OET Writing for Nurses – Course 3

About Course

A self-paced OET writing course for nurses, with case-note practice, model letters and guided lessons. Review the published curriculum below to choose the course that fits your preparation.

Purchase this course to study its lessons in your online-course student portal. One-to-one tutor sessions are a separate service.

Course Content

Module 1 — Start Here
Orientation: what this course is, how it works, and how to get the most from fifty drills

Welcome to OET Writing for Nurses — Course 3
The letter you are aiming for
How to use this course
Your writing toolkit
Course map and study plan

Module 2 — Understanding the Test
The four sub-tests, the Writing task, how it is scored, and how to prepare

Module 3 — The Letter
The task in detail, the eight-element structure, the five letter types, and the conventions

Module 4 — The Six Criteria
Purpose, Content, Conciseness and Clarity, Genre and Style, Organisation and Layout, Language

Module 5 — Drilling the Skills
The writing skills and the mistakes that decide your score

Module 6 — Guided Drills
Cases 1–5, with the structure and the criteria named as you go

Module 7 — Discharge and Transfer Drills
Cases 6–18: handing a patient over to the person who takes on their care

Case 6 — Mrs. Diane Rutherford
Case 11 — Mrs. Eleanor Pratt
Case 14 — Mr. Arnold Patel
Case 15 — Mr. Gregory Lawson
Case 16 — Ms. Darlene Morgan
Case 17 — Mr. Benjamin Tully
Case 18 — Ms. Renata Silva
Case 23 — Mr. Bernard Cho
Case 26 — Ms. Eloise Martin
Case 27 — Mr. Jonathan Patel

Module 8 — Referral Drills
Cases 19–35: justifying a referral to a reader who has never met the patient

Case 20 — Ms. Janice Holloway
Case 21 — Mr. Gordon Wallace
Case 24 — Mrs. Eleanor Briggs
Case 25 — Mr. Leonard Graham
Case 28 — Mrs. Felicity Morrison
Case 34 — Ms. Elizabeth Carson
Case 35 — Mr. Ian Malcolm
Case 37 — Mr. Oliver Brennan
Case 38 — Mrs. Annabelle Greene
Case 45 — Mr. Rakesh Balan
Case 46 — Ms. Yvonne Jacobs
Case 47 — Mr. Harold Linford
Case 49 — Mr. Jonathan Everly

Module 9 — Update and Advice Drills
Cases 36–50: reporting change, and telling the reader what to do

Module 10 — Exam-Level Drills
The full-length drills, written the way the sub-test writes them

Case 7 — Mr. Malcolm James
Case 8 — Mr. Rajesh K. Menon
Case 10 — Mr. Anthony Clarke
Case 12 — Mr. Steven Lambert
Case 13 — Mrs. Eleanor McBride
Case 19 — Mr. Albert Morgan
Case 30 — Mrs. Daphne Allen
Case 31 — Mr. Gordon Blakely
Case 33 — Mr. Alan Broderick
Case 36 — Mrs. Anita Kapoor
Case 39 — Mr. Tobias Ingram
Case 40 — Ms. Zoe Carrington
Case 41 — Mr. Jacob Whitmore
Case 42 — Mrs. Winifred Langford
Case 44 — Mrs. Farida Hussein
Case 48 — Mr. Leonard Crayton

Final Assessment — Five OET Writing Mock Tests
Five complete mock tests, your grade report and your certificate

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About Course

Course Content

Module 1 — Start Here Orientation: what this course is, how it works, and how to get the most from fifty drills

Welcome to OET Writing for Nurses — Course 3

The letter you are aiming for

How to use this course

Your writing toolkit

Course map and study plan

Module 2 — Understanding the Test The four sub-tests, the Writing task, how it is scored, and how to prepare

Introduction to the Occupational English Test

The four sub-tests

The Writing sub-test

Scoring and grading

Why OET, and why writing

How to prepare

The test at a glance

Module 3 — The Letter The task in detail, the eight-element structure, the five letter types, and the conventions

What the writing test involves

Structure of a high-scoring letter

The five letter types

Letter conventions that carry marks

Essential writing skills

Module 4 — The Six Criteria Purpose, Content, Conciseness and Clarity, Genre and Style, Organisation and Layout, Language

The six criteria, and how they are scored

Purpose

Content

Conciseness and clarity

Genre and style

Organisation and layout

Language

Module 5 — Drilling the Skills The writing skills and the mistakes that decide your score

How to drill a letter properly

Reading case notes like an examiner

Turning notes into sentences

Common mistakes to avoid

Module 6 — Guided Drills Cases 1–5, with the structure and the criteria named as you go

Case 1 — Mr. Benjamin Carter

Case 2 — Mrs. Lillian Moore

Case 3 — Mr. David Harper

Case 4 — Mrs. Margaret Fielding

Case 5 — Mr. Raymond Connor

Module 7 — Discharge and Transfer Drills Cases 6–18: handing a patient over to the person who takes on their care

Case 6 — Mrs. Diane Rutherford

Case 11 — Mrs. Eleanor Pratt

Case 14 — Mr. Arnold Patel

Case 15 — Mr. Gregory Lawson

Case 16 — Ms. Darlene Morgan

Case 17 — Mr. Benjamin Tully

Case 18 — Ms. Renata Silva

Case 23 — Mr. Bernard Cho

Case 26 — Ms. Eloise Martin

Case 27 — Mr. Jonathan Patel

Module 8 — Referral Drills Cases 19–35: justifying a referral to a reader who has never met the patient

Case 20 — Ms. Janice Holloway

Case 21 — Mr. Gordon Wallace

Case 24 — Mrs. Eleanor Briggs

Case 25 — Mr. Leonard Graham

Case 28 — Mrs. Felicity Morrison

Case 34 — Ms. Elizabeth Carson

Case 35 — Mr. Ian Malcolm

Case 37 — Mr. Oliver Brennan

Case 38 — Mrs. Annabelle Greene

Case 45 — Mr. Rakesh Balan

Case 46 — Ms. Yvonne Jacobs

Case 47 — Mr. Harold Linford

Case 49 — Mr. Jonathan Everly

Module 9 — Update and Advice Drills Cases 36–50: reporting change, and telling the reader what to do

Case 9 — Ms. Natalie Brown

Case 22 — Mrs. Helena Morris

Case 29 — Mr. Harold Cummings

Case 32 — Mrs. Antonia Russo

Case 43 — Mr. Malcolm Trent

Case 50 — Ms. Lorraine Hatcher

Module 10 — Exam-Level Drills The full-length drills, written the way the sub-test writes them

Case 7 — Mr. Malcolm James

Case 8 — Mr. Rajesh K. Menon

Case 10 — Mr. Anthony Clarke

Case 12 — Mr. Steven Lambert

Case 13 — Mrs. Eleanor McBride

Case 19 — Mr. Albert Morgan