MEDSAMPLE05
WRITING: QUESTION BOOKLET
CANDIDATE NAME:
D.O.B.: D D M M Y Y Y Y PROFESSION:
VENUE: TEST DATE:
Starting at the left, print your Candidate
Number and fill in the corresponding circle
below each number using a 2B pencil.
Example:
CANDIDATE DECLARATION
2 5 By signing this, you agree not to disclose or use in any way
(other than to take the test) or assist any other person to
disclose or use any OET test or sub-test content. If you cheat
or assist in any cheating, use any unfair practice, break any of
the rules or regulations, or ignore any advice or information, you
may be disqualified and your results may not be issued at the
sole discretion of CBLA. CBLA also reserves its right to take
further disciplinary action against you and to pursue any other
remedies permitted by law. If a candidate is suspected of and
investigated for malpractice, their personal details and details of
the investigation may be passed to a third party where required.
CANDIDATE SIGNATURE:
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
You must write your answer for the Writing sub-test in the Writing Answer Booklet.
You must NOT remove OET material from the test room.
www.oet.com
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1
, Occupational English Test
WRITING SUB-TEST: MEDICINE
TIME ALLOWED: READING TIME: 5 MINUTES
WRITING TIME: 40 MINUTES
Read the case notes and complete the writing task which follows.
Notes:
Assume that today’s date is 15 May 2021. You have been Ms Bennet’s GP for two years and have been treating her
recently following her hospitalisation for cardiac problems.
PATIENT DETAILS:
Name: Eleanor Bennet
DOB: 06 Dec 1975 (45 y.o.)
Address: 32 Station Road, Oakville
Social background:
Commercial lawyer – frequent international travel
Divorced – 2 daughters (18 & 16 y.o.)
Children live mainly with children’s father (custody currently contested) – Pt reports extreme
stress re worries about quality of father’s childcare
Since 2019 Óalcohol intake from 10 Ò 40 units/wk; smokes 20 cigs/day
BMI 29 (overweight) – little exercise (gym x1/mth)
Family history: Father died 53 y.o. – heart disease
Older brother – mental health problems (2 suicide attempts in last 12 mths)
Medical history:
08 Feb 2021, 0800 hrs
Heart attack at airport after long-haul flight (pain in jaw, nausea, SOB)
Defibrillator applied by first-aider
08 Feb 2021, 0915 hrs
Emergency hospital admission (Oakville General Hospital)
Balloon-expandable stent applied via groin (arm tried initially, artery too small)
15 Feb 2021 Discharged, 4 weeks off work Ò gradual return to work
Mother moved in to give care. Pt reports Óstress (poor relationship)
WRITING: QUESTION BOOKLET
CANDIDATE NAME:
D.O.B.: D D M M Y Y Y Y PROFESSION:
VENUE: TEST DATE:
Starting at the left, print your Candidate
Number and fill in the corresponding circle
below each number using a 2B pencil.
Example:
CANDIDATE DECLARATION
2 5 By signing this, you agree not to disclose or use in any way
(other than to take the test) or assist any other person to
disclose or use any OET test or sub-test content. If you cheat
or assist in any cheating, use any unfair practice, break any of
the rules or regulations, or ignore any advice or information, you
may be disqualified and your results may not be issued at the
sole discretion of CBLA. CBLA also reserves its right to take
further disciplinary action against you and to pursue any other
remedies permitted by law. If a candidate is suspected of and
investigated for malpractice, their personal details and details of
the investigation may be passed to a third party where required.
CANDIDATE SIGNATURE:
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
You must write your answer for the Writing sub-test in the Writing Answer Booklet.
You must NOT remove OET material from the test room.
www.oet.com
© Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment – ABN 51 988 559 414
1
, Occupational English Test
WRITING SUB-TEST: MEDICINE
TIME ALLOWED: READING TIME: 5 MINUTES
WRITING TIME: 40 MINUTES
Read the case notes and complete the writing task which follows.
Notes:
Assume that today’s date is 15 May 2021. You have been Ms Bennet’s GP for two years and have been treating her
recently following her hospitalisation for cardiac problems.
PATIENT DETAILS:
Name: Eleanor Bennet
DOB: 06 Dec 1975 (45 y.o.)
Address: 32 Station Road, Oakville
Social background:
Commercial lawyer – frequent international travel
Divorced – 2 daughters (18 & 16 y.o.)
Children live mainly with children’s father (custody currently contested) – Pt reports extreme
stress re worries about quality of father’s childcare
Since 2019 Óalcohol intake from 10 Ò 40 units/wk; smokes 20 cigs/day
BMI 29 (overweight) – little exercise (gym x1/mth)
Family history: Father died 53 y.o. – heart disease
Older brother – mental health problems (2 suicide attempts in last 12 mths)
Medical history:
08 Feb 2021, 0800 hrs
Heart attack at airport after long-haul flight (pain in jaw, nausea, SOB)
Defibrillator applied by first-aider
08 Feb 2021, 0915 hrs
Emergency hospital admission (Oakville General Hospital)
Balloon-expandable stent applied via groin (arm tried initially, artery too small)
15 Feb 2021 Discharged, 4 weeks off work Ò gradual return to work
Mother moved in to give care. Pt reports Óstress (poor relationship)
