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. I work with a smaller number of medical professionals on the parts of their career that sit outside the exam — burnout, transitions between countries, performance under pressure, the difficult first year after relocation. I’m honest about the limits of coaching: it isn’t therapy, and it isn’t a shortcut. But the research base is real, and for the right person at the right moment, structured coaching makes a measurable 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
Coaching for doctors navigating change.
Alongside OET preparation, I work privately with a small number of doctors on the parts of life and work that do not fit neatly into an exam syllabus: a move, a new job, a career question that keeps returning, habits and relationships that have been pushed aside, or the sense that medicine has gradually taken up more of life than intended.
The work is one-to-one, structured and evidence-based, but it is still a real conversation. We decide what actually needs to change in your situation, keep track of what is moving, and make sure the things we talk about have a chance of becoming part of your real week.
You do not need to be burned out or in crisis. Sometimes the reason is simply that something important has been postponed for too long.
WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS
Coaching for physicians has been studied in randomized clinical trials and a systematic review published in journals such as JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Network Open, and PLOS One. These studies report reductions in burnout and improvements in aspects of well-being for physicians who participated in structured coaching programs compared with control groups.
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.