The Occupational English Test (OET) is an English Language proficiency test for medical professionals that was developed at the University of Melbourne in Australias. The OET provides an alternative to the IELTS exam as a pathway to pursuing a career in the UK, New Zealand or Australia as a medic for professionals who are not from a country where English is the first language. If you have already qualified in your home country as a medical professional then you may wish to take the OET exam as a means of proving that your English is a at a suitable proficiency to practice.
Healthcare workers from the following professions may take the test:
- Dentists
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Optometrists
- Occupational Therapists
- Pharmacists
- Radiographers
- Speech Therapists
- Physiotherapists
And also people who work in the following professions: Dietetics, Podiatry, Vetinary Science.