OET Speaking Sample Role Play (Medicine)

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speaking test you were given a roll card

with information about a patient and

some tasks to complete and you have 3

minutes to prepare you then complete a

5-minute roleplay with an interlocutor

and then repeat with another roll card

here is an example the roll card has

information about the setting the

patient and some task to

complete during the preparation time you

should read the context and underline

key points about setting and patient

underline the task verbs and think of

useful language to use and decide how

you are going to begin the role play so

we can see here that we're at a local

medical clinic and the patient is 45

years old who is feeling unwell and

thinks they may have diabetes and here

are the tasks find out how the patient

is feeling explore the patient's

lifestyle discuss the the possible

significance of the symptoms reassure

the patient briefly explain diabetes and

outline management and outline next

steps so there is quite a lot of

explaining here which requires the

candidate to use signposting linking

pausing and checking to ensure that the

information they give is

clear so now you're going to watch a

demonstration of this role playay in

action watch the video and make notes on

how the doctor begins the interaction

uses questions demonstrates empathy

explores the patient concerns uses sign

posting and linking and ends the role

play good morning my name's Alexia I'm

the GP in the clinic today um what's

brought you here today oh hi doctor yeah

um I just thought I better get checked

out because I'm just been feeling a bit

unwell recently

right okay can you tell me a bit more

about this unwellness that you've been

feeling um yeah I mean I've been feeling

really tired and a bit dizzy and really

thirsty and also a bit breathless and I

I don't know if it's related but I've

also got like I feel quite itchy on my

skin right okay I'm really sorry to hear

that that sounds like quite a lot to be

coping with while you're you know

working and everything um can I just uh

ask you a few general questions about

your health is that okay yes all right

so um do you generally do

exercise um I mean I've got a busy and

stressful job and I just have three

teenage kids as well so I just don't

have any time for exercise you know okay

that sounds like you're dealing with a

lot um did so you mentioned that had

these symptoms was there anything that

was particularly concerning you about

these symptoms well I know I'm a little

bit overweight as well and there's been

a lot of publicity about diabetes on the

TV and the newspapers and it's just I

mean made me think that maybe I could

have diabetes so I thought I better get

checked out I mean do do these symptoms

mean I might have diabetes do you think

um so that's a very good question um I

you know without a diagnosis I really

wouldn't like to say that it was

diabetes um certainly those symptoms can

relate to diabetes but also it sounds

like the lack of exercise managing the

teenage children and having a stressful

job could also be a reason why you're

feeling like this um so um so try not to

worry at this stage um if it's okay with

you I'd like to talk to you a little bit

more about um you know about diabetes

but can I first ask what do you know

about diabetes you said that you'd been

seeing some things on TV about it oh I

mean not much really I mean I I know

obviously that it's something to do with

um

uh if you like my symptoms that's all I

really know like being overweight

something to do with blood sugar or

something like that I'm not not really

sure um and I know there are there's

type one and type two but I don't really

know much about it to be honest okay

okay so um if it's okay with you I'll

give a very brief explanation of

diabetes so there are two types of um

diabetes type one is where insulin which

is a a hormone in your body isn't

actually produced and type two is where

the insulin just isn't enough and it has

to be balanced with either medication or

um so either tablets or maybe with

injections if it's quite extreme um okay

yeah is that clear um yes okay yes and

so how how would it be treated if if I

do have diabetes right another good

question so um I'll just briefly explain

now because obviously you don't have a

diagnosis so first of all I'll just tell

you a little bit about it so it can be

managed with medication but it can also

be managed with um increasing your

exercise um managing your diet and what

you eat and when you eat um how much

sleep you get um so there's lots of

things that um we can discuss at a later

date um for now if it's okay with you

I'd like to just um go through what

we're going to do next in order to find

out if you've got diabetes and then what

we can do to help you if you have and

also what we can do to help you if you

haven't because obviously we'd like you

to feel better no matter

what okay yeah that would be very

helpful okay so first we're going to do

a blood test which I'll organize today

um which will give us um a a clear

diagnosis of whether you do have

diabetes or not um when we get the

results we'll call you back to discuss

with us um is that clear so far yes yes

okay okay and then after that we'll do

an assessment of your health and your

lifestyle and we'll look at how we can

help you um either way whether you have

diabetes or you don't does that sound

CLE yes that's that's very helpful so

I'll I'll do the blood test and then

we'll discuss the results I suppose

absolutely so we'll do the blood test

first and then we'll go from there and

look at how we can um manage it better

so I'd like to give you a leaflet on

diabetes and also on Lifestyle Changes

is that okay yes that would be very

helpful great thank you

thanks okay so let's take a look at some

of the language the doctor used in this

role play

to begin the role play the doctor

introduces herself and asks why the

patient has come to see her which is an

appropriate question for this

context the doctor uses several

questions for example can I just ask you

a few general questions about your

health to signpost a change in

topic do you generally do exercise to

explore the patient's lifestyle what do

you know about diabetes to find out what

the patient already knows about Di

diabetes before giving their

explanation to show she understands how

the patient is feeling the doctor says

I'm really sorry to hear that that

sounds like you're dealing with a lot so

she responds to the patient in

empathetic

ways and to explore the patient's

concerns the doctor asks was there

anything which was particularly

concerning you about these symptoms and

then she relates her explanations to the

elicited concerns

in the roleplay the doctor uses lots of

sign posting and linking there is lots

of information to be given and the

doctor needs to make sure it's provided

in a clear way the doctor uses clear

signposting phrases to Signal changes in

topic for example so if it's okay with

you I'll give a very brief explanation

of diabetes and for now I'd just like to

go through what we're going to do next

this tells the speaker what information

is going to be discussed

then when giving the explanations the

ideas are organized very

clearly and in the explanation about

next steps the doctor chunks the

information into manageable sizes and

pauses halfway to check the patient is

following the information and at the end

of the explanations the doctor checks

understanding there are also lots of

linking Expressions used throughout the

roleplay which organize the information

in a clear way

and finally to end the role play a lot

of information has been provided in the

role play so the doctor offers a patient

information leaflet which for this

context is an appropriate way to end the

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place so the setting for this role play

was at a local Health Clinic what other

settings do you know I'll do it again