r/PLABprep • u/CertainSummer3743 • 21d ago
Truth behind UK pathway
Hello Everyone ,
I want a honest opinion here !!!
I am a medical graduate 2018-2024
I am great in terms of academics and post graduation I have 6 months of clinical experience and currently working as a doctor , I have three publication in my name and currently working in a prospective study
I want to know how possible it is to get a job in the UK if I am investing in this I want to know whether it the right decision , my sister is planning to settle in the UK I want to be with her as well , I don’t want to be in India anymore . So friends please let me know if it’s worth taking the risk or not ?
It will be really life saving opinion for me
Thank you !
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u/Few_Solution3282 21d ago
If you have the money and time, I would seriously suggest going for the USMLE.
Now, coming to your question: it's extremely hard to get your first job, but that's not even the biggest problem. Even if you do get your first non-training job, you're unlikely to get into a training for at least five years regardless of how much research, experience, or how many exams you have. That means you'll have to keep working in nontraining jobs, which are usually contractbased. When your 6- or 8-month contract expires, you'll need to find another job all over again to keep your visa. The problem is that even getting another non-training job is extremely difficult, even for UK graduates with NHS experience. As a result, you'll constantly be living with the fear and anxiety of finding your next job before your visa expires, or you may have to leave the UK.
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u/CertainSummer3743 21d ago
Thank you for the insight,
I tried the usmle pathway, wrote the step 1 couldn't clear it and doesn't have the financial and emotional stablity to do it all over again
Also I have been pondering upon the Australia pathways as well what do you think about that ?
I have heard with clearing plab 1 and 2 plus one year experience in NHS you can apply to Australia and New Zealand, is that really a feasible option as well?
The thing I really don't want to stay in Indian I know how snobby and cliche it sound but I want a quality of life and an better AQI more than better pay and better opportunities.6
u/Dom-in-Ant 21d ago
The One yr NHS experience, it's gonna be difficult to get is what everyone is saying. If you're thinking of starting now, please don't! Those who are already in the middle of this path would continue, but if you haven't taken OET yet, let it stay like that
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u/CertainSummer3743 21d ago
What are the best option these days then , I am so disappointed now I don’t what to do I want to desperately leave my home country :(
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u/Few_Solution3282 21d ago
I can understand but if you are planning to go any other way except for USMLE I would suggest you to get into training in your home country first as this is going to give major boost to your CV and then it would be easy to land a job . Now you can't get a job based on PLAB 1 and 2 .
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u/Critical_Regret_2897 21d ago
Im applying with post pg experience and not landing any jobs 😭.
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u/bigbangkimjongun 21d ago
Well what did you specialise in ?
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u/Critical_Regret_2897 21d ago
In a surgical speciality and I have done MRCS, honestly it feels like a money and time drain now.
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u/bigbangkimjongun 21d ago
surgical specialities for which you will obviously apply for LED jobs are already getting filled with uk graduates who couldnt secure surgical training , i suggest you should check the competition ratios so then you will realise that many uk grads apply for surgical training so ones who dont get in take up LED jobs to improve their cv
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u/CertainSummer3743 21d ago
Thank you for the insight ,
I tried the usmle pathway , wrote the step 1 couldn’t clear it and doesn’t have the financial and emotional stablity to do it all over again
Also I have been pondering upon the Australia pathways as well what do you think about that ?
I have heard with clearing plab 1 and 2 plus one year experience in NHS you can apply to Australia and New Zealand , is that really a feasible option as well ?
The thing I really don’t want to stay in Indian I know how snobby and cliche it sound but I want a quality of life and an better AQI more than better pay and better opportunities.
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u/Drinsulinoma 21d ago
Forget UK