Your PLAB journey starts long before you sit PLAB 1.
The GMC requires an international medical graduate's primary medical qualification (PMQ) to meet its acceptability requirements before the candidate can take PLAB or apply for registration. The GMC assesses overseas qualifications against its criteria and does not simply provide a blanket list of “GMC-approved” overseas medical schools.
This makes your choice of Caribbean medical school extremely important.
When evaluating a medical school, consider:
- Primary medical qualification
- GMC acceptability requirements
- World Directory of Medical Schools listing
- Curriculum structure
- Basic science education
- Clinical sciences
- Clinical rotations
- Internship structure
- Hospital affiliations
- International clinical exposure
- Academic support
- Total cost and duration
- Future international pathways
The important question is not simply:
“Can I study medicine in the Caribbean?”
It is:
“Will my medical qualification support the pathway I want to pursue?”