A variety of regulatory healthcare organisations recognise the Occupational English Test as an English proficiency test for healthcare practitioners. It evaluates the language communication abilities of healthcare professionals who want to register and work in a community where English is spoken. Successful OET candidates possess the clinical communication and English language skills necessary to deliver high-calibre and secure patient care. Better healthcare for everyone as a result.

Dentistry, dietetics, medicine, nursing, Occupational Therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiography, speech pathology, and veterinary science are among the 12 healthcare professions for which the OET exam has been specifically designed.