MD Acumen · Success in PLAB OSCE Online Course: The Three-Class Series · all classes free · live on Zoom · Class III: Saturday 24 October 2026 · 18:00–19:30 UK time
Free online course · Live on Zoom · Classes I and II completed · Class III: Sat 24 Oct 2026 · 250 places

Success in PLAB OSCE Online Course: The Three-Class Series

18:00–19:30
UK time · every class
BST (UTC+1) · waiting room opens 17:55
3 classes
Sat 26 Sep · 10 Oct · 24 Oct 2026
Classes I and II completed · Class III open for booking
250 places
Class III · free · Zoom Meeting platform
Class is open · joining link sent once you book

Success in PLAB OSCE Online: Three free 90-minute live classes for doctors preparing for the PLAB 2 OSCE, taught in ascending levels: Class I · Introduction (Saturday 26 September), Class II · Advanced (Saturday 10 October) and Class III · Mastery (Saturday 24 October 2026). Classes I and II are completed. Class III has spaces for 250 delegates; the booking links are listed below. Course Director, Prof Rajesh Varma, is a highly experienced undergraduate tutor and postgraduate GP trainer, and is a former GMC PLAB OSCE Examiner.

Class III bonus · 20 unseen cases

Delegates who attend Class III will receive PIN password access to an extra 20 unseen PLAB OSCE cases. All classes are free.

✓All classes are free · 250 places at Class III ✓Classes I and II completed · Class III open ✓Digitally signed, university-accredited certificate for every attendee ✓Zoom link sent once you book
Book Class III · Sat 24 Oct · 250 places PLAB OSCE course hub PLAB OSCE sample cases PLAB OSCE mark scheme

Last editorial review: 11 October 2026 · Next scheduled refresh: 25 October 2026.

Time · every class
18:00–19:30 UK timeBST (UTC+1) · waiting room opens 17:55
Dates
Sat 26 Sep · 10 Oct · 24 Oct 2026Three Saturdays, a fortnight apart · Class III on 24 October is open
Format
Live on ZoomSecure Zoom conferencing · 90 minutes · interactive
Fee
FreeAll classes are free · Class III: 250 delegate places · Classes I and II completed

Written for international medical graduates who have passed PLAB 1 and are preparing for PLAB 2, and for senior medical students who want to understand how the UK clinical examination is judged before they sit it. The series is designed as a progression: learn the examination and the marking at Class I, practise the published cases with live feedback at Class II, and test yourself against examiner-level marking on unseen cases at Class III.

The series

Three classes, three levels

Classes I and II have taken place. Class III stands alone and can be booked on its own; taken together, the three classes take you from understanding the examination to performing at the standard of a Clear Pass.

Class I · Introduction Completed

Introduction to PLAB OSCE

Introductory. How PLAB 2 is built and marked, with introductory sample cases from the PLAB 2 OSCE Course Hub.

  • DateSaturday 26 September 2026
  • Time18:00–19:30 UK time
  • Places85 · free
  • StatusCompleted · booking closed

Class I took place on Saturday 26 September 2026.

Class II · Advanced Completed · booking closed

Advanced Level PLAB OSCE

Advanced cases. Live practice stations on advanced sample cases from the PLAB 2 OSCE Course Hub, marked and explained.

  • DateSaturday 10 October 2026
  • Time18:00–19:30 UK time
  • Places100 · free
  • StatusCourse completed · booking closed

Class II took place on Saturday 10 October 2026.

Class III · Mastery Open · 250 places

Mastery Level PLAB OSCE

Exam-mastery cases. Examiner-level practice on exam-mastery cases, including unseen cases released during the course. Attend and receive PIN password access to an extra 20 unseen PLAB OSCE cases.

  • DateSaturday 24 October 2026
  • Time18:00–19:30 UK time
  • Places250 delegate spaces · free
  • StatusClass is open · booking now
Book Class III · 250 places
Practise between the classes. To gain the most from the series, we strongly recommend that you work through the published cases on the free PLAB 2 Course Hub between the class dates — ideally in threes, taking turns as candidate, patient and examiner, under the eight-minute station timing — and bring what you learn to the next class. The volunteer stations at Class III are marked on exactly this method.
Course content

What the classes cover

Each class runs 18:00–19:30 UK time; the Zoom waiting room opens at 17:55.

I
Class I · Introductory · completed 26 September

How PLAB 2 is built and marked, worked through on introductory sample cases.

II
Class II · Advanced cases · completed 10 October

Live practice stations on advanced sample cases, marked and explained.

III
Class III · Exam-mastery cases · 24 October · open · 250 places

Examiner-level practice on exam-mastery cases. Attendees receive PIN password access to 20 extra unseen cases.

All 20 sample cases are on the free PLAB 2 OSCE Course Hub: see the sample cases and the mark scheme — how the exam is graded. An extra 20 unseen cases are unlocked by PIN password for delegates who attend Class III. Practice stations use practice material only; we will never ask you to describe or share content from a PLAB 2 examination you have sat.

Outputs

What every attendee receives

Certificate
Individualised attendance certificateDigitally signed · university accredited · issued after each class you attend
Course materials
All resources free onlineOn the Course Hub: mdacumen.com/courses/plab-2-osce
Unseen cases
20 extra unseen casesPIN password access for delegates who attend Class III
Platform
Zoom Meeting platformSecure · joining link sent once you book, and again 48 hours and 1 hour before
Authorship and accuracy. All course material is authored, and checked as accurate, by a senior practising UK clinician and former PLAB examiner: Prof Rajesh Varma — Professor, New Vision University; Professor, East-West University; NHS GP Partner and GP Trainer.
Booking

Book Class III · Saturday 24 October 2026

Classes I and II have taken place. Class III is free and has 250 delegate places on the Zoom Meeting platform; it must be booked in advance through our secure scheduling page. Your Zoom joining link arrives with your booking confirmation and is sent again 48 hours and 1 hour before the class. The link is personal to you and must not be shared: only booked delegates are admitted from the waiting room (see Security and attendance).

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Book Class III below

Class III — Saturday 24 October 2026, 18:00 UK time, 250 places, free — is listed in the booking panel; Classes I and II have taken place. If the panel does not load on your device, use the buttons above or go directly to the Class III booking page.

How to join

Four steps from booking to joining

Book your class

Enter your name, email address and phone number on the scheduling page and tell us whether you are an MD student or graduate, and your university. You will receive an immediate confirmation containing your personal Zoom joining link and calendar links. Repeat for each class you would like to attend.

Add the class to your calendar

Use the iCal, Outlook or Google Calendar link in the confirmation so the joining details are with you on the day. If the confirmation does not arrive within a few minutes, check your junk folder.

Practise, and watch for the reminders

Work through the published Course Hub cases between the class dates. The joining link is sent again 48 hours before each class and once more one hour before it begins.

Join from 17:55 UK time

Join from a laptop or desktop in a quiet room, with a working camera and microphone, so you can volunteer for a practice station and take part in the plenary. The waiting room opens at 17:55 and we begin at 18:00.

Joining from outside the UK? 18:00 in London on 26 September is 18:00 in Lagos, 20:00 in Cairo and Riyadh, 21:00 in Tbilisi and Dubai, 22:00 in Islamabad, 22:30 in Delhi and Colombo, and 23:00 in Dhaka. On 10 and 24 October the UK is still on British Summer Time, so these conversions are unchanged. Your confirmation email shows the start time in your own time zone.
Who teaches

Built by UK GP trainers and examiners of consulting

The series is led by Prof Rajesh Varma — NHS GP partner and GP trainer, former GMC PLAB examiner, Professor in Medicine and Life Sciences at New Vision University and Professor in Clinical Sciences at East-West University, Tbilisi — with the Acumen GP faculty. It uses the same station format, timing and marking approach as our face-to-face PLAB 2 OSCE masterclasses at the Royal Society of Medicine and the free course hub on this site.

Independence & scope. Independent, formative training from MD Acumen Ltd. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or delivered on behalf of the General Medical Council. The GMC does not publish its station mark sheets: every mark scheme and descriptor used in this series is an Acumen training tool calibrated to the GMC's published marking domains, feedback statements and the MLA content map. Practice performance is not a prediction of examination performance. Clinical content reflects UK guidance at the date of editorial review — always check the current guideline. All patients are fictional. This course never provides, and will never ask you to share, real GMC exam content — full regulatory statement: Legal & Regulatory.
Security and attendance

Booked delegates only

Places are free but limited (250 for Class III), so we protect them. Please read this before you book.

Your link is personal

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The Zoom joining link is issued to you alone by our booking system. Sharing it with anyone is strictly forbidden.
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To join you must be signed in to a Zoom account (free to create), so that your name and email address are recorded.

Waiting room, then locked

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Only booked delegates are admitted from the waiting room into the main seminar; names are checked against the booking list.
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Once the booked delegates are in, the meeting is locked and no further entry is possible.

Certificates

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Course certificates are issued only to registered attendees whose attendance is matched to the booking list.
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Attendance is taken from Zoom's participant record, so please join under the name you booked with.
In short: book your own place, keep your link private, sign in to Zoom, and be in the waiting room by 17:55 UK time.

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