Finals & consultation skills
Ready for finals — and for the UK consulting room
Understand the UK Medical Licensing Assessment, refresh the UK clinical-management scenarios that matter, and have expert clinicians give you individualised feedback on your own consultation performance.
FHEQ L6 Reviewed and kept current
The Clinical Consultation Day — Royal Society of Medicine
Saturday 22 August 2026. A dedicated refresher of UK clinical-management scenarios — 2-week-wait referrals, safeguarding, mental capacity, resuscitation, complaint management — with individualised expert feedback on your own consultations in the Calgary–Cambridge style. 36 places only.
The UK Medical Licensing Assessment, in one view
Every doctor joining the UK register passes a common standard — delivered through two routes.
| Component | UK medical students | International graduates (IMG route) |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | MLA Applied Knowledge Test (AKT), delivered through your medical school | PLAB 1 — set to the MLA content map |
| Clinical & professional skills | CPSA, delivered through your medical school | PLAB 2 — an OSCE of 16 stations (8 minutes each) at the GMC assessment centre, Manchester; set to the new GMC MLA CPSA syllabus from September 2026 |
| Marked across | Data gathering, technical & assessment skills · clinical management · interpersonal skills | |
Stated plainly: MD Acumen does not formally offer PLAB 1 or PLAB 2 OSCE training courses. Our Clinical Consultation Day builds core knowledge, UK referral pathways and the Calgary–Cambridge consultation style — which provides significant support for candidates who go on to sit these professional licensing examinations. Always use the GMC's own resources as your primary reference.
Three ways we build your clinical confidence
The Clinical Consultation Day
Observed scenario stations with individualised expert feedback at the RSM. Free for NVU students; 36 places.
See the day →UKMLA format orientation
Weeks 2–3 of the observership seminar orient you to the AKT and CPSA formats, with simulated consultations and structured feedback.
The observership →MLA-mapped topic revision
A browsable, MLA-mapped revision library with adaptive practice is in development. Register free interest and be first to know.
Register interest →UK assessments reward the consultation, not just the knowledge
UK clinical assessment is built on the premise that safe doctors consult well: they gather data systematically, manage within UK pathways, and communicate in a structured, patient-centred way. That is why our teaching anchors to the Calgary–Cambridge model — the consultation architecture UK examiners and trainers expect — and why feedback on your own performance beats another lecture about someone else's.
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