OGET (OK174) study guide
OGET (OK174) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
OET Medicine is the medical-profession version of the Occupational English Test, an English-language assessment built around the communication tasks clinicians actually perform. It is used by international medical graduates, doctors moving between health systems, and others who need evidence of workplace-level English for registration, employment, or migration where a regulator or employer recognises it. Unlike general English tests, the content is clinical: you listen to consultations and ward exchanges, read clinical and workplace texts, produce a referral or discharge letter, and take part in role-plays with a trained interlocutor playing a patient or relative. Preparation is less about memorising grammar rules and more about sharpening four habits: extracting the decisive detail from a fast conversation, scanning a short text for the answer rather than reading every word, converting case notes into a concise professional letter in the right register, and speaking clearly while gathering information and explaining a plan. The OGET (OK174) study guide has 4 sections and about 1,387 words.
01Listening: extracting the claim from spoken English
The Listening domain measures how well you pull meaning out of spoken English under time pressure. Items ask for the main idea, a supporting detail, an inference, the speaker's purpose or attitude, and the meaning of a phrase as used in the talk.
355 words, about 2 min02Reading: main idea, inference, and purpose
The Reading domain tests comprehension of written passages: stated main idea, explicit detail, inference, vocabulary in context, author's purpose and tone, text structure, and comparison of paired passages. Passages are short but dense, and the distractors are built from real sentences in the text, so careful reading beats fast reading.
358 words, about 2 min03Writing: answering the prompt with developed, controlled prose
The Writing domain asks you to produce constructed responses, typically a timed essay or a short explanatory piece, and to show control of sentence structure and conventions. Scorers weigh task response, organization, development with specific support, and language accuracy.
332 words, about 2 min04Speaking: coherent, intelligible recorded responses
The Speaking domain is delivered as recorded responses to prompts. Raters judge task completion, coherence and organization, fluency, grammatical range and accuracy, vocabulary, and intelligibility.
342 words, about 2 min