Serious OET preparation for
Doctors & Nurses.
I work with medical professionals preparing for OET, whether you're sitting it for the first time, relocating mid-career, or being placed internationally through a recruitment agency. The preparation is structured, evidence-based and built around how the exam actually scores you.
OET PREPARATION
Three ways to prepare.
OET preparation isn’t one-size-fits-all. Some doctors and nurses want private work around an unpredictable rota; others prefer the structure and affordability of a cohort; and organisations need something different again. The preparation changes with the situation, but the standard doesn’t.
Path 01
One-to-One Preparation
For doctors and senior nurses who want focused, individual preparation built around their own exam date and working life. Sessions can move around clinical shifts, and the work is shaped by your specialty, your current level and the parts of OET that are actually costing you marks.
Path 02
Cohort Preparation
For medical professionals who want the same structured preparation in a small-group format. Cohorts are particularly useful when cost matters, when you like learning alongside other candidates, or when several people are preparing on a similar timeline.
Path 03
Agencies & Hospitals
For recruitment agencies and hospitals preparing international doctors and nurses for registration and placement. I can work with individual candidates or groups, assess readiness, coordinate preparation around recruitment timelines and provide clear reporting on progress.
Where useful, support can continue beyond the exam through transition coaching for doctors entering a new system.
OET preparation isn't a side offer here.
Most weeks, this is the work I do more than anything else, and it has been for the past three years. I’ve taught English for more than sixteen years, hold a PhD in Education Policy from the University of the Aegean, an MSc from the University of Bristol and a BA from the University of London, and I hold the OET Teacher Training Badge.
I mention that because most of the people I work with are doctors and nurses. They ask difficult questions, notice quickly when an explanation doesn’t quite hold, and have very little time to waste on generic exam advice.
The preparation here is built accordingly: around the way OET actually assesses you, the mistakes that are costing you marks, and the clinical working life you have to fit the preparation around.
About
I'm Dr Constantine (PhD)
I’m a tutor, coach, and academic based in Rhodes, Greece, working with medical professionals around the world. My main work is OET preparation. The majority of my students over the past three years have been doctors and nurses sitting OET as part of a move abroad — to the UK, Ireland, Australia, or the Gulf.
Before I went full-time as a freelance tutor, I taught English in Greek schools and at university level for over a decade. My academic background is in education policy and applied linguistics — which sounds dry until you realise that’s exactly what OET is testing. The exam isn’t about whether your English is good. It’s about whether your written and spoken English would actually function in a clinical setting. The research literature on how language is acquired, assessed, and applied in professional contexts is a real foundation for the work, and I draw on it directly when I design preparation plans.
Alongside the OET work, I’m an ICF-trained coach. With a smaller number of doctors I work on what the exam does not cover: the interview that follows it, speaking with confidence in a second language, the first months in a new hospital, and building a life in a new country. I’m honest about the limits of coaching: it isn’t therapy, and it isn’t a shortcut. But for the right person at the right moment, structured preparation makes a real difference.
- Education PhD · Education Policy
- Teaching 16+ Years · School to University
- OET Teacher Training Badge · Medical Professionals
- Coaching ICF-Trained · Behavioural & Solution-Focused
- Health & Performance NASM-Trained · Exercise & Nutrition
What makes OET preparation different.
OET is different from a general English exam because the language is judged in a clinical context. It is not enough for a letter to be grammatically correct or for an explanation to sound fluent. The information has to be relevant, organised appropriately, and communicated in a way that works for the reader, patient or colleague in front of you.
That is why strong general English does not automatically translate into a strong OET score.
My preparation is built around the criteria OET actually uses: what examiners are looking for, where marks are being lost, and the patterns that recur across Writing, Speaking, Listening and Reading. We work systematically, but the emphasis changes according to your own performance rather than following the same lesson sequence for everybody.
I also encourage candidates to use the official OET preparation resources alongside our lessons, particularly for familiarising themselves with test format and authentic practice materials.
For the full breakdown — including how I approach each sub-test, typical timelines and the materials we use — see the OET preparation page.
From doctors and nurses I've worked with.
COACHING FOR DOCTORS
Transition coaching for international doctors.
Alongside OET preparation, I work with a small number of doctors on what comes after the exam: the hospital interview, the first weeks on a new ward, speaking up in a hierarchy you do not yet know, and the life you build outside the hospital in a new country.
The programme is five sessions. The first maps your move and decides what matters most; the other four are chosen from a small set of modules, so the work fits where you are rather than a fixed syllabus. It is practical and structured, and I will not pretend to advise on medicine, visas or registration: those answers come from official sources and your agency.
Recruitment agencies can also arrange the programme for their candidates, as interview coaching or as support before and after departure.
WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS
Coaching for physicians has been studied in randomized clinical trials and a systematic review published in JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Network Open and PLOS One, with measurable improvements in physicians’ well-being compared with control groups. None of these studies examined a move abroad, which is why every programme here begins by agreeing what progress would look like for you, and keeps track of it.
If this feels relevant, start with a conversation.
If you're preparing for OET, we can talk about your test date, what you've tried so far and which format would suit you best. If the reason you're here is coaching, we can talk about what is changing in your life or work and whether I’m the right person to help.
Neither conversation is a sales pitch. If I don't think the work fits what you need, I'll tell you.
Coaching for doctors
For doctors preparing for an interview or a move abroad.
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