLAB test. There are fewer vacancies in some specialities than in others and there is almost always a delay of several weeks, possibly months, between passing the test and starting a job. General Medical Council does not have information on job opportunities. Information can be obtained from one of the organisations whose addresses are given at the end of this leaflet.
Practising medicine in the UK If you want to practise medicine in the UK, you must be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC). You are entitled to GMC registration if you have: • Qualified at a UK medical school • Qualified elsewhere in the European Economic Area (EEA) and are an EEA national. You are eligible to apply for provisional and full registration if: • you qualified at one of certain recognised medical schools outside the EEA • you are an EEA national and hold an acceptable overseas qualification, which has been accepted, by another EEA member state as qualifying you to practise in that state. If you are not an EEA national and hold an acceptable overseas qualification, you can apply for limited registration, allowing you to practise under supervision in approved training posts. To obtain limited registration, you must provide objective evidence of your capability for practice in the UK. This may be achieved by: • passing the PLAB test • obtaining a place on a GMC approved training scheme • providing evidence of achievement in specialist training. You should check with the GMC to find out which is the best route for you. Contact details for the GMC are given at the end of this leaflet. Checking training opportunities in the UK Passing the PLAB test will not guarantee you the offer of a job in the United Kingdom and you will not be granted limited registration without the offer of a job. Finding a job is your responsibility and you should ensure that you are well informed about opportunities for work before embarking on the PLAB test. There are fewer vacancies in some specialities than in others and there is almost always a delay of several weeks, possibly months, between passing the test and starting a job. General Medical Council does not have information on job opportunities. Information can be obtained from one of the organisations whose addresses are given at the end of this leaflet.