Example OET Writing Task
Time allowed: 40 minutes
Read the cases notes below and camplete the writing task that follows:
Patient History:
Constance Maxwell {sa patient in your General Practice.
DOB 8.8.34 Married, 3 adult children
21.2.06
Subjective:
Complains of inflamed, sticky and weeping eyes
‘Thyroiaism diagnosed Feb 03
High blood pressure June 05
Hip replacement July 05,
Medications - thyroxine Img daily, Atacand 4mg daily, Fosamax 10mg daily
No known allergies
Objective
BP 135/75 P 74
Both eyes «ced, watery discharge right eye worse than left
Assessment:
Bilateral conjunctivitis -tkely viral
Chlorsig Drops ely
3.3.06
Subjective:
No improvement to eyes, blurred vision
objective:
(Odema eye lids ++ Marked conjunctival congestion
Plan:
Chloramphenicol 0.5% sterile 1 drop 3 times daily
Bion Tears 1 drop each eye 4 hrly
Review 2 weeks
5.6.06
Subjective:
‘Accompanied by husband. Very distressed. Has lost most sight in both eyes
‘can make out light or dark shapes but unable to read or watch TV,
Objective:
Marked cedema upper and lower lids
‘White sticky discharge Unable to read eye chartPlan:
Refer immediately Emergency Dept, Royal Melbourne Eye Hospital
Husband will drive to hospitat
(WRITING TASK
Using the information in the case notes, write a letter of referral to the
Registrar, Emergency Department, Royal Melbourne Eye Hospital, Alexandra
Tee, Fitzroy, Melbourne 3051
In your letter expand the relevant case notes into complete sentences
Do not use note form.
‘The body of your letter should be approximately 200 words
Use correct letter formaExample OFT Writing Task Answer
Model Letter Conjunctivitis
‘The Emergency Department
Royal Melbourne Eye Hospital
Alexandra Parade.
Fitzroy
02/09/07
Dear Doctor
Re. Mrs Constance Markwell
Tem writing to refer trs Howell, 72 year old married mother of 3 adult
children who is presenting with a visual impairment.
Initially, she presented to me on 21/2/06, complaining of inflamed, sticky
‘ond weeping eyes, Both her eyes were reddish with watery discharge,
However, her right eye was worse than the left eye. Therefore she was
prescribed chlerisig drops 4 hourly. She has had thyroidism for 3 years,
high bload pressure for 1 year and a hip replacement was done in 2008,
Her current medications are Thyroxin { mg, Atacand 4 mg and Fosamax
10 mg daily, She has no known allergies
(On review after 2 weeks, she had made no improvement. In addition AN
had blurred vision with odematous eye lids and conjunctival conjestion,, so
Chloramphenicol was prescribed 0.5% one drop three times daily and Bion
tears one drop 4 hourly.
Unfortunately, today she was accompanied by her husband with
complaints of impaired vision in both eyes and an inability to read books
or watch television. There was oedema in both eyelids with white
discharge. She. could not read the eye chart.
In view of the above signs and symptoms T believe she needs immediate
eye care facilities, I would appreciate your urgent attention to her
condition.
Yours sincerely,
orx