PLAB 2 isn't failed on knowledge — it's failed on communication

PLAB 2 is the second part of the GMC's Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board route and is now delivered as the Clinical and Professional Skills Assessment (CPSA) under the UKMLA. It's an OSCE with 16 scored clinical stations plus at least 2 rest stations, 8 minutes each (about 1.5 minutes reading), sat in Manchester and taking around 3 hours. It covers history taking, counselling, acute/emergency management, ethics, and teaching — with a simulated patient and no examiner viva.

Start with the frameworks — especially the 8-minute station playbook — then follow the Start Here roadmap week by week. For each topic: read the anchor note, practise it out loud with the AI patient, then read your feedback and fix the two or three things you missed. From the midpoint, add weekly full mock exams and drill the Recent Themes stations most likely to appear. Aim to spend at least half your time practising and reviewing, not just reading.

Very. Our AI patients are built by a team with over a decade of experience in medical licensing exams. They respond in real-time with natural speech patterns, emotional cues, and clinically accurate histories. They adapt their responses based on what you ask, just like a real standardised patient.

After each station, your transcript is graded against an examiner-calibrated rubric. You get scores across the 3 marking domains — Data Gathering & Assessment, Clinical Management, and Interpersonal Skills — broken down into the 10 individual competencies your examiner report is organised around, with specific, fixable feedback.

Yes. You can simulate a complete PLAB 2 circuit — 16 clinical stations plus 2 rest stations, 8 minutes each with reading time — and get an overall grading report with a pass/fail determination. The mock compresses the rest periods, so it takes about 2.5 hours.

Absolutely. Many of our users are International Medical Graduates. Our scenarios use UK-specific guidelines (NICE, BNF), NHS terminology, and UK consultation structures. It's a much more affordable alternative to in-person courses, and you can practise from anywhere in the world.

The PLAB 2 (CPSA) exam fee is £1,036 from April 2026, payable to the GMC, with a staged payment option available. With OSCE Revisions you can prepare from just $18/month (12-month plan) — far cheaper than in-person courses at $500–800, and a fraction of the cost of a resit.

Just a device with a microphone and a modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge). No downloads required — everything runs in your browser.

Most OSCE resources are text-based — question banks, notes, or text chatbots. We use real-time voice conversations, so you actually speak with the AI patient like in a real OSCE, then get structured feedback across all 10 examiner competencies. Add the guided Start Here roadmap, Recent Themes stations, and full timed mock exams, and you're rehearsing the exam itself, not just reading about it.

Yes. Every paid plan unlocks the full PLAB 2 station library, mock exams, analytics, personalised notes and every other feature — there is no higher tier that unlocks extra features. Plans are one-time payments (not recurring) and differ by how many voice and text AI Attempts they include. You can top up with add-on packs anytime (+25 voice · +50 text or +50 · +100).

Yes. We have dedicated sections for data interpretation (ECGs, ABGs, blood results, imaging) and prescribing skills alongside our interactive scenarios.