Editorial process

What we publish

Plabity publishes three categories of content. Stations are simulated PLAB 2 OSCE scenarios used inside the product for spoken practice — each station includes a task card, a patient persona, hidden facts with rules of disclosure, examiner findings, and a rubric mark scheme. Condition pages are public-facing guides at /plab-2/conditions/<slug>/ covering how to approach a specific PLAB 2 station type. Reference pages are the broader guides such as the PLAB 2 master guide and the syllabus library.

How content is authored

Stations and condition pages are drafted to the published PLAB 2 syllabus and the publicly-described UKMLA Clinical and Professional Skills Assessment (CPSA) rubric. Each scenario is built from a structured authoring template covering presenting complaint, hidden facts, rules of disclosure, examiner findings on request, and a 4-domain mark scheme (Data Gathering, Clinical Management, Interpersonal Skills, plus safety-critical items). Drafts pass through a clinical-accuracy review before they go live.

UK primary sources only

Every clinical claim on a public Plabity page traces back to a UK primary source. The sources we work from:

• NICE — National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance and clinical knowledge summaries
• NHS — official patient-facing guidance
• BNF — British National Formulary for prescribing information
• GMC — General Medical Council guidance, Good Medical Practice, and published PLAB and UKMLA documentation
• Royal College curricula and publicly available examiner training packs

How content is reviewed

Plabity's content is reviewed by clinicians who have sat and taught the PLAB and UKMLA examinations, and is cross-checked against the primary sources listed above before publication. Where a station depends on time-sensitive clinical guidance (a NICE update, a BNF dose change, a GMC policy revision), the affected pages are updated and the Last reviewed date is refreshed.

We are recruiting a named GMC-registered reviewer to attach to every condition page. Until that reviewer is in post, our review process is described on this page and is overseen at the organisation level by Plabity. We will not list a named clinician until one is genuinely on the editorial team — fake bylines and stock-photo "medical advisors" are explicit signals of low trust and we will not use them.

How updates are managed

Every public page carries a Last reviewed date that is updated whenever the page's clinical content is materially revised. Minor copy-edits do not refresh the date. Each year we audit the full public site against current NICE/NHS/BNF/GMC guidance and refresh anything that has drifted.

What we are not

Plabity is independent education software. We are not the General Medical Council, we are not affiliated with the GMC, and we do not have the GMC's internal mark scheme. Anyone who claims to is misleading you. What we have is the same publicly-available rubric and content map every legitimate PLAB preparation provider works from, applied consistently and at the cubicle-by-cubicle granularity the real exam grades at.

Independence and trademark

Plabity is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the General Medical Council. PLAB and UKMLA are registered trademarks of the General Medical Council. Plabity content is not authored or reviewed by the GMC.

Reporting an error

If you spot a clinical inaccuracy, a stale guideline, or a contradiction with a UK primary source on any Plabity page, we want to know. Use the contact route on the About page or write to us through the support channel listed in your account. We treat clinical-accuracy reports as priority and update affected pages quickly.