Free PLAB 2 Neurology stations
Neurology stations in PLAB 2 cover headaches, fits, weakness and dizziness. They test whether you can localise the problem from the history, screen for red flags such as stroke or meningitis, and explain investigations and management simply.
What PLAB 2 neurology stations cover
Neurology stations in PLAB 2 cover headaches, fits, weakness and dizziness. They test whether you can localise the problem from the history, screen for red flags such as stroke or meningitis, and explain investigations and management simply.
Topics you can practise in these stations include:
- Sudden severe headache
- Ongoing chest-wall pain after shingles
- Headache
- Headache with visual aura
- Recurring headache around periods
- Wife's sudden weakness and slurred speech
- Transient facial droop and slurred speech
- Mini-stroke (TIA)
- Difficulty walking
- Driving after repeated mini-strokes
- Seizure in a young man
- Recurrent seizures on treatment
- Epilepsy review after recent seizures
- First-time seizure
How to approach a neurology station
Let the history localise the lesion. Characterise onset, progression and associated features, screen for the red flags below, and explain investigations such as imaging in plain English.
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 neurology stations
Examiners reward candidates who actively screen for what must not be missed. In neurology stations, the key red flags include:
- Thunderclap headache (subarachnoid haemorrhage)
- Sudden focal weakness or speech disturbance (stroke)
- Headache with fever, neck stiffness or photophobia (meningitis)
- First seizure or a seizure that will not stop
- New headache with scalp tenderness in the over-50s (giant cell arteritis)
Skills these stations test
The 34 neurology stations break down by skill type as:
- History and management 16
- History red flags 9
- Counselling 8
- History and risk assessment 1
All 34 free neurology 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 16
- Ongoing chest-wall pain after shingles - Mr John Thornbury, 45
- Headache with visual aura - Ellie Atkins, 26
- Headache - Mrs Janet Norbury, 45 (band-like, stress-related)
- Recurring headache around periods - Hannah Pemberton, 17
- Transient facial droop and slurred speech - Mr Elton Pickersgill, 74
- Difficulty walking - Marion Ulph, 35 (ascending weakness)
- Seizure in a young man - Mr Wherrett (father of David, 22)
- Recurrent seizures on treatment - Mr Daniel Harewood, 22
- First-time seizure - Mr Martin Jessop, 60
- Head injury after a fall - Mr Eric Irvine, 40
- Hand tremor - Mr Geoffrey Hartnell, 58
- Personality and behaviour change in a younger adult - Karen Aldfield (daughter of Roy, 59)
- Chronic daily headache - Mrs Bernadette Aldridge, 44
- Tremor and slowness - Mr Albert Whitlock, 68 (suspected Parkinson's)
- Numbness and tingling in the feet - Mr Raymond Ashworth, 58
- Severe facial pain - Mrs Ursula Aldous, 58 (trigeminal neuralgia)
History red flags 9
- Sudden severe headache - Mrs Helen Beresford, 53
- Headache - Mrs Anna Morgan, 63 (giant cell arteritis)
- Sudden severe headache - Mr Anthony Langley, 45
- Wife's sudden weakness and slurred speech - Mr Gerald Oldroyd, 67 (transient ischaemic attack)
- Severe back pain with leg weakness and urinary retention - Helen Fairfax, 38
- Sudden one-sided facial droop - Mr Callum Whitfield, 38
- Daily headache with visual blurring - Miss Carys Underwood, 27
- New progressive headache - Mr Gareth Whitlock, 52
- Confusion and headache after a fall - Mr Petra Aldous, 79
Counselling 8
- Mini-stroke (TIA) - explaining to Mr Graham Rishworth, husband of Sandra, 52
- Driving after repeated mini-strokes - Nigel Perkins, 45
- Epilepsy review after recent seizures - Mr Edward Inglewood, 38
- Epilepsy and planning pregnancy - Priya Nandakumar, 28
- Predictive testing counselling - Mr Adrian Whitlock, 34 (Huntington's disease family history)
- Starting riluzole for motor neurone disease - Mr Raymond Ackerley, 58
- Narcolepsy and driving - Mr Callum Fairweather, 34
- Sodium valproate and pregnancy risk - Ms Róisín Gallagher, 27
History and risk assessment 1
Practise other PLAB 2 specialties
- PLAB 2 Ethical / Communication stations (62)
- PLAB 2 Obstetrics & Gynaecology stations (52)
- PLAB 2 Paediatrics stations (42)
- PLAB 2 Psychiatry stations (31)
- PLAB 2 Cardiovascular stations (27)
- PLAB 2 Gastrointestinal stations (27)
- PLAB 2 Dermatology stations (25)
- 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 neurology stations come up?
Plabity's 34 free PLAB 2 neurology stations include presentations such as sudden severe headache, ongoing chest-wall pain after shingles, headache, headache with visual aura, recurring headache around periods, wife's sudden weakness and slurred speech, transient facial droop and slurred speech, mini-stroke (tia), difficulty walking, driving after repeated mini-strokes, seizure in a young man, recurrent seizures on treatment, epilepsy review after recent seizures, first-time seizure. Each runs as an eight-minute spoken consultation marked to the PLAB rubric.
Are these PLAB 2 neurology stations free?
Yes. All 34 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.
Practise neurology stations free.
34 spoken neurology cubicles, marked to the PLAB rubric. No card, no plan.
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