PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board) Sample Questions Set-307
Categories: U.K. PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board)
Question: A baby with a pink lump on her umbilicus, no pain, no redness, and the baby eats well and gains weight. The appropriate topical management?
A. Fusidic avod
B. Silver nitrate
C. Hydrocortisone
D. Antifungal
E. Table salt
Answer. (e)
Question: A child with ADHD, ON methylphenidate with insomnia, best management?
A. Increase dose
B. Reassure
C. Change dose to lixme something
Question: A 34 year old man playing football when he felt a snap, and could not plantar flex his foot?
A. Achilles tendon rupture
B. Dvt
Answer. (a)
Question: A 51 year old woman with thick creamy discharge from one duct on her left breast. What is the Diagnosis?
A. Duct papilloma
B. Ca breast
C. Duct fistula
D. Mastitis
Answer. (c)
Question: A girl with menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea and irregular menstrual period. Not sexually active. What is the best medication?
A.COCP
B. tranexamic acid
Answer. (a)
Question: A 5 weeks old child with difficulty in breathing, mild fever, wheeze? What is the best management?
A. Nebulised saline
B. admit and monitor feeds
Answer. (b)
Question: A man that had rta with multiple bruises. Had ORIF of femur fracture, and developed breathlessness 12 hours later. Cause?
A. PE
B. fat embolism
Answer. (b)
Question: A child with worsening headache photophobia, vomited 4 times, with fever of 38.1, NO RASH. What is the most appropriate investigation?
A. Blood culture
B. Lumbar puncture
C. FBC
Answer. (b)
Question: A 32 year old man, previously chest drain, started having breathlessness after the drain was removed. Decrease spo2. What to do?
A. Prescribe antibiotics
B. Call senior surgeon
C. Put chest drain
Answer. (c)
Question: A boy with features of renal failure 2 weeks after having a sore throat?
A. Post infectious glomerulonephritis
B. Ig A nephritis
Answer. (a)
Question: Dementia with hx of atrial fibrillation and hypertension
A. Dementia
B. Vascular dementia
C. Lewy body
Answer. (b)
Question: A 17 year old girl with menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea and irregular period?
A. Tranxanemic
B. Mefenamic
C. cocp
D. us
Answer. (c)
These questions cover various aspects of medical knowledge, clinical reasoning, and professional skills. Remember to refer to the PLAB exam syllabus and guidelines for a comprehensive understanding of the exam content and format.
The PLAB test is a prerequisite for international medical graduates who want to practise medicine in the UK. Passing both parts of the exam is also a requirement. To receive a licence to practise medicine in the UK after passing the exam, you might need to complete additional exams, such as the GMC registration process and securing a job offer or training placement.
In order to practise medicine in the United Kingdom, international medical graduates must pass the PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board) exam. The General Medical Council (GMC), which oversees medical practitioners in the UK, is in charge of administering it.
The PLAB exam is divided into two parts:
PLAB Part 1: This written, multiple-choice exam gauges your knowledge and comprehension of clinical practise and medical principles. It has 180 single-best-answer questions and covers a variety of subjects, such as surgery, psychiatry, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and more. The PLAB Part 1 exam is available in many different nations.
PLAB Part 2: This practical test evaluates your clinical abilities, communication abilities, and ethical standards. There are 18 situations in all, all of them take place in the UK and include interacting with fictitious patients. Your capacity to gather data, generate accurate diagnoses, and create treatment plans is evaluated by the examiners.
You must fulfil specific requirements, such as holding a primary medical certification recognised by the GMC and possessing the appropriate English language proficiency, in order to be qualified to take the PLAB exam. The GMC's website should be checked for the most recent and comprehensive qualifying requirements.
A strong foundation in clinical expertise and medical knowledge is necessary for PLAB exam preparation. Many applicants prepare by combining self-study, books, online sources, and practise tests. Additionally, a number of for-profit businesses provide training programmes and resources created expressly for the PLAB exam.