At OET we believe our test results open doors to new careers and locations to live and work as healthcare professionals.
Tell us about your decision to take OET by completing this sentence:
I’m choosing to take OET because…
That is, they understand the word but not the critical meaning it has. Hospital staff tell us that overseas nurses are likely to respond with ‘Oh dear’ on hearing the sentence above.
What the hospital staff want the nurses to do is act. The phrase is used a bit like a warning alarm. On hearing it, those treating the patient should prepare for emergency measures to counteract the deterioration.
A better response on hearing the phrase would be ‘What can I do?’
As long as your writing is legible to the assessors then you don’t need to worry about the way that it looks. Of course writing things by hand and especially for the length of time that you are writing in each sub-test is not so common anymore. Read More
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