“OET”英文全称“Occupational English Test”,是澳大利亚语言协会主办的职业英语考试,是一种面向在澳洲境外受过专业培训并打算在澳大利亚从事相关职业的医疗工作者的专业英语考试。OET用来考查来自非英语国家的医疗护理工作者是否具有足够的英语能力在澳大利亚从事相关领域的职业活动。"OET"可取代IELTS作为评判英语水平的标准,也是取得澳大利亚及其它英联邦国家注册护士职业资格的第一步也是关键步骤。
“OET”护士考试每年3月、9月在中国举行,考试分为阅读、听力、写作、口语4个部分;考试成绩分为A、B、C、D、E,5个级别。
护士---在中国通过OET考试后,即可进入澳洲大学(如摩拿特大学、维多利亚理工大学、迪金大学、南澳大学等)参加注册护士预审课程学习,即6周理论学习及8周医院学习(学习时间因各州大学要求不等)。考核通过后,可直接获得澳大利亚护士执业资格证书,获得1~3年的工作签证,并有机会获得澳洲永久居留权及赴英联邦国家的工作签证。
医生-----通过OET后,即可赴澳参加由澳大利亚医学委员会 (Australian Medical Council,简称AMC) 设立专门医师的资格考试。主要针对的是那些未被澳政府承认学历的并在我国境内从事专门医师工作的医生,在通过书面的理论测试和临床评估后,可获得澳洲医生执照,获得 年工作签证,并可在工作后申请澳洲永久居住权......
引入OET的目的
1 在澳大利亚现有的医疗护理机构中为病人提供全面医疗和护理工作;
2 培养自己的理论论证及应用能力、概念化能力、创新思维、以及运用所学知识、技术处理新问题的能力;
3 改善自己的态度和技巧以达到澳大利亚相关医护机构的要求;
4 加强对于注册医生和护士职责的全面理解;
5 运用包括字处理、信息反馈在内的信息技术;
6 了解澳大利亚一般的医疗机构以及自己毕业后将去就职的医疗机构所处的社会、文化、政治及经济背景;
7 培养独立学习能力和终生学习的意识;
鼓励毕业生把承担起发展医护事业的责任作为自己将恪守的纪律和职业。
将中国的医护工作者吸引到澳大利亚工作。
OET官方网站信息
Purpose of the OET
The OET assesses the English language proficiency in the medical/ health professions of candidates seeking admittance to training
programs and examinations. It assesses listening , reading ,
writing and speaking skills.
LISTENING (non profession specific)
For this subtest you are required to listen to a tape on which two
health related issues have been recorded and to answer questions
which have been formulated to test your comprehension of the
spoken word. Your answers are to be written in an answer booklet
during the playing of the tape, with pauses at appropriate times to
give you time to write your answers. This section of the test runs
for approximately 60 minutes.
READING (non profession specific)
For this subtest you are required to read two articles about health
related issues and to answer questions about them. The questions
will have been formulated to test your comprehension of the written
word. It is in a multiple choice format, and your answers are to be
recorded on a computer sheet.
The duration of this subtest is 60 minutes.
WRITING (profession specific)
The writing and speaking components of an OET are profession specific.
For this subtest you are required to write a letter of referral or transfer
based on case notes which are provided for you. You are required to
to write about 200 words in correct layout.
Time allowed is 40 minutes, plus 5 minutes reading time.
SPEAKING (profession specific)
For this subtest you are required to participate in two role plays
with an interlocutor. The role plays are recorded on a tape. If an
interlocuter is trained an assessment is made during the role play, if
they are not trained the assessment is made by trained assessors after the test.