Listening sub-test

(approximately 45 minutes)

The Listening sub-test consists of three parts:

• Part A: Two separate consultation between a healthcare professional and a patient
• Part B: Six short dialogues or monologues in workplace settings
• Part C: Two long presentations or interviews with health professionals

The content for this sub-test is the same for all candidates irrespective of profession.

Reading sub-test

(60 minutes)

The Reading sub-test consists of three parts:

• Part A: An expeditious (fast) reading task
• Part B: Six short workplace extracts
• Part C: Two long presentation passages

The content for this sub-test is the same for all candidates irrespective of profession.

Writing sub-test

(45 minutes)

You will be asked to write a letter - usually a referral letter, based on case notes. In this letter you should:

• record treatment offered to date
• explain the relevant issues to be addressed (based on given instruction)
• show that you have considered the facts and information
• write 180-200 words, set out in an appropriate format.

The content for this sub-test is profession specific.

3 Types of Letter

• Referal
• Transfer
• Discharge

NB: SUB-CATEGORIES

• Updation letter
• Home visit
• Community health nurse
• Specialist letter
• G. P.
• Information letter (Parent, Group)

Speaking sub-test

(approximately 20 minutes)

This assesses your clinical communication skills. It consists of two simulated consultations between a healthcare professionals and a patient. In these role-plays you will take the role of the practitioner and the interviewer plays the patient or patient’s relative/carer (or for veterinary science, the animal’s owner/carer).

The content for this sub-test is profession specific.

• 2 role-play card

Total: 20 – 25 minutes