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Today’s Date
21 September 2018
You are the Nurse at a Women’s and Children Health Clinic in Adelaide. Julia Roberts is
your recent patient with 2 visits:
Patient Details
Name: Julia Roberts
Address: 287 Goodwood Road, Goodwood
Phone: 08 4898742
Date of Birth: 18/05/1999
Next of kin: Ann Roberts (Mother)
General Health
No known allergies
No current medications
No signi cant medical or surgical history
Weight: 75kg, Height: 166cm
No reported drug use
Commenced smoking 11 months ago, smokes 15/day
Alcohol on weekends. Drinks 2 wine glasses at night
Sexual and reproductive health
On oral contraceptive pill for last 12 months
Regular menstrual period each 28 days. LMP 7 days ago
No previous Pap test
No history of STI
No pregnancies
Recently ended monogamous relationship of 10 months and now has a new partner of 2
months – not sure if monogamous. Does not use condoms. Last sexual contact 14 days
ago
18 September 2018
Julia presented to clinic requesting a Pap test. Pap test suggested by Mother.
Julia concerned about weight gain of 10kg over last 12 months and wants to know
about other methods of contraception.
Sexual and reproductive health history taken
Partner risk discussed – no IV drug use, no recent overseas travel
No reports of pain, discharge or irregular bleeding
Urine PCR test for chlamydia collected
Pelvic exam undertake – NAD
Pap smear taken
Patient to return in 3-4 days for chlamydia results.
Safer sexual practices discussed, including barrier protection
Cervical screening information sheet provided
Risks of smoking and bene ts of quitting discussed with patient.
Referred to Quitline
Referred to Women’s health nutritionist
21 September 2018
Returned for results: PCR test positive for chlamydia tracomatis
Patient informed of results
Arranged noti cation of partners
Prescribed azithromycin 1gram as a single dose
Advised not to have sexual contact for 7 days after treatment
For referral to GP for further testing and contraceptive advice
OET Writing Task
Write a referral letter to the Dr Silver Bullet, Medical Practitioner at the Prospect
Medical Centre 22 Prospect Road, Prospect 5086 requesting review of your patient to
discuss contraceptive options and further testing for sexually transmitted infections and
blood borne viruses.
In your answer
Expand the relevant case notes into complete sentences
Do not use note form
Use correct OET letter format
The body of your OET letter should be approximately 180 – 200 words
Introduction
Two most important items in introduction of any OET referral letter are chief complaint
and purpose. The reader (Dr Silver Bullet) of your letter would be more interested in
nding out what the main issue is and what is expected of her. This can be found in
Diagnosis/assessment.
Remember this is a referral letter, so, you can write in your answer: I am writing to
refer
Add name, age and marital status: Ms Roberts, a 19-year-old single lady
Now, if any OET nurse thinks that weight loss or pap test is the main issue, then she
hasn’t understood the scenario well. If you look closely, you will nd that the patient
was found to have Chlamydia Trachomatis possibly due to which she was referred to
the above doctor. Hence, writing chlamydia trachomatis in the introduction of your OET
referral letter leads to more accurate introduction.
Add chief complaint: who was diagnosed with chlamydia trachomatis
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydia_trachomatis).
The next step is writing the purpose. It is always better to give purpose in an overview
form rather than writing all tasks to be performed by the reader. Here the purpose of
OET letter can be found in the OET Writing Task (to discuss contraceptive options and
further testing for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses). So, the
overview of this purpose would be – advice and management.
Purpose: She requires your advice and management.
So introduction of your OET letter would be like this:
I am writing to refer Ms Roberts, a 19-year-old single lady who was diagnosed with
chlamydia trachomatis. She requires your advice and management
Body Paragraph 1
Contact
Try to summarise aspects of past medical history that are either normal or not very
important. Below are such aspects of medical history from the given case notes:
• No known allergies
• No current medications
• No signi cant medical or surgical history
• No reported drug use
• No history of STI
• No pregnancies
Hence writing this would make more sense:The patient’s medical history is
unremarkable.
Things worth mentioning:
• Commenced smoking 11 months ago, smokes 15/day
• Alcohol on weekends. Drinks 4 wine glasses at night
You can combine the above in one sentence: She is a regular smoker (15 cigarettes/day)
and drinks moderately on weekends.
Next in line of your OET letter is weight:
• Weight: 75kg, Height: 166cm
• Julia concerned about weight gain of 10kg over last 12 months
She has gained 10kg over the past 12 months and currently weighs 75kg.
Let’s write all the sentences together with the help of transitions to make a cohesive
paragraph
The patient’s medical history is unremarkable, but she has gained 10kg over the last 12
months. Apart from that, she is a regular smoker (15 cigarettes/day) and drinks
moderately on weekends.
Body Paragraph 2
As the patient’s condition might have been caused due to sexual relationships, it is
worth discussing sexual health in your OET letter:
• Recently ended monogamous relationship of 10 months and now has a new partner of
2 months – not sure if monogamous. Does not use condoms. Last sexual contact 14
days ago
Here we haven’t changed much but you may rewrite to showcase your OET writing
skills:
Ms Roberts recently ended a monogamous relationship of 10 months and now she has a
new partner of 2 months.
How about combining information about contraception together?
• Does not use condoms. Last sexual contact 14 days ago
• On oral contraceptive pill for last 12 months
She has been using oral contraceptive pills since last year, and she does not use
condoms. Her last sexual contact was 14 days ago.
Notice the use of conjunction and transition
Ms Roberts recently ended a monogamous relationship of 10 months, and now she has
a new partner of 2 months. Besides, she has been using oral contraceptive pills since
last year, and she does not use condoms. Her last sexual contact was 14 days ago.
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Body Para 3
It makes more sense to discuss nursing management here, but before that let us
discuss OET case notes which are not necessarily required and why so
• Julia presented to clinic requesting a Pap test. Pap test suggested by Mother. (Since
pap test was carried out after she had visited the clinic, reason for visit is no longer
important for the reader.)
• Julia concerned about weight gain of 10kg over last 12 months and wants to know
about other methods of contraception. (Weight gain was already discussed in the
medical history and ‘methods of contraception’ will be written in the last paragraph as
it is already a part of the OET Writing Task. Remember, we need to avoid repetition in
our OET letter!)
• Sexual and reproductive health history taken (Look closely, case notes already include
sexual and reproductive history. The case note adds no value.)
• No reports of pain, discharge or irregular bleeding (There are not issues here)
• Urine PCR test for chlamydia collected (Since we already wrote about chlamydia in
introduction this note adds no real value)
• Patient to return in 3-4 days for chlamydia results. Pap test results in 2-4 weeks
(Again no need)
• Patient informed of results (No need)
• Arranged noti cation of partners (Focus on the patient)
You need not worry about the dates and write entire nursing management in one
paragraph. An easy way to do so is to nd out common verbs.
• Partner risk discussed – no IV drug use, no recent overseas travel
• Safer sexual practices discussed , including barrier protection
• Risks of smoking and bene ts of quitting discussed with patient.
Risks of smoking, bene ts of quitting, partner risk and safer sexual practice were
discussed
• Referred to Quitline
• Referred to Women’s health nutritionist
She was referred to Quitline and a Women’s Health nutritionist
You can now use a conjunction (and) to combine the above two sentences.
Risks of smoking, bene ts of quitting, partner risk and safer sexual practice were
discussed, and she was referred to Quitline and a Women’s Health nutritionist.
• Pelvic exam undertake
• Pap smear taken
A pelvic exam and PCR were done
• Cervical screening information sheet provided
A cervical screening information sheet was provided/given.
Now, let us use conjunction (and) and write the above two sentences into one.
A pelvic exam and PCR were done, and a cervical screening information sheet was
provided/given.
• Prescribed azithromycin 1gram as a single does
• Advised not to have sexual contact for 7 days after treatment
She was prescribed Azithromycin 1 gram and advised to avoid sexual contacts for 7
days after the treatment.
When all sample sentences written together, the paragraph would be:
Risks of smoking, bene ts of quitting, partner risk and safer sexual practice were
discussed, and she was referred to Quitline and a Women’s Health nutritionist. Also, a
pelvic exam and PCR were done, and a cervical screening information sheet was
provided. As well as this, She was prescribed Azithromycin 1 gram and advised to avoid
sexual contacts for 7 days after the treatment.
Body Paragraph 4
In case when writing an OET letter to a doctor, tasks to be performed can be written
like the following:
• requesting review of your patient to discuss contraceptive options and further testing
for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could review her and provide contraceptive
options and further tests for sexually transmitted infection and blood borne viruses.
Conclusion
Now you can close by writing this:
For any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Hope you like the above OET nursing letter sample. Visit other posts for more such
samples (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/category/oet-sample-test/) and relevant
answers to your doubts in the writing sub-test
(https://edubenchmark.com/blog/category/oet-writing/).
Shinu says:
December 1, 2018 at 6:10 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-131)
Hi ,your class is very e ective.so kindly give me the study material.
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Maria says:
April 8, 2019 at 11:33 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-553)
Hello, could you please send me those material too?
Nistor.mmaria@yahoo.com (mailto:Nistor.mmaria@yahoo.com)
Kind regards
Maria
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NIMMIMOLJOSEPH says:
December 10, 2018 at 8:30 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-137)
please give me some study material.
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neha says:
December 13, 2018 at 5:00 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-147)
Hi. Very Useful blog. Thank for sharing
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Wale says:
December 25, 2018 at 7:47 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-167)
Is it ok to use the word “lady” for an unmarried female instead if “woman”?Is it formalThank you
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Paul says:
January 17, 2019 at 6:04 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-194)
Azithromycin 1 gram seems to be a one time dosage, not to be repeated. It has already been administered. So
wouldn’t it be better to write “Patient has been advised to avoid sexual contact for the next seven days” rather
than “advised not to have sexual contact for seven days after treatment”?
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Arun says:
May 27, 2020 at 1:05 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1910)
First of all, I wish to take this opportunity to thank you for the wonderful work you do for OET
aspirants. It’s really helpful.
I wish to ask a doubt if I may.It’s about the sentence construction.
In the reply above, the sentence reads like this : Please reply, Thank you.
She was prescribed….. and advise to avoid…… .
My doubt is that “don’t we have to use “was advised ” in the given sentence “?
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Rajic says:
February 9, 2019 at 6:17 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-246)
Needs to familiarize with more samples for OET writing
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Rahah says:
February 25, 2019 at 10:30 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-284)
Hi ,thankyou for wonderful teaching how many paragraphs should referal letter have ?
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divya says:
March 2, 2019 at 2:45 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-315)
very informative, thank you for sharing
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CHINCHU says:
March 19, 2019 at 12:25 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-418)
Thank you so much for your valuable information
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Liberty says:
April 16, 2019 at 9:20 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-612)
Hi ..kindly send me some study materials.. Many thanks.
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Sekar says:
May 4, 2019 at 3:33 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-755)
I need sample letter for this subject ( explain relevant social and medical histories and request the community
nurse to visit after discharge to provide proper health management and assistance for this patient and her
family) please
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Ashok says:
May 30, 2019 at 9:39 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-865)
If the active voice is*the doctor discharged the patient *can we write the passive form as *she is discharged
today *?
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Ajesh says:
August 22, 2019 at 1:03 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1331)
U have any online writing classes
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Chino says:
September 24, 2019 at 12:56 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1373)
Nice work that you are doing.
Big ups
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Shoby says:
October 8, 2019 at 4:17 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1423)
Explained in easy and excellent way.
Thanks
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Linu says:
October 11, 2019 at 9:37 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1434)
Could you please update some more sample letter
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Rumbie says:
October 14, 2019 at 4:10 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1440)
Hie how are you
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Rumbie says:
October 14, 2019 at 4:12 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1441)
May you kindly help with oet listening and the voice recordings
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Mandy says:
November 24, 2019 at 3:20 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1522)
Hello..need your assistance with marking my writing
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Moby says:
January 14, 2020 at 4:42 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1662)
Is it not mandatory to write full name of the patient in introduction??
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Hezil says:
February 24, 2020 at 3:29 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1733)
Please help me to score good in oet
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Ivy says:
March 9, 2020 at 4:24 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1795)
Very helpful
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Eunice says:
April 8, 2020 at 7:34 am (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1851)
Thank you very much, the teaching has open eyes to the referral letter.
Please cans you send more writing task with the correct answer.
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joy says:
June 20, 2020 at 1:56 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-1943)
Thanks for the tips
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Franciscah says:
November 30, 2020 at 12:58 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-2166)
Thank you very much. Am begining to understand
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Zannah says:
January 28, 2021 at 11:02 pm (https://edubenchmark.com/blog/oet-sample-referral-letter/#comment-2281)
Excellent, I found this quite interesting.
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