Are you preparing for PLAB?

My Cousin, Nila (meaning Beautiful Moon) had asked how to prepare for IELTS and PLAB. It is more than a decade I had prepared. hence , had to gather new information from recent takers of the exam. While doing so, thought I will post the same here for others to benefit.

Please find the links of IELTS and PLAB.

IELTS:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-exams-ielts-home.htm

British council website offers all details abut the exam.

Books:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cambridge-IELTS-Students-Book-Answers/dp/0521173787

Cambridge materials are one of the best materials for IELTS

You can get them in Higginbothams bookstore or order it online.

You can take IELTS in British council or Australian council. Both are valid.

Preparation time : 2 weeks

 

Worth getting  score >8.0 in all components.

PLAB:

 

It is the easiest of all Medical exams.

The general opinion is that even Average students who dont get through 

the tough All India PG exams pass the PLAB exam with ease.

Preparation is usually 3 months.

 

Details of the exam:

http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/plab.asp (most important site you need to look at for exam, registration and work eligibility)

PLAB materials :

http://www.aippg.com/plab-uk/more%20plab%20books.htm

usually need books like OHCM, OHCS and OHFP

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handbook-Clinical-Medicine-Medical-Handbooks/dp/0199232172/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320927817&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handbook-Clinical-Specialties-Medical-Handbooks/dp/0199228884/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320927862&sr=1-1

 

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Handbook-Foundation-Programme-Handbooks/dp/0198567898

alongwith EMQ and MCQ books as in

http://www.aippg.net/forum/f17/

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=85079584591&topic=10124 (recommended books)

 

 

PLAB orientation course in India : 

http://plabright.com/india.htm 

 

PLAB course in UK:

http://plabtrainer.co.uk/plab_2_course_36.html  

Courses in Eastham or london are usually famous amongst students who stay mostly in Students flats here.

There are courses in other cities like Birmingham,Manchester as well.

Discussion forums with useful materials/tips:

http://www.rxpgonline.com/article1484.html

http://www.rxpgonline.com/plab-uk.html

http://www.rxpgonline.com/forum22.htm

http://www.ielts.org//test_centre_search/search_results.aspx?TestCentreSearchSubRegion=4a93d759-990f-4c05-b72e-60abc221efd6

 

Please go though all the links carefully as they provide most of the details you need for exams.

If you find more information about these, please psot them here in addition as comments so that others benefit.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes.