A 28 year old man presents with abdominal distension and pain . His stools have been mucoid and sometimes blood stained . What is the most appropriate investigation ?
A. Barium meal
B . Gastroscopy
C. IgA tissue transaminase
D. Jejunal Biopsy
E. Stool culture and sensitivity
A 20year old man presents with severe asthma . Which of the following is a criteria for severe asthma ?
A . Silent chest
B. Cyanosis
C. Not speaking in full sentences
D . RR > 27cycles/min
E. PEFR <30
PLAB test blueprint
How employers and candidates use the PLAB blueprint
The Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) test blueprint (excel) is a guide to what the test covers and what is expected of those who pass it and apply for registration and a licence to start work in the UK.
The PLAB test is designed to assess the knowledge and skills of international medical graduates. It comprises a written Part 1 examination and a Part 2 practical or objective structured clinical examination (OSCE).
We set the pass mark for the PLAB test to reflect what we expect of a doctor entering their second year of their Foundation Programme training. It tests what we would expect a doctor at this point in their career to know and be able to do. This includes the professional values and behaviours required of doctors, which are fundamental to delivering excellent care for example, practising in accordance with our core guidance and within their competence.
What the blueprint covers
The blueprint sets out the knowledge, skills and behaviours candidates are expected to demonstrate in the test and beyond. It’s developed by us and we regularly update it to make sure it reflects current and real life day to day medical practice.
We map the blueprint against:
our core guidance Good medical practice – the advice we give to all doctors on the standards we expect of them
the Outcomes for provisionally registered doctors July 2015 (originally published in The Trainee Doctor) – the outcomes doctors must meet at the end of their first year of Foundation programme training before they can apply for full registration with a licence to practise
the UK Foundation Programme curriculum 2016 – the framework which supports the first two years of educational training of doctors in the UK