Run full stations with an AI patient who reacts like a role-player, marked on the exam's three domains.
Took a thorough chest pain history but moved past the comment about his father, so the patient kept pushing to get back to work.
The report flagged it under Interpersonal skills: “Picks up the cue about his father and explores his fear”
Practice real stations, see what examiners look for, talk to a patient who reacts and get marked on the exam's three domains.
61 PLAB 2 stations across 10 station types, each with its own patient and marking sheet.
61 stations
PLAB 2
8 minutes each
Reading time first
Every station is marked against its own sheet, so you see what a pass needed in each domain and any safety step you missed.
Marking sheet
Every station
Safety steps
Flagged if missed
The patient answers only what you ask, drops cues, and gets more worried or upset when you miss them.
Pass, borderline or fail, a grade from 0 to 4 on each of the three domains, and your own words quoted as the evidence.
Three domains
Graded 0 to 4
Your own words
Quoted as evidence
AI patientA free week is enough to see your score and understand your highest-impact improvements.
Start your free weekPractice history taking, bad news, consent and telephone stations, talk to a patient who reacts, then see what you missed in each domain.
You are an FY2 doctor in the emergency department. Mrs Rachel Pemberton, 38, has come in with a headache that started this morning.
A strong answer opens
“I'm sorry you're in so much pain. Can you tell me how quickly it came on?”
61 PLAB 2 stations, each with the candidate instructions, a patient with a hidden agenda and a marking sheet.
Patient
A live AI patient by voice who answers only what you ask, keeps worries back and reacts to how you consult.
AI patientPick a station, consult out loud, and see exactly what an examiner would mark down.
Start your free weekA few of the PLAB 2 stations you'll practice, from the bank the AI patient draws on. Pick a set and start one in the app.
“You are an FY2 doctor in the emergency department. Mr David Hughes, 55, has come in with chest pain that started this morning.”
8 minutes · Face to face
“You are an FY2 doctor in a GP surgery. Mr Imran Chowdhury, 48, had blood tests after an NHS Health Check.”
8 minutes · Face to face
“You are an FY2 doctor in the gynecology pre-operative assessment clinic. Mrs Joanne Whitaker, 46, is listed for a hysterectomy for fibroids in six weeks.”
8 minutes · Face to face
“You are an FY2 doctor in a GP surgery. Mr Lee Barrow, 44, came for a blood pressure check with the practice nurse, who noted that he smokes and that he said he would like help to stop.”
8 minutes · Face to face
“You are an FY2 doctor in the early pregnancy unit. Mrs Amira Haddad, 30, is 10 weeks pregnant by her dates and was referred after three days of light brown spotting.”
8 minutes · Face to face
“You are an FY2 doctor in the gastroenterology clinic. Mr Stuart Fenwick, 57, was referred by his GP with two months of upper abdominal discomfort and weight loss.”
8 minutes · Face to face
61 PLAB 2 stations, each with its own marking sheet. Here is one, marked by the app's own scorer.
PLAB 2 · History taking · 8-minute station
Headache, 38-year-old woman
Data gathering
2/4 · Borderline
Clinical management
1/4 · Fail
Interpersonal skills
3/4 · Pass
Safety-critical actions
What was said
“Of course. Is it like your usual migraines? I'll get you something stronger for the pain, and you can rest here.”
You anchored on migraine. Ask how fast it peaked: a sudden start can mean a bleed.
What a pass needed
“How quickly did it reach its worst? Within seconds is not like your migraines, so I'm worried about a bleed around the brain. I'd like a scan now and a senior doctor to see you, and we'll sort out school pick-up together.”
The station from the video at the top of this page, marked by the same scorer the app uses. The answer is a short test consultation we wrote, not a real candidate's.
How a station is marked
2 min
Reading the instructions first (the GMC doesn't publish the length)
8 min
With the patient, like every PLAB 2 station
Three domains, graded 0 to 4
Data gathering, technical and assessment skills; clinical management skills; interpersonal skills. Each from clear fail to clear pass, with your own words quoted.
Pass, borderline or fail
One band for the station: pass at 80 and over, borderline from 60, fail under 60. Missing a must-do safety step caps it at a fail.
What a pass needed
Every point on the station's marking sheet, domain by domain, with the ones you missed or only partly did flagged.
What practice looks like
Examples of what the report shows, on real stations from the bank. Not reviews, and not real candidates.
IMG doctor, PLAB 2 in 6 weeks
Chest pain, 55-year-old man · History taking
Took a thorough chest pain history but moved past the comment about his father, so the patient kept pushing to get back to work.
What the report showed · Interpersonal skills
Picks up the cue about his father and explores his fear
Overseas-trained doctor, first telephone station
Phone call from a man with chest pain · Telephone
Got the ambulance called, then ended the call without saying what to do if he got worse before it arrived.
What the report showed · Clinical management
Safety-nets: call 999 again if he feels worse or faint before the ambulance arrives, and documents the call
Doctor resitting PLAB 2
Results: CT chest, 66-year-old man · Breaking bad news
Gave the CT result clearly, then filled the silence straight away with treatment details.
What the report showed · Interpersonal skills
Gives the news in a quiet, unhurried way and allows silence
PLAB 2 · 8-minute station
Data gathering
3/4
Clinical management
3/4
Interpersonal skills
2/4
Start with a free week. Every station gets a score, a grade on each domain and your own words quoted back.
Start your free weekA PLAB 2 academy course costs £500 or more. Practice every evening instead, with feedback after every station.
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