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What OET Writing assesses
OET Writing is marked on six criteria: purpose, content, conciseness and clarity, genre and style, organisation and layout, and language. The most common problems are copying too many case notes, burying the request in the middle of the letter, and not making a change in medication clear. Read how to write an OET referral letter for a step-by-step method.
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Model answer: Writing task (medicine): 5 minutes reading, 40 minutes writing
Using the case notes, write a letter to the patient's GP, Dr Peter Nguyen, Riverside Medical Practice, explaining the admission and requesting follow-up. The body of the letter should be approximately 180–200 words.
Dear Dr Nguyen,
Re: Mrs Joan Mitchell, aged 78
I am writing to inform you of Mrs Mitchell's recent admission and to request your review in one week.
Mrs Mitchell was admitted five days ago with right lower lobe community-acquired pneumonia, after a fall at home in which no fracture was sustained. She was confused on admission, but this has fully resolved. She received three days of intravenous antibiotics and is now taking oral amoxicillin, with two days remaining to complete a seven-day course.
Please note that her ramipril has been withheld because her blood pressure was low on admission (95/60). We would be grateful if you could review her chest and blood pressure, and restart ramipril if her systolic pressure is above 120 mmHg. A follow-up chest X-ray is recommended in six weeks.
Mrs Mitchell, who lives alone, is now walking with a frame. An occupational therapy home safety assessment has been booked for next Tuesday, and her daughter will visit daily for the first week.
Thank you for your ongoing care of this patient.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Emily Hart
Medical Registrar