Core Revision
The true cost of PLAB in 2026, end to end
Every cost on the PLAB route at April 2026 prices — both exam fees, English testing, travel to Manchester, EPIC, GMC registration and the cancellation traps.
GMC registration without PLAB: the other routes in 2026
The routes to GMC registration without PLAB in 2026 — accepted postgraduate qualifications, overseas exams like USMLE, MTI’s closure and the Portfolio pathway.
After PLAB 2: GMC registration and your first NHS job
You have passed PLAB 2 — now what? The GMC registration application step by step, the two-year approval clock, and how to find and use your first NHS job.
From PLAB to specialty training: the NHS-experience-first route
How an IMG gets from PLAB to a UK specialty training number in 2026: the Prioritisation Act, NHS experience, CREST and the MSRA, mapped as one realistic route.
Revising without fear: the ‘no failure tax’ mindset
How exam anxiety changes the way you revise for the AKT, and a calmer approach that keeps you working steadily when the pressure builds.
Revising around clinic and a toddler: the parent’s AKT playbook
Revising for the AKT around a full clinic list and a young child — realistic tactics from GPs who did it, not advice that assumes free evenings.
Why re-reading doesn’t work: the science of active recall and spacing
Re-reading feels productive and rarely is. The evidence behind active recall and spaced practice, and how to use both when revising for the AKT or MSRA.
Revising for the AKT when you’re dyslexic: seven techniques that actually work
Seven revision techniques that work when you are dyslexic and preparing for the AKT, from question practice to handling long exam stems under time pressure.
Relative risk, absolute risk, and the number the AKT wants you to spot
Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and NNT explained for the AKT — how one trial result can look dramatic or trivial depending on framing.
What changed in the 2024 asthma guideline — and exactly what the AKT will ask
The NG245 asthma guideline in plain English — what changed, what it means for prescribing, and the parts most likely to appear in AKT questions.