PLAB study plan builder

Enter your exam dates and how many hours you can study each week. We generate a dated week-by-week plan — focus areas, core tasks, question or station targets and rising score targets — paced to the time you actually have, and compressed automatically when the exam is close.

Your setup

Which exam are you planning for?

Your suggested study plan

No exam date entered, so this uses the full-length plan. Add your booked date and we will pace the plan to it.

Why this result

  • Plan starts 12 Sept 2026 and runs for 12 weeks.
  • At 15 hours a week that is about 180 study hours in total.
  • PLAB 1 target: 3,850 practice questions at 75% accuracy.

Evidence still to confirm

  • Your booked PLAB 1 date — the plan is paced to it once entered.

Warnings

  • Educational planning tool only. Verify clinical decisions against current GMC, NICE and BNF guidance, and never use or share recalled live exam content.

Recommended next actions

  • 1. Read the GMC PLAB guide

    Confirm eligibility, format and booking before you commit to a plan.

    Open official page

  • 2. Sit the official PLAB 1 sample questions as a baseline

    The GMC's published sample set is the closest match to real question style — use it in week 1 to set your starting accuracy.

    Open official page

  • 3. Check the MLA content map version

    The content map is the exam blueprint. Make sure you are revising the version that applies to your sitting.

    Open official page

Official sources

Every fact above should be confirmed against the controlling source before you act on it. Items marked Editorial estimate are our approximations (e.g. travel budgets, aggregate totals) — no exact figure is published by the source.

Rule version 2026.07.27 · Generated 12/09/2026, 10:12:15

Your week-by-week plan

  • PLAB 1 · Week 112 Sept 2026 – 18 Sept 2026

    Blueprint, baseline and study system

    Read GMC guidance, sit the official sample question set, set up an error log and review professionalism.

    150 questions · target 55% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 219 Sept 2026 – 25 Sept 2026

    Cardiorespiratory

    Work the question bank by topic: ACS, heart failure, arrhythmias, asthma, COPD, pneumonia and emergencies.

    350 questions · target 60% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 326 Sept 2026 – 2 Oct 2026

    Gastrointestinal, renal and urology

    Prioritise acute abdomen, GI bleeding, liver disease, AKI/CKD, electrolytes, UTI and obstruction.

    350 questions · target 62% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 43 Oct 2026 – 9 Oct 2026

    Endocrine, metabolic and haematology

    Cover diabetes emergencies, thyroid and adrenal disease, anaemias, clotting and transfusion.

    300 questions · target 64% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 510 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026

    Neurosciences, senses and skin

    Cover stroke and TIA, seizures, headache red flags, eye and ENT emergencies and common dermatology.

    300 questions · target 65% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 617 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026

    Musculoskeletal, rheumatology and trauma

    Review fractures, back-pain red flags, septic arthritis, inflammatory disease and analgesia.

    250 questions · target 66% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 724 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026

    Reproductive health

    Cover obstetric emergencies, antenatal care, contraception, gynaecological bleeding and sexual health.

    300 questions · target 68% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 831 Oct 2026 – 6 Nov 2026

    Child and adolescent health

    Cover the sick child, growth and development, safeguarding, neonatal problems and paediatric prescribing.

    300 questions · target 69% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 97 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026

    Mental health, ethics and professionalism

    Cover risk assessment, capacity, consent, confidentiality, duty of candour and safeguarding.

    250 questions · target 70% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 1014 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026

    Mixed bank and weak areas

    Complete mixed timed blocks, revisit the error log and close the gaps your subject tracker shows.

    500 questions · target 72% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 1121 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026

    Full mocks and targeted repair

    Complete at least two full timed mocks, review every error and repeat low-scoring topics.

    500 questions · target 74% accuracy · 15 h

  • PLAB 1 · Week 1228 Nov 2026 – 4 Dec 2026

    Final consolidation

    Short mixed blocks, high-yield error review, official guidance refresh and exam-day logistics.

    300 questions · target 75% accuracy · 15 h

Assumptions

  • The standard plan is 12 weeks for PLAB 1 and 8 weeks for PLAB 2. Both are suggested structures, not GMC requirements.
  • When your exam date leaves fewer weeks, consecutive topic weeks are merged so nothing on the blueprint is dropped — weekly targets rise instead.
  • On the “Both” track, PLAB 2 preparation starts the day after your PLAB 1 exam date, or immediately after the PLAB 1 plan when no date is entered.
  • Question and station targets are editorial pacing estimates; the PLAB 2 format (16 stations of 8 minutes) is from GMC guidance.
  • Educational planning tool only. Verify clinical decisions against current GMC, NICE and BNF guidance, and never use or share recalled live exam content.
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