OET - English language test for healthcare professionals
OET is an international English language test that assesses the language communication skills of healthcare professionals who want to register and practice in an English-speaking country. The OET exam is conducted especially for healthcare professions, which includes: Dentistry, Dietetics, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Radiography, Speech Pathology and Veterinary Science. While selecting healthcare professionals who are non-native English-speakers, governments, healthcare boards and councils prefer OET to evaluate language skills. Healthcare professionals choose OET as it will help them prove the right level of English skill they have to work or study.
OET consists of four modules with an emphasis on communication in a healthcare environment. The four language skills assessed are : Listening test of around 50 minutes, Reading test takes 1 hour to complete, Writing test of 45 minutes and Speaking test which takes around 20 minutes. Results of OET are made available after 16 business days from the test date and the report is on a scale from 0 to 500 in ten-point increments.
