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OET Speaking: role-play phrases for nurses and doctors
Phrases for opening, building rapport, bringing in the patient's view, explaining clearly and closing, mapped to how OET marks you.
01How the role-plays work
- Two role-plays, each with a role card and a few minutes to prepare, then about five minutes of conversation.
- The interlocutor plays a patient, relative or carer. Your clinical knowledge isn't what's marked.
- Language criteria: intelligibility, fluency, appropriateness of language, and resources of grammar and expression.
- Clinical communication criteria: relationship building, understanding and incorporating the patient's perspective, providing structure, information gathering and information giving.
02Opening and building rapport
- “Hello, I'm [name], one of the nurses on the ward. Could you tell me your name?”
- “Is it all right if we have a chat about how you've been feeling?”
- “That sounds really difficult. I can see why you're worried.”
- “Take your time. There's no rush.”
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