The Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) test provides the main route for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) to demonstrate that they have the necessary skills and knowledge to practise medicine in the United Kingdom (UK).
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.
This part is conducted in a number of countries including Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka.
The notifications for the upcoming dates are released initially on Twitter handle of GMC[5] and later published on their website.
The recent result dates were as follows:[needs update] The pass rates on the first try for PLAB 1 from September 2018 to August 2021 are 71.6% for males and 72.4% for females, which is very similar.
The passing marks are decided based on the Angoff method (based on a discussion of the difficulties involved in credentialing and their judgement of the examination, the Angoff method permits experienced judges to decide on an acceptable pass grade for an examination).