For most international doctors, PLAB 2 in Manchester is the last big gate before GMC registration and a first NHS post. OSCEY lets you rehearse that morning — sixteen stations, two timed rests, eight minutes a cubicle — from wherever you are right now.
Formats change — always confirm with the GMC's official PLAB 2 guide.
PLAB 2 is one gate on a longer road. Knowing exactly where you stand on it changes how you prepare.
Your primary medical qualification and an acceptable pattern of internship — the foundation the GMC checks first.
The written, multiple-choice half of the PLAB route, sat in test centres around the world.
The practical OSCE at the GMC's clinical assessment centre in Manchester — 18 stations, 16 of them scored, at the level of a doctor entering FY2.
Pass PLAB 2 and you can apply for registration with a licence to practise in the UK.
Most new registrants start around FY2 level — the exact level PLAB 2 stations are written to.
A common route — yours may differ. Entry requirements, exemptions and formats are set by the official bodies; this page links to them wherever it matters.
PLAB 2 is an objective structured clinical examination set at the level of a doctor about to enter the second year of the Foundation Programme. You move around 18 stations — 16 scored, 2 rest — with about a minute and a half of reading time outside each door and eight minutes inside. Everything happens on one morning in Manchester.
Every station feeds three GMC marking domains. Data gathering covers history-taking, examination and the investigations you ask for. Clinical management covers your diagnosis, plan and safety-netting. Interpersonal skills covers how you actually speak to the person in front of you — which is exactly why silent revision stops working a month before the exam.
This is the circuit OSCEY builds for practice runs. The GMC sets the exam: 16 scenarios of eight minutes, with at least two rest stations.
Scroll through one OSCEY station in PLAB 2 colours — the same rhythm the real circuit will demand of you.
Outside the cubicle: you are the doctor in an emergency department. A 25-year-old woman has been brought in with vertigo. Take a focused history, examine, discuss your plan. Ninety seconds to plan your opening — the same pressure OSCEY's brief cards recreate.
The patient is anxious and convinced something is seriously wrong. She answers your questions — and your tone. Ask for the Dix–Hallpike out loud and the finding appears. Eight minutes pass faster than you think; OSCEY's clock is exactly this unforgiving.
Afterwards: checklist coverage, a practice band, and movement in data gathering, clinical management and interpersonal skills — the three GMC domains. You missed naming a specific deterioration trigger in your safety-net. Next run, you won't.
PLAB 2 rewards candidates who have said the words out loud many times before. OSCEY is organised around that single truth.
The six questions candidates ask most about this exam. The full FAQ covers the app itself — circuits, scoring and privacy.
At the GMC's clinical assessment centre in Manchester, UK. Unlike PLAB 1, it cannot be sat abroad — which is why most candidates arrive having rehearsed the format as realistically as possible.
18 stations in total: 16 scored clinical stations and 2 rest stations, taken over roughly three hours including reading time between stations. OSCEY's mock circuit reproduces this 16 + 2 shape.
Eight minutes inside the cubicle, with about 90 seconds of reading time outside. The reading time is part of the exam — planning your opening on the door sign is a skill in itself, and OSCEY times it the same way.
At the level of a doctor entering the second year of the UK Foundation Programme (FY2). Stations are marked against three GMC domains: data gathering and assessment skills, clinical management, and interpersonal skills.
No. OSCEY is an independent practice tool published by veridir. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the General Medical Council. Always confirm exam arrangements in the official GMC PLAB 2 guide.
No. OSCEY bands and percentages are practice estimates from a single station's checklist coverage. They show you what to work on; they are not a prediction, an official mark, or a pass decision.
Download OSCEY, open one of the four free stations, and run your first PLAB 2 station tonight — out loud, against the clock, debriefed before you sleep.
OSCEY simulates patients. Your microphone audio is processed by Google Gemini to run the consultation and is not retained after the station. OSCEY provides practice feedback and practice score estimates only — not an official exam result, not a prediction, and not clinical advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the GMC, AMC, MCC, MCNZ, the RCSI or any other examining body.
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