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Occupational English Test (OET)
OET or Occupational English Test is an exclusive English language test particularly designed for healthcare professionals. The Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment oversees the OET exam. Healthcare professionals who are looking to work or study in the healthcare sector in the UK, the USA, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Ukraine, Dubai, Singapore, or Namibia are necessary to qualify for the OET test. The OET exam has explicitly been designed for 12 healthcare professions.
The Occupational English Test features 12 specializations, each of which matches up to a particular profession: speech pathology, optometry, podiatry, dentistry, pharmacy, medicine, radiography, occupational therapy, dietetics, nursing, physiotherapy, and veterinary science. An OET Certification can help you to:
- Validate your English language skills and expertise with an OET score
- Learn the language skills needed in a healthcare job as OET is the only exam validated by the healthcare sector
- Learn how to communicate with patients in a safe, controlled environment.
- Build confidence as OET uses real healthcare scenarios in the exam
- OET is also accepted as proof of English proficiency for visas, study, registration, and employment in healthcare.
OET Training has been developed specifically for the following healthcare professions:
- Dentistry
- Dietetics
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
- Radiography
- Speech Pathology
OET Listening:
This section has two parts. In Part A, the aspirant must listen to a conversation between a patient and a professional and take notes on that interaction. In Part B, you will hear a lecture from one person. Then, you will be requested to answer the questions in the form of multiple choices about what you have heard.
OET Reading:
This section is also of 2 parts. Part A is of 15 minutes duration and needs the aspirant to see 3 or 4 passages. Then, the aspirant will be given a paragraph summarizing the text with words removed. Again, you must use your skill to fill these blanks. Part B is of 45 minutes duration, and the aspirant will need to read passages related to common healthcare topics and answer multiple choices.
OET Writing:
This section is necessarily an imitation of certified encounters precise to an occupation. The aspirant has 45 minutes to write professional correspondence. This can generally take the form of a letter of referral, but other jobs might contain a letter of release or expert advice.
OET Speaking:
This section is done with the support of an interviewer. The aspirant begins after being provided with a summary of their professional background before going to the role-play section. Role-play scenario intended for this section is based on standard communications that happen in a profession such as an interviewer in the field of veterinary science will be taking the position of an animal owner; the aspirant must have to display a blend of professional expertise and interpersonal skills to deal with the circumstances.
The primary objectives
- Understand the exam pattern and format
- Gain confidence in attending the exam
- Learn good written communication skills in English
- Understand the listening tasks
- Learn tips and tricks to speak confidently
- Enrich and improve your vocabulary in English
- Build complete language skills required for a healthcare environment
- Understand the pattern of exams and practice with mock tests