Designed for Healthcare Professionals
OET has been developed specifically for 12 healthcare professions. Tests simulate real workplace tasks and test relevant language skills for each profession.
LISTENING
Duration: 50 minutes
Same content for all healthcare professions.
Part A: recorded, simulated professional/patient consultation with note-taking questions.
Part B: recorded talk or lecture on health-related topic, with range of short and multiple choice answers.
READING
Duration: 1 hour
Same content for all healthcare professions.
Part A: skim and scan short health-related texts and complete a summary paragraph by filling in missing words.
Part B: read longer health-related texts and answer multiple-choice questions.
WRITING
Duration: 45 minutes
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Specific to profession, based on typical workplace situations.
The task is to write a letter, usually a referral letter. Sometimes, especially for some professions, a different type of letter is required: e.g. a letter of transfer or discharge, or a letter to advise or inform a patient, carer, or group.
SPEAKING
Duration: 20 minutes
Specific to profession, based on typical workplace situations.
In a private room you will take part in two role-plays. You take your professional role (as a healthcare professional) while the interlocutor plays a patient or client, or sometimes a relative or carer.