What you should do on PLAB 1 Exam Day? Time management , tips and tricks

Hy everyone,

This is Dr Abad and today we are going to talk about the PLAB 1 exam day. What you should do on the exam day?

Before the exam day;

you should try to have enough sleep before the exam. for that, you should avoid the day nap and have light exercise. in this way, it will be easy to fall asleep the night before the exam. the day before the exam try to revise the difficult content which you have selected while studying the content. the best advice is to keep calm and be confident that you are going to ace that exam.

you should try to have 3 prints out in your hands one is the email of confirmation f the test center and second is the covid certificate and the third is the passport or id card at least.

find out where is your exam center and how you will be there at right time. Be there at least 45 min before the time given to you via email.

wake up early in the morning and try to have a light exercise it will keep you active and will also help you in coping with the stress during the whole day. Have a light breakfast and keep the protein bar with you to eat during the exam.
you will reach the exam center and you will see many familiar and many anxious faces so try not to be judgemental about your preparation after talking to them.

Lists will be displayed there to help you and designated personnel will be there to confirm your identity and show you the way to your seat.

Exam Structure and How to do it?

There are 180 Mcqs and you have to solve these in 180 minutes so you have 1 minute to solve each MCQ but at that time, you’ll not have control of this.

You will be provided with the answer sheet that has 180 columns with 5 options and you have to fill it.

your attendance will be marked and then the examiner will tell you the rules and regulations you have to follow to during the exam.

then you will be provided the question paper so now the real game starts.

this will be a booklet and each page will only consist of one or two questions and you will no need to turn the page to see half of the question on another side of the page. (that is really good I think)

you will start solving the questions and so there are two strategies about how to solve the paper one is to read the questions and mark the answer on the answer sheet at the very same time and the second is you will read the questions and mark the answers on question booklet and at the end fill the answer sheet. what you should do and what I have done in my exam. I chose the first scheme like I read a question and marked the answer on the sheet at the same time. I have found this quite helpful. here is a tip for you if you find that a question is difficult and you want to think about this after solving the other questions you can do it in an easy way. You will mark the most probable option on the sheet and encircle the question on the booklet and in this way you will be able to locate the question easily.

Time management is a difficult task during the exam and you should be cautious about it. for that, in my way, you should try to answer the question which you think is easy and you are sure about it and mark the difficult question on the booklet. after solving the paper once come back to the booklet and see what you have marked earlier and now slove this.

do not ever try to stick to only one question and give too much time to a single question in this way you will panic and this will disturb your performance during the exam.

you just have to answer 130+ MCQs and you should be right to pass the exam. so keep in this mind and solve the questions confidently.

after following this strategy you will be able to go thrice over your paper.yesss

you will be asked to submit the answer sheet and booklet after the exam time.

and after that, you will be told ‘you can go now.

if you have a habit of recalling the questions or discussing them you can do it as it is not going to change the result but it will help to calm you. don’t discuss exams and run away no bad is in it.

now that prayer time has started wait and pray for a result.

these were the tips and tricks I wanted to share with you. If you find these helpful kindly follow me and subscribe to my channel.

Dr Abad

How to do PLAB 1 in House job or Internship.

 How to do Plab 1 in House job or Internship.

Here is my journey, I started my house job in June 2021 and my first rotation was medicine. I chose that because I was advised to do it so I can take my OET in the first rotation. I booked my OET and started preparing for that. After my OET, I started taking my PLAB 1 but before that was a huge mess and that was seat booking.

That day was most frustrating and waited for whole 24 hours before the booking. So at exactly 2:30 I logged in and select the Islamabad seat for February 2022 but before I put in my credentials that seat was booked. Then I came back to the main page and started looking for seats again and only 9/22 seats were available. After 7 sec, I was able to see the Karachi February Seat and I booked that. At that time, I was doing my second rotation. My exam was in the third rotation. Thanks to my supervisor who gave me some relaxation to prepare for my exam.

I traveled to Karachi 2 days earlier just to be sure that nothing bad happens.

So the test day came and I was stressed on that day and even I was sure about my result. we, after the test, made the key and I was a little bit relieved.

Thank God, I passed my Plab1 and that was the best feeling. I enjoyed it and said Thanks to God.

In the next few minutes, I decided to book my seat for PLAB 2 and booked an October seat.

This is my story and I hope this will you people in some way.

Feel free to ask for help regarding the OET and PLAB 1.

Need prayers for PLAB 2.

HOW TO ACE THE OET?

 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙗 1 𝘼𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨

First you need to pass OET OR IELTS to book your PLAB 1 seat.

Here are the details of OET.

𝕆𝔼𝕋

(Occupational English Test)

Fee : 587 AUD (Australian Dollar) or $455

4 parts :

L͟I͟S͟T͟E͟N͟I͟N͟G͟

R͟E͟A͟D͟I͟N͟G͟

W͟R͟I͟T͟I͟N͟G͟

S͟P͟E͟A͟K͟I͟N͟G͟

So these all parts are included in exam.

Lɪsᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ

Yᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ Hᴇᴀᴅᴘʜᴏɴᴇs.

ⵊᴛ ᴄᴏɴsɪsᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛs.

Pᴀʀᴛ A

Pᴀʀᴛ B

Pᴀʀᴛ C

In Part A a patient describes his problem and you have to fill the gaps in the notes provided to you.

In PART B and C, These are conversations doctor to doctor or doctor to nurse or nurse to nurse and you have to tell and mark the MCQs.

Rᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ

It also has 3 parts.

Pᴀʀᴛ A

Pᴀʀᴛ B

Pᴀʀᴛ C

You have to done the part A in 20 mins.

Part B and C include the conversation doctor to doctor or random medical article or any pamphlets and you have to answer what kind of idea has described.

Wʀɪᴛɪɴɢ

You have to write a letter which may be referral, discharge letter.

(Most students fail this, get a Tutor for this.)

Sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ

You have to speak in two different situations.

The examiner will be your patient and you have to handle the situation. So in most of condition the task are related to counselling.

T͜͡I͜͡P͜͡S͜͡ This is english test and most of information provided to you are related to medical so you feel comfortable. Your perfect medical knowledge is not required.

How to Ace the Plab 1?

 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑏 1

Which notes should you study?

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗯𝟭𝗸𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

For plab 1 you need to read to notes and there two varieties of notes are available in market.

ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕓𝟙 𝕂𝕖𝕪𝕤

🅿︎🆁🅾︎🆂

These notes have 7 volumes and perfectly written about any condition with question and answers and he has explained the every question and every point which leads us to diagnosis.( that is important for passing the question)

When you are reading these notes so don’t need to worry about understanding, these are super easy.

It is some kind of plabable with explanations.

Question is explained in different ways.

🅲🅾︎🅽🆂

Notes are random but a single division has related topics.

A question is explained multiple times.

Extensive notes in some way so you may find it difficult to revise it in the end.

T͜͡i͜͡p͜͡s͜͡ If you are not excellent in answering the questions or you are preparing from scratch or you have a gap in your studies go for it.

𝕄𝕖𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟

🅿︎🆁🅾︎🆂

A single book and extensively written.

Topics are well written.(not so far needed)

You need multiple revisions to complete it.

🅲🅾︎🅽🆂

No question and answers explained here.

So you need to work on answering the questions.

T͜͡i͜͡p͜͡s͜͡ study it if you have good grip on answering the plab questions.

I have passed my test recently.

Wish Me Luck for PLAB 2.