Platform News: Q1 2026 — Personalised Notes, Mind Maps, and Exam Debrief
What's new for PLAB 1 candidates this quarter: personalised revision notes after every block, mind maps for every specialty, and exam debrief with timing analytics on every full 180-question mock.
What changed
- Personalised revision notes — after every practice block, a note is built from three sources: our medical team's study material, your exact answers on the topic, and current UK guidelines.
- Full 2026 MLA Content Map alignment across the bank of 5,000+ questions and every expert note.
- Mind maps launched across all major specialties — pan, zoom, and tap any node to open its MCQs, notes, and NICE link.
- Weakness Mock — auto-generated timed mocks targeting your 4-6 lowest-accuracy topics.
- Exam debrief with timing analytics now ships with every mock — pace, accuracy, and decision-error pattern in one view.
- Readiness dashboard refreshed: a headline accuracy figure built from your real attempts across the bank, plus a separate 30-day performance chart, topic-level breakdown, and revision streak counter.
Why it matters for your score
- Less time navigating, more time correcting score-impacting mistakes — every change here closes a real revision-loop gap.
- Every feature is grounded in the MLA Content Map so nothing testable is missed, regardless of whether you're sitting UKMLA AKT or PLAB 1.
- Doctor-written content and your real performance work side-by-side: curated material for learning the topic, personalised emphasis for your gaps.
Practical checklist
- Try the new personalised note after your next 20-question block.
- Open the MLA Content Map dashboard to see your coverage by specialty.
- Generate a Weakness Mock once you have at least 50 attempts logged.
- Sit a full timed mock and open the exam debrief to see the new timing analytics in action.
- Check your readiness dashboard weekly — the 30-day chart will show whether your direction of travel is up or flat.
Common questions
What's the single most useful Q1 2026 update for my last four weeks of revision?
The Weakness Mock. Once you have 50+ attempts logged, it auto-generates a timed mock that targets your 4-6 lowest-accuracy topics — so the last weeks of revision spend their time where it actually moves your score, not on topics you already answer reliably.
Are personalised revision notes built from my answers, or just from the topic?
Both. A personalised note is composed from three sources at the time you generate it: our medical team's curated study material for that topic, your real attempts on that topic (so wrong-answer themes are explained again in the note), and the current UK guideline reference. Two students on the same topic get visibly different notes if their gap patterns differ.
Will the new MLA Content Map alignment invalidate questions I've already practised?
No. Every existing question keeps its full performance history — the alignment is a tagging refresh, not a content rewrite. What changes is the Coverage dashboard view: questions are now grouped by 2026 MLA condition IDs and presenting complaints, so you can audit your coverage against the GMC blueprint specialty-by-specialty without losing any prior progress.
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