TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Tools used in the assessments, including lifelike human body parts, are arranged in storage lockers at the new facility.
Case study
The following is an example of an overseas doctor’s journey to working in the UK (note that this is fictitious, but is based on a typical scenario). Reem, 26, earned her primary medical qualification (PMQ) in Iraq where she works as a doctor. In 2017, began thinking that she would like to work as a doctor in the UK. Here is her journey: l Nov 2017 – Reem tests her proficiency in English and gains an acceptable pass in International English Language Testing System (IELTS). (The General Medical Council also accepts the Occupational English Test (OET) as proof of a doctor’s language competency. The GMC needs to be confident that doctors can communicate effectively in English
Lifelike rubber body parts are carried past storage lockers at the new facility. and do not put the safety of patients at risk)
l Jan 2018 – Reem sets up an account on the General Medical Council (GMC) website to take PLAB. The fee for PLAB 1 is £235. (PLAB 1 is a written multiple-choice exam, with 180 questions, that can be taken at locations around the world)
l March 2018 - There are no PLAB 1 tests currently available in Iraq so Reem travels to a neighbouring country that does - Saudi Arabia. Reem takes the exam. (PLAB1 tests are held four times each year overseas in 23 worldwide locations)
l April 2018 – Back in Iraq, Reem waits a month for her PLAB 1 results to come through. She logs on to the GMC website using a code. She has passed. (In 2018, 7559 doctors around the world took PLAB 1 and there was a pass rate of 69%.
Doctors who don’t pass can re-sit PLAB 1 up to four times)
l April 2018 – Having passed PLAB 1, Reem registers on the GMC website for her PLAB 2. (PLAB 2 is a practical clinical exam held in Manchester. The exam covers everything a UK-trained doctor might expect to see on the first day of Foundation Year Two (F2)). Doctors taking PLAB 2 face a series of practical scenarios, in specially designed consultation rooms, where their ability to care for patients is tested and monitored by examiners. (In 2018, 5,229 doctors travelled to Manchester to take PLAB 2 and the pass rate was 66%)
l October 2018 – Reem books her PLAB 2 test in October to give herself some time to save for the travel and accommodation. In October, Reem flies to Manchester for a
A model of a human ear, used to test doctors in the examination and diagnosis of ear conditions is checked by the GMC’s Paul Boden, ahead of the move.
Medical training mannekins and rubber body parts are transported through Manchester city centre , between the old and the new facilities.
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A model of a human head, used to test doctors in the examination and diagnosis of eye conditions, is checked by the GMC’s Kimberley Lees, ahead of the move.
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