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MLA AKT Practice Paper

We have put together a 100-item practice exam to help students prepare for the MLA exam. Aligned with the MLA Content Map, this exam has been crafted to mirror the style and type of questions that students will face in the AKT. To try out one of our MLA mocks for FREE, click the button above!

The UK Medical Licensing Assessment (UKMLA, also known as MLA) is an exam taken by all medical graduates who wish to practise medicine in the UK, regardless of whether they trained in the UK or abroad. This includes international medical graduates (IMGs), and those who are completing their medical degrees in the UK. For full guidance, please visit the GMC website.

The UKMLA consists of two main components: the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and the Clinical and Professional Skills Assessment (CPSA). For UK-based medical students, these are the equivalent of 'Finals' and 'OSCEs/OSLERs' respectively. For IMGs, these are very similar to PLAB 1 and PLAB 2 respectively.

The AKT is a written exam that assesses your knowledge of medical science, clinical reasoning, and professional practice. For UK medical students this will be two 100 single best answer (SBA) question exams, taken on a computer, with each exam lasting 2 hours long. This would be the equivalent of PLAB 1 and you will see that the content maps reflect that.

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