USMLE 🇺🇸 vs PLAB 🇬🇧 in 2024 | Exams, Residency, Lifestyle, Salary & Beyond

In this informative video, I'll give you the ultimate guide to becoming a top-notch physician in the USA or UK. From tough exams to daily life, we cover it all, including salaries and costs. Join us as we explore the world of USMLE vs PLAB in 2023 and discover your true calling!

TIMELINE

00:00 USMLE vs PLAB
00:26 The Pathways
03:45 The Exams
07:28 Residency
11:32 Cost Comparison
13:25 Salary & Lifestyle
14:51 Visas & Immigration

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[manikmadaan]

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[kofimpaa]

This is solid and 100% Accurate!!! Excellent work. Thank you.

[mahnoormusharaf]

I didn't expect this video to address all my concerns in such short time ❤

[feyrerhys]

This was by far THE BEST video out there regarding usmle and PLAB .

[gtxti]

Thank you so much for explaning everything. Iam a 2nd year student(MBBS) and am looking forward to PLAB.

[YASSIIRSEC]

Hey Manik, really appreciate the content your providing. Making a video about fellowship pathways as an IMG in the US and the UK would be extremely helpful. Keep up the good work

[nirrony]

Very nice and neatly trimmed content!... Very informative! Thankyou so much.

[saraqadir]

So concise and clear. Too much content to consume that one can get confused but i was hooked the whole time. Thank you keep em coming!!!!

[ifrahkanwal]

This was such a comprehensive breakdown

[uniqueorrn]

I would like to add that it’s incredibly difficult to book plab 1 and plab 2 seats and Manik said 6months time frame referring to the study duration. Plab is relatively easier to crack study wise, subject material is less and difficulty is low. However, the fact that the exam itself is only conducted 4 times a year and only limited number of seats are released twice a year, it is virtually impossible to clear plab in 6 months. Realistically I’d say it takes about 12 months from the day you clear ielts to getting GMC registered. And then an unknowable period of time in between applying for jobs and landing your first job. And roughly another 6-12 months between the start of the non training Job and getting into a training program. So for a hard comparison USMLE AND PLAB both will take you about 2 years before you can have a shot at getting residency. But plab will take longer to finish unless you want to be a GP ! However, you’ll work lesser hours at a stretch in the UK. So it’s almost the same deal you either work for a lesser duration of time over 5 to 6 years or you work 80 hours a day in 3 years. Both options you leave your country and get a better training and quality of life. Salaries are comparable however, in later years, US doctors will make more.

[giltyakhtar]

Would really appreciate a video on the AMC medical exam and how it compares to USMLE AND PLAB.

[clxer...]

I gained a lot of insight, and, it is concise. Thank you for the effort.

[naofaldasilva]

Found this extremely detailed! Thanks Manik!

[Cottoncandy]

Hi Manik, PLAB pathway has become harder and it DOES NOT take 4-6months from the start to obtain a job as an FY2 anymore. It’s become harder to find seats for plab 1, the wait period is as long as a year for PLAB 1, 3-4 months for PLAB 2, 1 month for registration and to find a job it takes anywhere from 2-6months depending on the strength of the CV. This is all excluding the 1month long wait for results for all the exams.

[oleksandrkyslov]

Thanks a lot for information! Brilliant video!

[digvijayshastri]

This video is very helpful for Alot of med school students who are willing to take plab or usmle in upcoming years. There are tons of videos available on youtube on plab n usmle. But this one is most simplified and straight to the point.

[dmabaid]

USMLE is off course challenging much tougher then other and much more rewarding too.

[thecerebrum.]

USMLE kinda says hey, you wanna study here? Crack this bisch.

[TatianaRacheva]

Thanks, I liked it. I’m a software engineer in my 40s, so it’s more out of curiosity that I watched this. I was curious about the WLB differences between the US and other countries, but I learned so much more in this video. Thanks again.

[NitishKumar-oxlj]

Hats off to the efforts and background research done to make this video 🔥
Would really appreciate you making a video on job opportunities for doctors in UAE after completing PG in India.
Thank you 👍👍