OET Allied

OET Allied

At M&M, we don’t just cater to Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Our OET-Allied courses are uniquely designed to meet the specific needs of professionals in dietetics, Occupational therapy, Dentistry, Optometry, physiotherapy, Podiatry, Radiography, speech pathology, and veterinary sciences. These comprehensive courses cover all the sub-tests of OET, including listening, reading, writing, and speaking, and include classes and mocks to ensure your success.

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Welcome to the Introduction to OET (Allied Health) at M&M Institute
What We Offer
Our Introduction to OET (Allied Health) course provides a robust framework to prepare you for the four critical sub-tests of the OET: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking. Each element of our program is crafted to give you the best possible advantage:
Engaging Video Lessons:
Visual learners will benefit from our high-quality videos that break down complex concepts into manageable insights.
Downloadable Resources:
Get access to a wealth of materials that you can review anytime to reinforce your learning.
Interactive Activities:
Apply what you've learned in practical, real-world scenarios to better retain knowledge and skills.
Guided Practice Sessions:
Practice under the guidance of experienced instructors to refine your techniques and strategies.
Expert Advice:
Learn from seasoned professionals who know exactly what it takes to excel in OET.
Additional Resources: We provide links to further reading and resources, ensuring you have everything you need at your fingertips.
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Listening

About
  • The Listening sub-test is approximately 40 minutes long.  
  • There are three parts and a total of 42 question items.  
  • The topics are of generic healthcare interest and accessible to all candidates across all professions.
Structure
  • Part A – Consultation extracts (about 5 minutes each):  Listen to two recorded health professional-patient consultations and complete the health professional’s notes using the information you hear. 
  • Part B – short workplace extracts (about 1 minute each): Listen to six recorded extracts (e.g. team briefings, handovers, or health professional-patient dialogues) and answer one multiple-choice question for each extract.  
  • Part C – Presentation or interview extracts (about 5 minutes each): Listen to two different extracts and answer six multiple-choice questions for each extract.
Assessment
  • This sub-test is designed to evaluate a range of skills, such as identifying specific information, detail, gist, opinion or the speaker’s purpose, which are assessed through note-completion tasks and multiple-choice questions.  
  • Answers for OET Listening Part A are double marked by qualified assessors, against an established marking guide. Answers for Part B and Part C are computer scanned and automatically scored.  

Reading

About
  • The Reading sub-test consists of three parts, with 42 questions in total.  
  • This sub-test takes 60 minutes to complete. 
  • The topics are of generic healthcare interest and accessible to candidates across all professions. 
Structure
  • Part A – expeditious reading task (15 minutes): Read four short texts related to a single healthcare topic, and answer 20 matching, sentence completion and short answer questions.  

  • Part B – short workplace extracts: Read six extracts (e.g., policy documents, hospital guidelines, manuals or internal communications, such as emails or memos) and answer one multiple-choice question for each extract 

    Part C –  longer articles: read two articles typical of the types of texts healthcare professionals read for professional development and answer eight multiple-choice questions for each text.

    Timing for Parts B and C is combined and is 45 minutes

Assessment
  • This sub-test is designed to evaluate a range of skills, such as skimming and scanning, identifying the detail, gist, main point explicit or implied meaning as well as the attitude or opinion of texts which are assessed through matching, sentence completion, short answer or multiple-choice questions. 
  • Answers for OET Reading Part A are double-marked by qualified assessors, against an established marking guide. Answers for Part B and Part C are computer scanned and automatically scored. 

Writing

About
  • The writing sub-test takes 45 minutes and is profession-specific 
  • There is one task set for each profession based on a typical workplace situation and the demands of the profession.
Structure
  • The task is to write a letter, usually a referral letter. Some alternative letter types, and depending on profession, are a letter of transfer, a discharge letter, a letter to advise or inform a patient, carer or group, or a letter responding to a complaint.
  • Five minutes reading time to read case notes and/or other related documentation, and 40 minutes writing time to complete the letter. 
Assessment
  • The Writing sub-test is designed to evaluate six criteria, which you can learn about here.  
  • Answers for the Writing sub-test are double-marked by qualified assessors using the assessment criteria. 

Speaking

About
  • The Speaking sub-test takes around 20 minutes and is profession-specific.
  • There are two role-play tasks for each profession based on typical workplace situations. In each role play, the candidate takes the role of the professional 
Structure
  • The task is two role plays. Before beginning the assessment, there is a short warm up conversation with the interlocutor. For each role play, there are three minutes to read the role-play card and five minutes to role-play the task points. 
  • The candidate and interlocutor role cards contain the same background information about the role-play scenario and prompts to maintain the conversation for five minutes. 
Assessment
  • The Speaking sub-test is and designed to evaluate 4 linguistic criteria and 5 clinical communication criteria, which you can learn about here.  
  • Role plays are recorded by the interlocutor and these recordings are double-marked by qualified assessors using the assessment criteria. The interlocutor plays no role in assessment. 
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Mock & Assessments

● Practice exams with flexible timings for a realistic test experience.
● Get personalized feedback within 24 hours for writing and speaking tasks.
● Weekly mock discussions for each sub-test to sharpen skills
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Interactive Sessions

● Live classes with expert OET instructors (flexibile timings)
● Multiple times in a day on different sub-tests
● Recorded Lectures.

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Offline Practise Material

● Download materials for offline learning convenience
● Study anywhere with downloadable resources.
● Access offline materials for on-the-go learning
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Personalized Feedback

● As per Package, Writing Corrections
● As per package, Speaking Corrections Weekly Discussion Classes with Expert Teachers
● Reading & Listening Discussions

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