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UK Medical Licensing Assessment — presentations, skills, prescribing and question bank

About the UK MLA: The Medical Licensing Assessment is a two-part GMC assessment: an Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and a Clinical and Professional Skills Assessment (CPSA). All platform content is mapped to MLA domains.

Clinical Presentations

50 MLA-mapped presentations

Clinical conditions with MLA high-yield notes

Clinical Skills

CPSA-ready skills and OSCE stations

Prescribing safety for the MLA

SBA questions mapped to MLA domains

5 full mock AKT papers · 250 questions

Emergency Medicine

Recognition and immediate management

Interpretation for the MLA

High-Yield MLA Topics

10 topics · Full pathophysiology, management & high-yield pearls

7 topics found

Cardiovascular Breathlessness Oedema +1 more

Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome where the heart cannot pump sufficient blood to meet metabolic deman…

⭐ NT-proBNP > 2000 needs urgent referral for echo within 2 weeks.…

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Cardiovascular Palpitations Dizziness/syncope +1 more

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a common supraventricular arrhythmia characterized by rapid, irregular atrial acti…

⭐ A CHA2DS2-VASc score of 2+ in males (1+ in females) requires anticoagulation.…

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Respiratory Wheeze Cough +1 more

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by reversible airway obstruction and bronchial h…

⭐ A normal pCO2 in an exhaustive asthma attack is a 'life-threatening' sign (indicates tirin…

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Respiratory Chronic cough Breathlessness +1 more

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by persistent, non-reversible airflow limitation…

⭐ Smoking cessation and LTOT are the only interventions that improve survival in COPD.…

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Renal Asymptomatic (routine screening) Oedema +1 more

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is defined as an abnormality in kidney structure or function persisting for >3 mo…

⭐ eGFR can be inaccurate in bodybuilders (high muscle mass) or amputees.…

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Endocrine Thirst Polyuria +1 more

Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by insulin resistance and relati…

⭐ Metformin side effects are mainly GI; start with a slow-release formulation.…

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Neurology Weakness Speech disturbance +1 more

Stroke is a neurological deficit caused by an acute focal injury to the central nervous system by a vascular c…

⭐ A TACS (Total Anterior Circulation Stroke) requires: Hemiparesis, Hemianopia, and Higher c…

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