OET
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
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What is OET?
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
Prove you have the right level of English to study and work in the healthcare sector.
CONNECTING THE WORLD TO BETTER HEALTHCAR
Successful OET learners have the English language and clinical communication skills to provide high quality and safe patient care. That means better healthcare for all.
TEST INFORMATION
OET has been developed to cover 12 different healthcare professions. The test assesses all four language skills, using test materials that reflect typical communication scenarios from the healthcare industry.
Listening
Follow and understand a range of healthcare-related spoken materials such as patient consultations and lectures.
Reading
Read and understand different types of text on healthcare-related subjects
Writing
Write a letter, often a referral letter, based on a typical healthcare workplace situation.
Speaking
Participate in two role-plays based on typical healthcare workplace situations. You take your professional role while the interlocutor plays a patient or client.
PREPARE FOR OET
Visit the OET Portal for all your learning and test preparation needs. There are webinars, videos, masterclasses, quizzes, guides and more – including many hours of free resources.
Here are quick links to some of our most popular resources.
OET PREPARATION MATERIALS
Purchase Official OET Practice Books and the OET Ready online course on the OET Shop here.
PROFESSION
Not all professions have specific writing and speaking material. Where a specific profession is not available, we recommend ‘Medicine’ for practice purposes.
