The study journal
Ideas to explore. Skills to practise. Find something useful for your next study session.
OET Dietetics Writing: Describe a Declined Option Precisely
Report the particular option declined without implying that every form of support was refused.
OET Nursing Writing: Select Case Notes for a Clear Discharge Letter
Select relevant OET Nursing case notes, describe available support accurately and write a clear discharge letter. Includes a complete model and changed-case practice.
OET Nursing Writing: Preserve Suspected and Confirmed Information
Keep uncertainty visible when expanding notes that describe a possible finding or an assessment still in progress.
OET Medicine Writing: Check Today, Yesterday and the Letter Date
Make sure relative time words match the scenario’s dates rather than the day on which you are practising.
OET Medicine Writing: Keep Numbers With Their Units and Context
Check quantities as complete pieces of information rather than copying isolated digits.
OET Medicine Writing: Pending Is Not the Same as Negative
Preserve the difference between a result that is unavailable and a result that has been reported.
OET Medicine Writing: Advice or Advise?
Use the noun advice and the verb advise correctly in requests, summaries and completed-action sentences.
OET Medicine Writing: Do Not Invent Missing Identification Details
Check names, dates and recipient details against the task instead of completing them from a familiar template.
OET Medicine Writing: Replace Judgement With an Objective Description
Describe the action or reported difficulty instead of adding a judgement about the person.
OET Medicine Writing: Replace Vague Verbs With Precise Meaning
Revise got, did and dealt with by identifying the exact action supplied in the notes.
