Successful OET learners have the English language and clinical communication skills to provide high quality and safe patient care. The test assesses all four language skills, using test materials that reflect typical communication scenarios from the healthcare industry. 

1. Listening 

Follow and understand a range of healthcare-related spoken materials such as patient consultations and lectures. 

2. Reading 

Read and understand different types of text on healthcare-related subjects 

3. Writing 

Write a letter, often a referral letter, based on a typical healthcare workplace situation.

4. 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.