In this part of the test, you’ll hear two different extracts.

In each extract,
a health professional is talking to a patient.
For questions 1-24, complete the notes with information that you hear.
Now, look at the notes for extract one.
EXTRACT 1: QUESTIONS 1-12
You hear a GP talking to a patient about her pregancy. For question 1 to
12, complete the following notes with a word or short phrases.
You have 30 seconds to look at the notes
Patient: Maria
Reason for Appointment: Routine pregnacy check at (1)……..
Medical History:
• Previously (2)….…. male child (8 years ago)
• No other pregnancies
• No history of (3)……..
Family History
• Type 2 diabetes
• First degree relative with condition (4)……..
Examination
• Pregnancy weight gain
• Urine dipstick test
Detected:
• (5)……… (high sugar level)
• No evidence of (6)……..
• At risk for (7)……..
Next Steps and possible treatment
• Requires (8)……..
• Self-monitoring of (9)……..
• dietary&insulin therapy
• potential effects on Baby & Mother Baby
• possibly (10)…….….than normal
• Increased chance of (11)……..
• future development of types 2 diabetes mother
• May get (12)……..
• diabetes may not a away after delivery
EXTRACT 2: QUESTION 13 TO 24
You hear a GP talking to a woman about heavy menstrual bleeding.
For question 13 to 24, complete the following notes with a word or
short phrases.
You have 30 seconds to look at the notes
Patient: Mrs Peters
Reason for Appointment:
• Menorrhagia, heavy periods
• Interrupting her daily life
• Worried about absence from (13)………
Medical History:
• Menstruation began at (14)…….. (regular cycles)
• (15)…….. started 7 days prior
• No issues with (16) ……..
• No spotting
• Married over last 3 years (17).…… with one partner since
• No history of STI
• Stopped (18).….. (the pill) 6 months ago
• Normal result for last (19) …….. (2.5 years ago)
• No recent changes in health
• Not on any (20)…
Diagnosis:
• Likely condition: (21)……..
• Possible cause: (22)…….. (although unlikely due to patient’s age)
Investigations:
• Pregnancy test
• Blood tests(23)…….. to eliminate common causes
Suggested Treatment:
• Reason for suggestion: Patient is trying to conceive
• Treatment option: Tranexamic acid (because it is a treatment)(24)
……..
In this part of the test, you’ll hear six different extracts. In each extract,
you’ll hear people talking in a different healthcare setting.
For questions 25-30, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best
according to what you hear. You’ll have time to read each question
before you listen. Complete your answers as you listen.
Now look at question 25.
OET Listening · OET Listening Part B – Test 1
25. You hear a nurse briefing her colleague about a patient.
What does she warn her colleague about?
A. The patient may later need additional assistant in breathing
B. The patient may have something more than community-acquired
pneumonia
C. The patient may have been put on the wrong medication since test
results are not out
26. You hear a ward leader talking to the nursing staff.
He says that not reporting errors make?
A. Efforts to study errors more difficult
B. Efforts to identify errors less voluntary
C. Efforts to to reduce errors less effective
27. You hear part of morning briefing on a hospital ward.
What is the plan for the patient today?
A. Her diagnosis is still waiting to be confirmed
B. She will be transferred to a less specialised unit
C. A social worker will come to talk with her family
28. You hear part of a post-surgery follow-up at a GP practice.
What does the patient want to know about?
A. The cause of the pain in his belly
B. The time period before resuming activity
C. The reason he still needs to be talking it slow
29. You hear a trainee doctor telling his supervisor about a problem
he had with patient.
The trainnee feels that the cause of the problem was
A. The patient’s negative reaction to the procedure
B. A lack of familiarity with the procedure being done
C. The amount of treatment the patient has received
30. You hear a doctor talking to an athlete with a painful arm.
What is the patient concerned about?
A. The pain getting worse if he doesn’t warm up
B. The pain not caused by a triggering event
C. The pain interfering with his bowling
In this part of the test, you’ll hear two different extracts. In each extract,
you’ll hear health professionals talking about aspects of their work.
For questions 31-42, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best
according to what you hear. Complete your answers as you listen.
Now look at extract one.
OET Listening · OET Listening Part C – Test 1
EXTRACT 1: QUESTIONS 31-36
You hear part of an interview with a doctor called Dr Ellen Samuels, an
expert on Lyme disease.
You have 90 seconds to read the question 31 to 36.
31. Why does Dr Samuels say the rate of Lyme disease has
increased?
A. Because more patients and doctors are reporting infections
B. Because of changes in human behavior and the environment
C. Because of more ticks in different regions of the country
32. Dr Samuels says that transmission of the disease to humans
requires
A. any type of body fluids from human beings
B. a tick infected with the bacterial pathogen
C. an animal host to infect other animal hosts
33. Dr Samuels says that Lyme disease is a challenge to detect
because
A. There are no tests to detect the bacterial responsible for the
disease
B. The bacteria responsible for the disease only attack lymph
nodes
C. Evidence of the disease disappears from the bloodstream
quickly
34. What does Dr Samuels say a person should do if they find a
tick?
A. The person will need antibiotics to prevent the disease if the
tick is attached
B. They may need antibiotics, depending on the amount of time
that has
passed
C. They will need to get a diagnosis before seeking treatment for
the disease
35. What problem does Dr Samuels identify with current
diagnostic tests?
A. They are not accurate for Lyme disease that is detected early
B. They are not accurate for all types of antibody responses
C. They are not accurate for certain types of individuals
 36. What is Dr Samuel’s place of work doing about the problem?
A. They are working to improve existing diagnostic test to detect
Lyme disease
B. They are working to understand how a person’s DNA responds
to the disease
C. They are working to improve the effectiveness of current
treatment of the disease
EXTRACT 2: QUESTIONS 37-42
You hear a psychiatrist called Dr Matthew Andrews giving a
presentation to a group of GPs.
You have 90 seconds to read the question 37 to 42.
37. Matthew Andrews says that GPs are not providing mental
health services because
A. Adolescents do not visit GPs on a regular basis
B. Adolescents with mental illnesses visit specialists
C. GPs do not have the required training in the area
38. What does Matthew Andrews say is the most effective way
to train GPs?
A. Programmes focused on educational theories
B. Programmes involving GPs working with specialists
C. Programmes set in psychiatry or paediatric setting
39. How were the joint appointments set up?
A. Per the request of the patient and family
B. Per the request of the attending GP
C. Per the request of the consultant
40. What was the objective of the joint appointment?
A. To come to diagnosis for the patient
 B. To initiate contact with the parents of the patient
C. To decide on next steps for the patient
41. Matthew Andrew says that GPs now report feeling?
A. more comfortable dealing with certain mental issues
B. more comfortable working with outside consultants
C. more comfortable talking to parents about these issues
42. Mathew Andrew says that child psychiatry specialist
describe?
A. Learning more about another area of medicine outside their
specialty
B. Learning more about children and adolescents with
psychological problems
C. Learning more about how to handle consultations in a clinical
setting