GMC Connect - Examiners user guide
3 The Home page
When you log in to GMC Connect, you’ll see the Home page.
On the left of the screen are menu items which you’ll use to go to different sections of the site.
In the centre are links to news items that have been posted by GMC Connect administrators.
Some hints and tips
- When you're in GMC Connect you won't see the usual forward and back buttons you see in your web browser.
- You should move around GMC Connect using the menu buttons and any Back buttons you see on the screens.
- You will see various links on the screens to help pages and other guidance on our website. You can close these help pages without GMC Connect closing.
- Don't click on the cross in the right-hand corner of the GMC Connect window (any window with the title GMC Connect and our logo on). This will close GMC Connect.
- When you're finished using GMC Connect, click Logout on the right of the menu bar to exit.
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4 Document Folders
4.1 About Document Folders
Document Folders are one of the document sharing areas of GMC Connect. For PLAB examiners, we will use this area to share important information, newsletters and updates.
For further guidance on accessing and uploading documents go to the latest: GMC Connect user guide.
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The Guidance and Forms area is where information and document templates useful to GMC Connect users are published.
To access the Guidance and Forms area, click on the Guidance and Forms menu item.
On the initial Guidance and Forms page is a list of folders. Clicking on a folder will take you to a list of documents within that folder.
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5.2 Documents
Click on the View Documents link to open the folder.
You are now presented with the document list for the folder you clicked into.
You can see all the files held in the folder, along with their description and the date that they were uploaded.
To download a file, click on the document name.
As the Guidance and Forms section is intended for the distribution of GMC literature and document templates, GMC Connect users are not able to upload documents into these folders.
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6 Exam Bookings
This section is for you to manage your attendance at PLAB 2 exams.
6.1 PLAB Bookings
If you click on the Exam Bookings menu option you will get extra left hand options. The calendar shows the availability for booking on to exams.
PLAB Bookings (this is always the first screen you see when you click ‘Exam Bookings’) - From this screen you can use the calendar to:
- Book onto exams
- Join the waiting list for an exam
- View your upcoming exams
- Cancel your booking on upcoming exams
- View the exams you have joined the waiting list
- Remove yourself from the waiting list
- View your past attendance
My Exam Bookings – From this screen you can:
- View a summary of your upcoming exams
- Cancel your booking on upcoming exams
- Print your upcoming exams
- View a summary of your waiting lists
- Remove yourself from a waiting list
- View a summary of your past exam attendance
- Print your past exam attendance
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6.2 Navigating the calendar
The calendar shows the availability of places available for PLAB 2 exams for each month.
To navigate between the months you can use:
- Previous Month button
- Next Month button
- Or you can navigate using the drop down menus for the month and if needed year. Select the relevant month then click on the Go button
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6.3 Understanding the colours used in the calendar
The calendar has been colour coded to help you find exam dates in the calendar. The table below confirms the meaning of the colours and explains the text that has been used to differentiate the information in the calendar.
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7 Managing bookings using the calendar
7.1 Booking on to an exam using the calendar
Your role will determine which of the three types of booking options that are available to you.
- To book on to an exam, navigate to your chosen dates.
- If a date has availability you will be presented with one of the booking options below, click on the text Book as Examiner or Book as CI to book on to the exam.
- Dual role examiners are both examiners and chief invigilators.
- To confirm your booking, check the booking information and then click on Confirm.
- If you no longer wish to book on to this exam, click on Cancel.
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7.2 Removing a booking using the calendar
You will be presented with one of the booking options depending on your role for that exam.
- To remove your booking from an exam, navigate to your chosen dates, click on Remove to cancel your exam booking.
- To confirm the cancellation of your booking, click on Confirm.
- If you no longer wish to remove your exam booking, click on Cancel.
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7.3 Unable to cancel a booking
If you are within 30 days of the exam date you will not be able to cancel your booking in GMC Connect.
- To cancel your booking within 30 days of the exam, contact the Clinical Assessment Centre directly at plabexaminers@gmc-uk.org.
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8 Managing your waiting list places using the calendar
For exam dates that are fully booked you can join a waiting list.
8.1 Joining the waiting list using the calendar
To join a waiting list, navigate to the exam date and click on Join Waiting List.
- If a place becomes available on that exam you will receive an email asking you to log into your GMC Connect account and book on to the exam.
- To confirm your place on the waiting list, check the exam information and click on Confirm.
- If you decide not to join the waiting list, click on Cancel.
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8.2 Removing yourself from the waiting list using the calendar
To remove yourself from a waiting list, navigate to the exam date and click on Remove.
- To confirm that you would like to remove place on the waiting list, click on Confirm.
- You will no longer receive waiting list emails for this exam date.
- If you decide not to join the waiting list, click on Cancel.
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9 Managing your Upcoming exams in My Exam Bookings
9.1 Viewing upcoming exams in My Exam Bookings
To view your upcoming exams click on My Exam Bookings.
Your role will determine which tables you see:
- Examiners will see an Examiner Bookings table.
- Chief invigilators will see a Chief Invigilator Bookings table.
- Dual role examiners will have both tables Chief Invigilator Bookings and Examiner Bookings.
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9.2 Cancelling an upcoming exam booking in My Exam Bookings
To cancel a booking click on Remove for the relevant exam date.
- To confirm the cancellation of your booking, click on Confirm.
- If you no longer wish to remove your exam booking, click on Cancel.
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9.3 Printing your upcoming exams in My Exam Bookings
To print your upcoming exams, navigate to Upcoming exams and then click on the Print button.
A preview of your upcoming exams will become available.
- To print a copy click on Print this page
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10 Managing your Waiting list places in My Exam Bookings
10.1 Viewing the exam dates you joined the waiting list in My Exam Bookings
To navigate to the Waiting list, click on the Waiting list button.
The Waiting list table shows a summary of the dates you have joined on to a Waiting list.
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10.2 Removing yourself from a waiting list in My Exam Bookings
To remove yourself from a waiting list, click on Remove from Waiting list.
- To confirm that you would like to remove your place on the waiting list, click on Confirm.
- You will no longer receive waiting list emails for this exam date.
- If you decide not to join the waiting list, click on Cancel.
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11 Managing your Past exams in My Exam Bookings
11.1 Viewing past exams in My Exam Bookings
Navigate to Past exams, click on the Past Exams Button.
This shows a summary of the exams you have attended in the past.
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11.2 Printing past exams in My Exam Bookings
To print your past exams navigate to Past exams and then click on the Past Exams Button.
A preview of your upcoming exams will become available.
- To print a copy click on Print this page
