Reading Duration 60 minutes
Test Parts 3 Sections

42 marks are split across 3 Sections in the Reading Sub-Test. Part A accounts for 20 marks, Part B accounts for 6 marks and Part C accounts for 16 marks. While Part A is about expeditious reading tasks for 15 minutes, Parts B and C put together are careful reading tasks for 45 minutes.

Skills assessment

A wide range of listening skills is assessed, including:

Part A – expeditious reading task

Part A assesses your ability to locate specific information from four short texts quickly and effectively. The four short texts are related to a single healthcare topic.

Duration:15 minutes (for two consultations)
TasksStructured note completion
Marks24

Part B and C: carefully reading the task

Part B assesses your ability to identify the detail, gist or central point of six texts sourced from the Healthcare workspace (100–150 words each). The text might consist of extracts from policy documents, hospital guidelines, manuals or similar. Part C assesses your ability to identify detailed meaning and opinion in two texts on topics of interest to healthcare professionals

Duration:10 minutes (for all six questions)
Tasks3 option multiple-choice questions
Marks6

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