Towards improved language assessment of written health professional communication: the case of the Occupational English Test

Ute Knoch; Tim McNamara; Robyn Woodward-Kron; Cathie Elder; Elizabeth Manias; Eleanor Flynn; Ying Zhang

Journal article

Towards improved language assessment of written health professional communication: the case of the Occupational English Test

Ute Knoch, Tim McNamara, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Cathie Elder, Elizabeth Manias, Eleanor Flynn, Ying Zhang

Papers in Language Testing and Assessment | ALTAANZ-ASSOC LANGUAGE TESTING & ASSESSMENT AUSTRALIA | Published : 2015

University of Melbourne Researchers

Robyn Woodward-Kron Author Medical Education

Tim McNamara Author Languages and Linguistics

Ute Knoch Author Languages and Linguistics

Elizabeth Manias Author Nursing

Catherine Elder Author Languages and Linguistics

Related Projects (2)

Towards improved quality of written patient records: language proficiency standards for non-native speaking health professionals

This project will focus on the quality and safety of healthcare in Australia by improving the screening of written communication of overseas..

Towards improved quality of written patient records: language proficiency standards for non-native speaking health professionals

This project will focus on the quality and safety of healthcare in Australia by improving the screening of written communication of overseas..

Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Australian Research Council as well as our industry partner, Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment (owner of OET), for their support of the project (LP130100171). We also wish to thank all research participants for their generous contribution of their time for interviews, workshops and ratings as well as the partner hospitals for supplying the de-identified patient records for our project.