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PLAB is a two part assessment that overseas doctors (or international medical graduates), from outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland, usually need to pass before they can legally practise medicine in the UK. [1] It is conducted by the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom. The test is designed to assess the depth of ...
MSC Assessment, jointly with the British Pharmacological Society, developed the Prescribing Safety Assessment, originally called the Prescribing Skills Assessment.This is an assessment of the prescribing skills of final-year medical students [23] with the intention that it ‘allows all students to demonstrate their competencies in relation to the safe and effective use of medicines’.
Applicants are ranked based on a number of factors. Half of the marks available are awarded based on the candidate's performance in a situational judgement test, sat by every applicant for the programme. This examination is taken in two fortnight-long windows, typically before and after Christmas. [10]
The Simulated Consultation Assessment (SCA) is a summative assessment of a doctor's ability to integrate and apply clinical, professional, and communication skills appropriate for general practice. It uses live video or audio consultations with simulated (actor) patients, which attempt to replicate 'real life' consultations within UK General ...
In 2013 the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin launched a legal challenge to the regulator, the General Medical Council, and the college alleging that the clinical skills assessment component of the Membership exam was discriminatory and seeking a judicial review of the way the RCGP conducted the test, because there is a ...
Resident doctors may pay into the NHS Pension Scheme, which from April 2015 has been a Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) scheme. The 2015 scheme involves paying towards a pension which will be based on the average of a member's pensionable earnings throughout their whole career, with a revaluation of active members benefits in line with ...
An objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is an approach to the assessment of clinical competence in which the components are assessed in a planned or structured way with attention being paid to the objectivity of the examination which is basically an organization framework consisting of multiple stations around which students rotate and at which students perform and are assessed on ...
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is a standardized test that is part of the admissions process for many graduate schools [8] in the United States and Canada [9] and a few other countries. The GRE is owned and administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS). [ 10 ]