Today was a good day when my nagging self got hold of Dr. Usama Basit, who gave in to my constant messages and some thought provoking questions regarding the professional exams in the field of Medicine. For all of you out there who what to save lives, do have a look at what our life saver right here has to say about the much dreaded PLAB examination, a professional exam which helps you make way into the medicine in the UK. What is the PLAB exam and how does it help in initiating a medical career in UK? There are many routes of entry into the UK for doctors who wish to train here. The easiest and most common one is to take the PLAB (or Professional and Linguistics Assessment Board) exam and become GMC certified. Let me tell you a bit about this - basically any country that you work in has their own authority that confirms that you are good to practice in that country. For Pakistan, that authority is the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, for the UK it is the Ge...