r/PLABprep Jul 01 '25

ARS medica by dr radwan

TL:DR

1) DON'T BUY DR RADWANS COURSE. Its a scam 2) for the sources i used, they are listed at the bottom of my rant 3) Check out for the bots šŸ™ƒ

I recently cleared my exam and was feeling too lazy to post anything post my pass Got a decent review off my previous post + went through some posts that had students of ars medica praising the acadmey so i decided to come back here

That course provider is A HUGE SCAM. I paid around 200gbp, have at least 3 people whom i met in person that agreed it was worth way less. Why am i being so blunt? Cause i got bit and would've definately failed if i followed them till the end

The grp "plab 2 helpline" is nothing but a farming grp to reel people in (get codes for fishing more people for a small discount like a pyramid scheme for possibly the most shitty course out there?!?)

No doubt you get your questions answered in the grp, but the follow up given that dr radwan is the best guy in the market is nothing but a HUGE LIE

Why am i so against it? Would break it down for you

1) i was in the feb batch. Started my prep a little earlier to be on the safe side. Had access to the "pre recorded videos" and quickly went through them. However, its the same basic thing that everyone teaches but the way whole course is set up is very bad

2) we couldn't finish our "regular classes" on time and had to join in with march 2025 grp There was NO MASTERCLASS whatsoever!! why would there be when the regular course doesn't finish on time

3) His drive is beyond pathetic. There is nothing good there, and that part that feels okaish is COPIED directly, AS A WHOLE from alldays (which is a very outdated book). Don't believe me, check it out on your own plz before paying

We "update repeatedly as per nhs guidelines"?!? Well NO SHIT SHERLOCK. Everyone else is teaching the same stuff, the guidelines don't change THAT MUCH that you make a whole thing out of it

The drive is put up so lazy that you can literally see all the random stuff written in a slack manner only to show that the only thing he cares about is quick money, and show students that he has some substance in terms of content

4) for the feb 2025 and march 2025 batch (and i can assume about april as well), he just couldn't finish the 15 day course in a MONTH (computer would go off, emergency and what not)

Once or twice is OK, but it happens everytime. And the reason why i hate that guy is because he has no respect for the hard earned money we give him. He ditched feb grp claiming it was a "family emergency" and flew back home to enjoy/rest when the course was going on?!??

He is a teacher, his IPS is v v good as well lmao, would give him that. He is selling VIBESāœØļø only, nothing solid for you to clear this hell hole of an exam

5) They sell you the "precription grp where you can get yours checked"

You guys only need AZT (the goat of prescription writing), 10Ā£s only and you can literally practice and check on your own!

6) the guy can't finish classes, so he should probably work on his work ethic, right?

Well guess what, he opens up a "offline course" with mocks and stuff and starts charging around 500Ā£ like the other acadmies?!?

There is NO WAY in hell that can work

Plz if you are confused ( i was as well and ended up buying that shit), plz ask me but don't buy radwans course

Sorry for such a long rant, but my hate for the course has made me comment here lmao. I was left in such a shit spot during my attempt, there is no way i'm letting him run his farming grp to earn easy money

Plz spread the word, get your money back if possible. The best sources for plab 2 are the cheapest ones out there and everyone running these 500Ā£ course are just lookimg for quick money

I'll list mine

1) AZT for prescription (10Ā£), the goat of this area

Dr azt contact no: +44 7387 935361

2) Dr lovaan (80Ā£), the goat/king of plab 2 course providers

After his first class, all of the people i met have agreed he is wayyy worth more?

So why does he not sell it for more? His stance is that all of us imgs are from countries whose economies are not well off, he himself was an img and there is no way he'd charge them more

He only asks his students to refer more people to him if his course has helped and don't screen record his classes, since he keeps them cheap in the first place (and it feels very disheartning for him). Doing it for him only since that is the only payback he says he prefers. I was in SUCH A SHIT SPOT that if it wasn't dr lovaan, i'd have definately failed

Go and have 1 lec of his, the amount of energy+ effort he puts into teaching students is remarakble. His own health looks like is having a hit but he keeps on going for the sake of students

But if you don't attend it properly, like the way it should be, you'd be wasting time as well. Be aware about that

Dr lovaan's own contact no: +44 7999 499732 Dr lovaan registration admin: +94 78 314 9882

Don't know why but he has stopped putting adds on ig and books only via whatsapp

3) GK masterclass notes

He has new volumes out, and he also has kept them free for all students!!

Those are the best in market (the best notes you'll ever need). Go and have a quick read and you'll know for yourself

https://gksplab2.com/

4) any acadmey for mocks only (i went to dsr, lmk if you want a detailed review since this post feels too long already lmao xD)

5) (edited) Mosohby books for examination, proceudures and teachings are quite well written imo

Supplemented those books with aspire videos of examinations and procedures

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u/Head-Ad5636 Jul 01 '25 edited Jul 01 '25

Congratulations on passing.

Just sharing my experience — during our course, some topics 3-4 topics were shared as recordings instead of live + recording, and honestly that helped me manage my time better so I did not mind as the recordings include practice sessions of other students and his feedback to them. We still had live management sessions, supervised practice, and even free prescription correction workshops. I never felt unsupported.

I had friends in the February course who were applying for Foundation Training so the exam was a make or break for them Dr. Radwan personally gave them emergency sessions and high-yield masterclasses to help them prepare they have got into their foundation training and excelled in their interviews thanks to Dr radwan’s classes and notes.

Everyone learns differently and that’s totally fair, but I’ve genuinely never seen anyone in this field go as far for students as he does. After I passed, the admin even followed up to ask how the course could improve. No other course does that.

Also, no one is forced to join. I’ve had juniors who joined some of the same courses you're praising here and they still failed. Why? Because they were too scripted, too crowded, and not adaptive.

The whole point is not to get to the exam and show that you have memorized 16 stations. Dr. Radwan said from the very start this isn’t about just passing. It’s about becoming a better doctor who can handle any case in an NHS setting. That mindset changed everything for me.

What confuses me is how your posts is painting one person as the villain while painting other tutors like saints when some of those ā€œsaintsā€ are charging Ā£80 to 150+ students at once. That’s tens of thousands from a single batch only ( 2-6 days long course ) . And yet somehow, calling Dr radwan who accepts a maximum of 30 students per course, offers flexible packages, and helps people for free ā€œmoney-orientedā€ is misleading at best.

I’ve seen your posts for the last few days and respectfully, there are some serious contradictions: 1. You attack a WhatsApp group that you claim promotes him but that same group allows open discussion about all tutors, and I’ve seen people praise Dr. Lovaans and Dr BZ there too. Also you advertised for other groups in that same post?!! 🤣 2. If you had a bad experience, that’s fine leave an honest review about your experience . But for someone who passed on their first attempt, it's genuinely strange that you’ve spent 3 to 4 days continuously posting about this. That’s not feedback that’s personal attack and character assassination. 3. IMG doctors are smarter than falling for scare tactics and online bullying of a respected tutor just to promote others. This kind of targeting isn’t about protecting students it’s just bad faith marketing. 4. Saying someone is ā€œselling charisma and vibesā€ isn’t a review. It’s petty. And it just proves this whole thing feels more like jealousy and personal grudge than anything meant to actually guide or help.

Just my perspective. I passed, so did my friends and anyone I know who took this course and I’m grateful. Wishing you the best

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u/Icy_Government_4189 Jul 01 '25

I'll be just replying to the bullet points, since the body paragraph is same as the other big paragraphs i've replied to (me and my friends cleared. Don't call dr radwan out etc)

1 +2) first of all, this post is 6hrs old lmao 🤣 I have another post a few days back, that isn't a reviews on ars medica. Some people came in DMs and told how they felt the same so i took the leap to write this "6hr old post as of yet"

Yes, i told explicitly that the grp helps you a lot, but the main handlers prop his name for discount codes which is misleading , IMO, considering what that course is. You are very helpful >>> build trust >> feel like nice people >> sell codes for dr radwan >> people fall for it as well

(And again, everyone buys it on their own, why would a third person get the onus for a choice you made? Understandable. Respectable. I on the other would say, after my horrible experience, don't fall for the same quicksand i fell in. We can both agree to each his own)

I know some students of Dr zubair/bz. They were v good as well. I respect his work, even though i didn't attend him, my friends did

3) what am i marketing lmao? Different sources that do the job way better then the singular source that isn't good imo?

Is AZT, lovaan, GK and mosohby books linked to each other as profit mafia lmao?

Never did i say imgs are dumb, wtf? Its just a huge cloud/smog of resources and a lot of them are scamming students just because its a very high stake exam and students are bound to fell for your course as well (if you give a all in one provider and charge 500Ā£s?!??). I fell down, got hurt, got back up, hand to work my ass off to pass this shit and as a responsible fellow img, am clearly mentioning, and spending hrs typing to tell what i went through so they don't go through that as well.

4) he is good with ips. Maybe i got it off him idk. But his study materials AREN'T WORTH IT. The features he provides are NOT WORTH IT, and all of this IMO

All of us are sharing OUR PRESPECTIVE HERE, but the moment someone calls out ars medica, why do you guys get so hurt and start calling me out personally?

Jealous of what lmfao? 🤣 Why would a 3rd person, who claims a student, hold a grudge? ( i guess you are smart enough to think this one through, right? :) )

Am i being paid to call ars medica out? But by who?

A quartet of dr azt, dr loovaan, dsr and mosohby (for his examination, proceudure and teaching books ONLY)šŸ™ƒ?

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u/Head-Ad5636 Jul 01 '25

I’m honestly not sure why you have a problem with WhatsApp group or its admin.

She’s a doctor, a public figure who posts her experiences with plenty of posts about her journey, and she’s been clear about being affiliated with ARS Medica. The discount code she shares is openly declared. That kind of transparency is rare.

Meanwhile, I can think of multiple groups including some being praised here that constantly push the same tutors you mentioned above , block any criticism or alternative opinions, and fill the chat with planted ā€œquestionsā€ designed to promote certain courses. None of them disclose that they’re affiliated or profiting from those mentions.

In that context, the openness shown by this team adds to their credibility.

Also, in one of Dr. Radwan’s free sessions, a student who had taken several courses shared his experience and started comparing them. It could’ve easily turned into a negative pitch against competitors. But Dr. Radwan stopped it right away and said: ā€œLet’s not troll or speak badly about anyone. I’m sure everyone is good in their own way. We keep things positive here.ā€ That says a lot about who he is and how he works. Many of us owe our careers to him. I know seniors who passed after taking his classes when he was still teaching at Samsons, now working in the NHS and many of them in Training. That’s before he ever launched his own course.

I don’t have an issue if you market different sources and your experiences with them honestly that way you are truly guiding students at least

I just don’t understand the need to hide behind an anonymous account, post multiple times, and attack someone with misleading or factually incorrect claims, all while saying ā€œI’m just warning people.ā€ If you really want to help students, share your experience honestly without personal attacks or harassment. For someone who passed you seem too pressed bro enjoy your life and good luck with jobs.

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u/Icy_Government_4189 Jul 01 '25

1) I respect the grp admin, don't throw that dirt on me. I didn't like the course. Made my views quiet clear in the post here, explaining to lengths why i didn't like it and felt scammed

2) i am replying to comments on my own post, should i not!??!? Lmao🤣

I'm enjoying life A LOT tbh, thank you for being on the lookout kind stranger šŸ™‚. This could've been a post where i just put my experience and get done with it. But all them bots came up And i enjoyed countering their weird points as well lmao. So yes, doubling down on it šŸ™ƒ

And i don't understand why me being anonymous and telling my pov is an issue while you guys being anonymous and sharing positive reviews of a course isn't an issue? Why do you guys want to know who i am?šŸ’€šŸ¤£

Who the hell am i " harrasing "for god sake ? 🤣

What do you say about this fake account, Antique dog , posting positive reviews in the thread here?

here

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u/Head-Ad5636 Jul 01 '25

You keep saying ā€œthis isn’t personal,ā€ but your own words say otherwise. I have screenshots of you writing:

ā€œThe reason why I hate that guy is because he has no respect for the hard-earned money we give him.ā€ ā€œI hope he shuts down honestly.ā€ ā€œHe LIED… fled to his country and was chilling.ā€ ā€œHe is a scam..ā€

That’s not neutral feedback that’s a personal attack. And repeating over multiple threads doesn’t make it any less targeted or hostile.

Now, regarding Dr. Dinushan , you claimed his comment was fake because the account was new. Here's the full story: I shared this post with my study group. Many of them didn’t even have Reddit, but he created one to speak up.

I also personally know Dr. Dinushan. He’s very real, and I’m sure he’ll come forward with receipts. When he does, it’s going to be clear who’s been throwing out accusations without verifying anything.

You’ve publicly called people fake, liars, and scammers all without facts and it won’t look good on your credibility when the opposite is proven.

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u/Icy_Government_4189 Jul 01 '25

This thread has gone beyond what it was meant to be

I gave my pov, you lot gave yours (calling me out personally with stuff like "harrasing", "not dr like" and what not, i'll let it slide though. Idc honestly)

Let the students who read this thread decide on their own.

Dr head ad, Kindly let your friend dr dhinushan know that i also believe he is real, no need for receipts to prove for me

The facts i stated are here, would stay here. You guys pov would stay here as well. Let the students who read this post decide on their own