Free PLAB 2 Dermatology stations
Dermatology stations in PLAB 2 cover rashes, lesions, itching and skin-cancer concerns. They test focused history-taking, recognising features that need urgent referral, and reassuring or safety-netting appropriately.
What PLAB 2 dermatology stations cover
Dermatology stations in PLAB 2 cover rashes, lesions, itching and skin-cancer concerns. They test focused history-taking, recognising features that need urgent referral, and reassuring or safety-netting appropriately.
Topics you can practise in these stations include:
- Chest pain
- Lump on the shoulder requesting removal
- Changing mole on the shoulder
- Enlarging scalp lesion
- Mole behind the ear
- Changing mole on the forearm
- Changing mole on the breast
- Itchy ring-shaped rash on the arm
- Acne and a request for Roaccutane
- Recurrent itchy rash in a child
- Itchy rash in a 3-year-old
- Itchy rash on the legs
- Slow-growing facial lesion
- Itchy hand rash
How to approach a dermatology station
Characterise the lesion or rash by site, duration, change and symptoms, ask about systemic features and risk factors, and identify anything that needs urgent (two-week-wait) referral.
The underlying structure is the same as any PLAB 2 station: greet and confirm identity, explore the patient's ideas, concerns and expectations early, take a focused history, screen for the red flags below, explain your thinking in plain English, and agree a shared plan with clear safety-netting. See the free PLAB 2 preparation guide for the full study plan.
Red flags to screen for in dermatology stations
Examiners reward candidates who actively screen for what must not be missed. In dermatology stations, the key red flags include:
- A changing or irregular pigmented lesion (melanoma)
- A non-healing or bleeding skin lesion
- A rapidly spreading rash with systemic upset
- Mucosal involvement or skin pain out of proportion (severe drug reaction)
- A purpuric, non-blanching rash
Skills these stations test
The 25 dermatology stations break down by skill type as:
- History and management 21
- Counselling 2
- History red flags 2
All 25 free dermatology stations
Every station below is free. Click one to sit it as an eight-minute spoken consultation, then get your mark-scheme breakdown.
History and management 21
- Chest pain - Mr Gerald Lockwood, 67 (shingles)
- Lump on the shoulder requesting removal - Mrs Louise Beaumont, 32
- Changing mole on the shoulder - Joan Driscoll, 39
- Enlarging scalp lesion - Mr George Ellison, 60
- Mole behind the ear - Mr Gordon Fenwick, 48
- Changing mole on the forearm - Eleanor Galbraith, 55
- Changing mole on the breast - Angela Hawkins, 58
- Itchy ring-shaped rash on the arm - Mr Brian Ingram, 37
- Recurrent itchy rash in a child - Karen Rylance (mother of a 5-year-old)
- Itchy rash in a 3-year-old - Mrs Hannah Stoddart (son Toby, 3)
- Itchy rash on the legs - Elliot Trescott, 15
- Slow-growing facial lesion - Mrs Marjorie Allenby, 71 (suspected basal cell carcinoma)
- Itchy hand rash - Yusuf Demir, 34
- Excessive sweating - Hugo Aldous, 22
- Sore rash under the skin folds - Donna Aldridge, 54
- Spots on a child's skin - Mrs Priya Devlin (mother of Aanya, 4)
- Thickened, discoloured toenails - Mrs Bridget Holloway, 58
- Painful swollen nail fold - Ms Róisín Gallagher, 34
- Itchy scaly rash - Mr Owen Brennan, 38 (chronic plaque psoriasis)
- Sudden spotty rash on the back and chest - Liam Hargreaves, 24
- Hair loss on tacrolimus after kidney transplant - Sybil Aldous, 42
Counselling 2
- Acne and a request for Roaccutane - Janet Jardine, 18
- Starting isotretinoin for severe acne - Ms Quentin Aldous, 24
History red flags 2
- Changing mole - Mrs Linnea Ashworth, 41
- Fast-growing crusted lesion on the scalp - Mr Albert Hargreaves, 74
Practise other PLAB 2 specialties
- PLAB 2 Ethical / Communication stations (62)
- PLAB 2 Obstetrics & Gynaecology stations (52)
- PLAB 2 Paediatrics stations (42)
- PLAB 2 Neurology stations (34)
- PLAB 2 Psychiatry stations (31)
- PLAB 2 Cardiovascular stations (27)
- PLAB 2 Gastrointestinal stations (27)
- PLAB 2 Endocrine stations (24)
- PLAB 2 Musculoskeletal stations (20)
- PLAB 2 Respiratory stations (20)
- PLAB 2 ENT stations (19)
- PLAB 2 Surgical stations (15)
- PLAB 2 Urology stations (15)
- PLAB 2 Medicine stations (14)
- PLAB 2 Genitourinary Medicine stations (12)
- PLAB 2 Infectious Diseases stations (11)
- PLAB 2 Haematology stations (9)
- PLAB 2 Ophthalmology stations (7)
- PLAB 2 Palliative / Pain Medicine stations (6)
- PLAB 2 Breast Surgery stations (2)
Frequently asked questions
What PLAB 2 dermatology stations come up?
Plabity's 25 free PLAB 2 dermatology stations include presentations such as chest pain, lump on the shoulder requesting removal, changing mole on the shoulder, enlarging scalp lesion, mole behind the ear, changing mole on the forearm, changing mole on the breast, itchy ring-shaped rash on the arm, acne and a request for roaccutane, recurrent itchy rash in a child, itchy rash in a 3-year-old, itchy rash on the legs, slow-growing facial lesion, itchy hand rash. Each runs as an eight-minute spoken consultation marked to the PLAB rubric.
Are these PLAB 2 dermatology stations free?
Yes. All 25 are free to practise. You sign up with an email address, with no card required.
How are the stations marked?
Each station is marked across the three PLAB domains: data gathering, clinical management and interpersonal skills. You get a breakdown of every criterion with quoted evidence from your own consultation, in seconds.
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25 spoken dermatology cubicles, marked to the PLAB rubric. No card, no plan.
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