Our Common Stations Educational Package Includes:  
1. Common Stations Online Course:

Those who enrol in our PLAB2/UKMLA educational package, can take our 14-day online course prior to their full course.

By attending the online course, they understand how to approach different type scenarios.

This enables them to prepare themselves before attending the physical training in the academy. This means when they come to the academy for their physical training course, they do not start learning from the scratch.

In this way they can use their time more efficiently and save money on accommodation as they need to be around the academy for around 4 weeks before the exam. 

It is important to note that, in this course, you will have interactive sessions. You will also have access to the recorded version of the lectures.

We strongly advise our candidates to attend their online course at least 3-4 months prior to their exam.

2. Common Stations Physical Training:

In our 14-day physical training course, all the subjects of history and counselling on medicine, surgery, paediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynaecology, as well as data interpretation, telephone consultation, prescription, teaching, communication and interpersonal skills and ethical scenarios such as safeguarding elderly and children (NAI and negligence), domestic violence, breaking a bad news, demanding patients and relatives, difficult colleague, medical error, conflict with a patient or a relative, angry patient, dealing with complaints, how to deal with a patient with learning difficulty, young patient's confidentiality and consent, mental capacity and etc will be covered.

You will also be having training sessions on hands-on stations for Manikin, Examination as well as SimMan.

Moreover, you will have advanced workshops on prescription and telephone consultation stations.

We strongly advise our candidates to attend their physical training in the academy at least 4 weeks prior to their exam.

3. Supervised SimMan Session:

Those who attend our PLAB2/UKMLA course will benefit from our supervised SimMan session, at no extra cost.

We are pleased to announce that at Common Stations PLAB/UKMLA academy, we provide you with a SimMan which is exactly the same as what you will encounter in your PLAB2/UKMLA exam.

4. 16-Station Full Mock Exams:
Our course includes two sets of full in-person Mock exams, each consisting of 16 stations. In the new exam structure, it is crucial to assess your knowledge, skills and abilities in managing different scenarios under pressure, within almost 10 minutes’ time for each station and for 16 consecutive stations. You will also get individual and detailed feedback of your Mock tests, which will reflect all aspects of your performance.

5. Unlimited Practice Facilities:
Those who attend our PLAB2/UKMLA course, will have access to our practice facilities and will be able to do unlimited Self-Practice at Common Stations PLAB/UKMLA academy every day (including weekends and bank holidays) from 9:00 to 19:00 UK time until they pass their exam, at no extra fee.

6. Online Study Materials:
Online study materials which cover all aspects of the PLAB2/UKMLA exam will be sent to our candidates for self-preparation before attending the course.

7. Printed Study Materials:
Printed materials will also be provided on arrival. 

8. Retaking the Course:
Those who have already completed our course and need to repeat their PLAB2/UKMLA exam or wish to take our course again for any other reason, are able to have access to our educational package free of charge and practice in the academy, until they pass the exam.

 

Common Stations Success Pathway:

What we do for our candidates to be fully prepared for the PLAB2/UKMLA exam:

1. We will first send them our online study materials so they can read on their own before attending their online and physical training courses.  

2. They will attend our online course, prior attending their physical training.

Our online course includes lectures and interactive sessions with Dr Hamed.

The candidates will also receive the recorded version of the lectures of the online course to be able to watch them at their convenient time.

3. They will then attend our physical training course. The classes include lectures and interactive sessions as well as training on hands-on stations including Manikin, Examination and SimMan. Since our course is mainly taught by Dr Hamed himself, during the interactive sessions, he constantly assesses the candidates and identifies their weaknesses and strengths. This enables our candidates to improve their skills and performance in the exam.

4. After completion of their online course or/and physical training sessions, the candidates can attend the academy to study, role play and practice on manikins. The candidates can have unlimited access to our self-practice facilities until their exam.

5. We remain in touch with our candidates after the course so they can ask their questions and clear their doubts. 

6. They will then take their full in-person mock exams, each consisting of 16 stations.

 

More Information:

  • The whole Common Stations educational package fee is £595.
  • Please note that places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
  • It is important to have adequate time for self-study and practice after the online course and physical training. Therefore, we advise our candidates to take their online course at least 3-4 months before their PLAB2/UKMLA exam. Furthermore, we highly recommend our candidates to attend the academy to participate in physical training at least 4 weeks before their exam.