An independently written, UK-focused PLAB learning resource linked to the GMC MLA content map applicable from September 2026. It contains 60 selected concepts, 20 practice questions and 20 flashcards. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
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General Medical Council (GMC) · GMC MLA content map, published October 2025 and applicable to assessments from September 2026 onwards; current issuer guidance checked on 2026-10-10. The workbook's singular 'Assessment' maps to the officially named Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test. The assigned slug is preserved. PLAB retains its name and uses the MLA content map: this is an evidenced syllabus relationship, not substitution of a different examination.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board
- PLAB and the MLA
- MLA content map
- MLA content map: applicable from September 2026 onwards
- What is the PLAB 1 exam?
- What is the PLAB 2 exam?
- Practical skills and procedures
- Special circumstances Guidelines — Resuscitation Council UK 2025
- Venous thromboembolic diseases — NG158 recommendations
- Recent-onset chest pain of suspected cardiac origin — CG95 recommendations
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s — NG115 recommendations
- Acute kidney injury — NG148 recommendations
- Thyroid disease — NG145 recommendations
- Symptoms of a stroke
- Meningitis and meningococcal disease — NG240 recommendations
- Bronchiolitis in children — NG9 recommendations
- Ectopic pregnancy — Symptoms
- Suspected neurological conditions — Recommendations for adults aged over 16
- Glaucoma
- Self-harm — NG225 recommendations
- Delirium — CG103 recommendations
- The seven principles of decision making and consent
- Consent to treatment
- Using and disclosing patient information for direct care
- The professional duty of candour
- World Hand Hygiene Day 2025 — Frequently asked questions
- Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 15: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test (PLAB)
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A patient is being assessed in a community clinic and has ongoing central chest pressure with sweating and nausea. The first ECG is nondiagnostic. What is the most appropriate immediate action?
Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test (PLAB)
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