OET FOR AHPRA REGISTRATION · FREE, NO CARD
Your OET is booked. Get Writing and Speaking marked before exam day.
Instant AI marking of OET practice letters and role plays for overseas-trained nurses, doctors and other health professionals registering with AHPRA. Criterion by criterion feedback in seconds, and a live answer to whether you are on track for grade B, the level AHPRA has commonly required in each subtest. Check the AHPRA requirement.
Free account: 1 fully marked letter and 1 marked role play. No card, no subscription, nothing expires.
Built by a UK based IMG doctor who came through the OET pathway, for every OET profession and destination. How the marking is checked.
READINESS · GRADE B NEEDS 350
SAMPLE · NOT AN OFFICIAL EVALUATION
WHO THIS IS FOR
Registering in Australia, with an exam date already close.
Many candidates book OET once their AHPRA application is under way, or after arriving in Australia, which leaves a few weeks rather than a few months. Many are working shifts while they prepare.
AHPRA has commonly required grade B in each of the four subtests. Reading and Listening can be practised in short blocks. Writing and Speaking are where marked feedback changes what you do next, and where waiting days for a human correction costs the most time.
Check the AHPRA requirement, then confirm the current minimum for your profession on the AHPRA website before you book, since the standard is periodically updated.
HOW IT WORKS
Write. Get marked in seconds. Know where you stand.
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Write and speak against real clinical scenarios
Timed practice letters from case notes in an authentic clinical layout, and role plays you record on your phone. Every case note is clinician reviewed before it goes live.
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Marked in seconds, criterion by criterion
All six published OET Writing criteria, a predicted band, and three specific fixes that quote your own words. Two AI passes, the second checking the first, not a single guess.
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Know if you are on track for grade B
Every attempt updates a readiness estimate per subtest, trending to the 350 line by your exam date. Short sessions after a shift still count towards the answer.
SEE IT MARK A LETTER
See a letter come back marked, criterion by criterion.
Here is a real marking on a sample letter. Every band quotes the candidate's own words as evidence, with the highest-impact fix called out. Create a free account to mark your own letters the same way.
EXAMPLE MARKING
This is a real MedEngly marking, shown on a sample letter (excerpt below). Register free to mark your own letter the same way, against all six published OET Writing criteria.
330
of 500, indicative grade C+. Grade B is 350.
Purpose
3/3
Content
4/7
Conciseness and Clarity
4/7
Genre and Style
5/7
Organisation and Layout
5/7
Language
5/7
FOCUS HERE: CONTENT
The case notes ask the district nurse to monitor blood glucose during recovery, but the letter only reports that it has remained stable during the admission. The reader is never asked to act, which costs a band.
Next: Turn every action the case notes call for into a direct request to the reader.
THE SAMPLE LETTER (EXCERPT)
Dear Ms Nair, Re: Mrs Edna Whitfield, aged 71 I am writing to refer Mrs Whitfield, who is being discharged today following treatment for community-acquired pneumonia, and who requires district nursing follow-up at home. She was admitted on 28 June and received three days of intravenous antibiotics before switching to oral treatment...
MARK YOUR OWN LETTER
Create a free account to mark your first letter against the six criteria. No card, no subscription.
Practice feedback based on published OET criteria. Not an official evaluation, and estimated grades are indicative.
And here is one that clears grade B
Same six criteria, same marking, on a letter that scores 430. Each band says what earns it, and the one thing still holding it back.
WHAT A STRONG LETTER LOOKS LIKE
A complete referral letter that clears grade B, marked against all six published criteria, with the reason each one scores what it does. Written to be copied in method, not in wording.
430
of 500, indicative grade B. Grade B is 350.
Purpose
3/3
Content
6/7
Conciseness and Clarity
6/7
Genre and Style
6/7
Organisation and Layout
6/7
Language
6/7
THE LETTER
Dear Ms Alvarez,
Re: Mr Daniel Okafor, DOB 14 March 1958
I am referring Mr Okafor, who was discharged today following treatment for an infected left forefoot ulcer, for community diabetes nursing review and ongoing wound care.
Mr Okafor was admitted on 28 July with a two-week history of an ulcer beneath the left first metatarsal head. Wound swabs grew Staphylococcus aureus, and he completed seven days of intravenous flucloxacillin before switching to oral therapy, which continues until 11 August. The ulcer is now clean, with granulation tissue present and no surrounding cellulitis.
His diabetes has been poorly controlled, with an HbA1c of 86 mmol/mol on admission. His insulin regimen was adjusted during this admission, and he reports difficulty with self-injection because of reduced dexterity in both hands.
Please could you review the wound twice weekly, monitor his capillary blood glucose, and assess his injection technique, arranging occupational therapy input if you consider it necessary. He has been advised not to bear weight on the left foot and has been issued with a removable cast walker.
Thank you for your assistance. Please contact me if you require any further information.
Yours sincerely,
Dr A Chen
Registrar, Diabetes and EndocrinologyPURPOSE 3/3
The opening sentence names the patient, the reason for writing and what is being asked for. The reader knows within one line why this letter has reached them.
CONTENT 6/7
Every clinical fact here is one the community nurse will act on: the organism, the date the antibiotic ends, the state of the wound, the HbA1c, the difficulty injecting. Nothing is included merely because it happened.
CONCISENESS AND CLARITY 6/7
The whole admission is summarised in three sentences. There is no history included that the receiving clinician cannot use.
GENRE AND STYLE 6/7
Requests are written as requests, not instructions. Asking the nurse to arrange therapy input if she considers it necessary leaves the clinical judgement where it belongs.
ORGANISATION AND LAYOUT 6/7
One paragraph per job: why you are being written to, what happened, the diabetes picture, then what is being asked. The reader can find any one of those without rereading.
LANGUAGE 6/7
Accurate throughout, with clinical vocabulary used correctly. Two sentences run long enough that a reader skimming on a ward could lose the thread, and that is the gap between this and full marks.
THREE THINGS THIS LETTER DOES THAT MOST DO NOT
- It asks, it does not only report. Most letters describe an admission and stop. This one names three specific things the reader should do.
- It leaves things out. The entire admission is three sentences. Anything the community nurse cannot act on is not in the letter.
- It gives dates that can be acted on. Naming the day the antibiotic ends is worth more to the reader than naming the day it started.
Practice feedback based on published OET criteria. Not an official evaluation, and estimated grades are indicative. The case is fictional and written for teaching.
THE SPEAKING ROLE PLAY, MARKED THE SAME WAY
What a marked role play sounds like
Speaking is marked from the transcript of a practice role play, against all nine published criteria: four linguistic and five clinical communication. Here is what that looks like on a role play that performs well, with the one thing still holding it back.
A ROLE PLAY THAT CLEARS GRADE B
ROLE PLAY CARD (NURSING) SETTING: Hospital ward PATIENT: 58 years old, being discharged after treatment for a blood clot in the leg. Newly started on warfarin and anxious about managing it at home, because they drive for work. TASK: Find out the patient's concerns about starting warfarin at home. Explain why warfarin is needed and how the regular blood tests work. Explain the warning signs of bleeding and when to seek help. Agree a follow-up plan that fits around the patient's work.
THE TRANSCRIPT (EXCERPT)
Nurse: Before you go home, I'd like to talk through the new tablet, warfarin. How are you feeling about managing it at home? Patient: A bit nervous, honestly. My neighbour was on it and she seemed to live at the clinic. Nurse: That's a really common worry, and I'm glad you've said it. Can I ask what worries you most, the blood tests or the tablet itself? Patient: The tests, I suppose. I drive for work. I can't keep coming back here. Nurse: That makes sense, and there's more flexibility than people expect. Shall I explain how the testing works first, and then we can look at how it fits around your driving? Patient: Alright. Nurse: In the first week or two the tests are frequent while we find your dose. After that most people settle into a test every few weeks, and it can be booked early, before you start driving for the day.
Intelligibility
5/6
approximate, assessed from transcript
Fluency
5/6
approximate, assessed from transcript
Appropriateness of Language
5/6
Resources of Grammar and Expression
5/6
Relationship building
3/3
adept use
Understanding and incorporating the patient's perspective
3/3
adept use
Providing structure
2/3
competent use
Information gathering
3/3
adept use
Information giving
2/3
competent use
FOCUS HERE: INFORMATION GIVING
The explanation of the testing schedule is clear and well paced, but it is never checked. The nurse gives the plan and moves on. One "so that I know I've explained it properly, can you tell me how the testing will work?" would confirm the patient actually holds the plan they have just agreed.
Next: After each chunk of information, check it back before adding the next.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING 3/3
The worry is acknowledged before it is answered. "I'm glad you've said it" costs one second and changes the whole conversation.
UNDERSTANDING AND INCORPORATING THE PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE 3/3
The patient's real barrier, the driving job, is found by asking rather than assumed, and the plan is built around it.
PROVIDING STRUCTURE 2/3
The conversation is signposted once at the start. New topics after that arrive without warning, and that is the gap to adept use.
INFORMATION GIVING 2/3
A clear, well paced explanation that is never checked back. Understanding is assumed, not confirmed.
THE FOUR LINGUISTIC CRITERIA, 5/6 ACROSS THE BOARD
Fluent, natural and accurate throughout, with plain English where plain English serves the patient. Assessed from a transcript, so the pronunciation dependent criteria are approximate by nature.
THREE THINGS THIS ROLE PLAY DOES THAT MOST DO NOT
- It asks before it explains. The nurse finds the real concern first, so the explanation answers it instead of a guessed one.
- It treats the worry as information. "I can't keep coming back here" is not resistance to be managed, it is the constraint the plan has to fit.
- It offers structure out loud. "Shall I explain the testing first, then your driving" tells the patient where the conversation is going.
MARK YOUR OWN ROLE PLAY
Create a free account to record your own role play and have it marked against all nine criteria.
Your free account includes 1 marked role play as well as 1 fully marked letter. No card.
Practice feedback based on published OET criteria. Not an official evaluation, and estimated bands are indicative. Speaking is marked from a practice transcript, so pronunciation dependent criteria are approximate. The case is fictional and written for teaching.
WHO IS BEHIND THIS
Built by a UK based IMG doctor who came through the OET pathway himself.
It exists because prep for the hardest subtests, Writing and Speaking, still runs on days-long turnaround and generic feedback. Clinical scenarios are grounded in real referral pathways, fictionalised and reviewed by a clinician before you ever see them.
How the marking is tested, and its honest limits, are published in the open. How the marking is checked.
PRICING
Less than one human letter correction. Far less than a resit.
Two ways to pay, both a real allowance of AI-marked attempts. A monthly membership at A$25.99 that refills every month, or a one-off pack from A$15.99 that never renews and never expires.
Prices are charged in Australian dollars when you are in Australia.
FreeA$0
1 fully marked letter and 1 marked role play, lifetime, plus the readiness dashboard and free orientation courses for every part of the exam. No card.
Membership
RENEWS MONTHLYA$25.99 a month
4 marked letters and 4 marked role plays every month, plus the full Reading and Listening banks while it runs. The allowance refills on the same date each month; unused marks do not carry over. Cancel any time.
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A$15.99 one-off
3 marked letters, 3 marked role plays, and the full Reading and Listening banks for 3 months. Marked attempts never expire.
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8 marked letters, 8 marked role plays, and the full Reading and Listening banks for 6 months. Marked attempts never expire. The best balance of price and attempts.
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20 marked letters, 20 marked role plays, and the full Reading and Listening banks for 12 months. Marked attempts never expire. Covers all four subtests to exam day.
Choose CompleteEach pack's marked-attempt allowance never expires and never resets, and the membership's refills monthly without carrying over; a small daily limit exists only to stop scripted abuse, and Reading and Listening practice is on a fair use basis during your plan's access period, set out in the terms. Practice feedback is based on published OET criteria. It is not an official evaluation, and estimated grades are indicative. MedEngly is an independent preparation service, not affiliated with OET or Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment, and never promises a pass.
QUESTIONS
Questions from health professionals registering in Australia
- What OET grade does AHPRA ask for?
- AHPRA has commonly required grade B, a numeric score of 350, in each of the four subtests. The standard is periodically updated and can differ by profession, so confirm the current minimum for yours on the AHPRA website before you book. Read the AHPRA requirement summary.
- Can I combine results from more than one OET sitting?
- AHPRA's English language skills registration standard has commonly allowed results to be combined across a small number of sittings within a defined period, subject to minimums in each subtest. The precise window and minimums are set by AHPRA and change, so verify them directly before you rely on this. AHPRA requirement and notes.
- My exam is in two or three weeks and I work shifts. How should I study?
- Start by measuring: one timed attempt per subtest, with Writing and Speaking marked against the published criteria, so you know which criterion is costing you marks. Then spend short sessions on that one weakness rather than on volume, for example a timed letter on a day off and a role play after a shift. Sit one full mock before the final days and taper. Read the final fortnight plan.
- Can I pay in Australian dollars?
- Yes. When you check out from Australia you are charged in Australian dollars. Outside Australia, prices are shown and charged in pounds sterling. The one-off packs are single payments that never renew, and the membership is the one plan that renews monthly.
- Is MedEngly affiliated with OET or AHPRA?
- No. MedEngly is an independent preparation service. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, OET, Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment or AHPRA. Practice feedback is based on published OET criteria and is not an official evaluation.
BEFORE YOUR EXAM
Two guides for a short runway
OET in two weeks: a realistic plan for the final fortnight
Measure first, fix the one criterion costing you marks, sit one full mock, then taper.
Where to take an OET mock test online, and how to use the result
What each mock option can and cannot tell you, and how to sit one so the result means something.