Optometry role-plays
Cases generated against a optometry topic schema — diabetes counselling, post-op handover, macular degeneration education.
For optometrists
OET Speaking practice built formigrating optometrists.
Live AI patient role-plays, 9-criteria Speaking scoring, and a case bank tuned to optometry scenarios — plus an AI marker that scores your OET Writing referral letters on all six official criteria.
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Optometry-specific cases
Profession-aware role-plays covering 8+ optometry scenarios.
9-criteria OET scoring
Full official rubric — automatically scored on every role-play.
3+ regulators served
UK GOC · AHPRA / Optometry Board of Australia · Optometrists & Dispensing Opticians Board NZ and more.
OET Writing, marked
Referral letters scored on all 6 official Writing criteria, with inline annotations.
What optometrists get
Built around the scenarios optometrists actually face.
An optometrist explaining a new glaucoma diagnosis and treatment plan to a patient who is worried about losing their vision.
Every OET criterion, scored
Intelligibility, fluency, appropriateness, grammar, empathy, patient perspective, structure, gathering, giving — plus a 0–500 overall and an A–E grade.
Pronunciation diagnostics
Industry-grade pronunciation analysis surfaces the specific words that hurt your score — including the clinical vocabulary optometrists say every day.
Cue verification per task
Each role-card has 4–5 tasks. We verify each one against your transcript with the exact quote you used — hit, partial, or miss.
Targets optometrists' weak spots
Most optometrists lose marks in the same places: information giving (anatomy + risk explanation), empathy around vision loss, understanding the patient perspective (independence). The recommender targets these criteria first.
Optometry Writing letters, marked
Write a optometry referral letter against a profession-specific case, then get it scored on all six official OET Writing criteria — with inline annotations and band-5 + band-7 model answers.
Privacy by default
Your recordings, transcripts, and scores stay on infrastructure we control. Export everything, delete your account, and your data is gone.
Where optometrists use it
Accepted by the regulators optometrists register with.
OET is recognised by healthcare regulators in every major destination. Practice on OET Live and you're preparing for the exact same Speaking format every one of them assesses.
United Kingdom
UK GOC
Australia
AHPRA / Optometry Board of Australia
New Zealand
Optometrists & Dispensing Opticians Board NZ
What each board asks for
You may not need Grade B in all four.
Optometry boards in Australia and New Zealand both ask for Grade B. Note what is missing: no UK optometry regulator appears on OET's list, so anyone heading to the UK should confirm with the General Optical Council rather than assume.
| Regulator | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia Optometry Board of Australia | B | B | B | B |
New Zealand Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board of New Zealand | B | B | B | B |
Ireland CORU - Regulating Health and Social Care Professional Accepts OET; no grade published on OET’s list. Confirm with the regulator. | n/p | n/p | n/p | n/p |
Singapore Allied Health Professions Council Singapore | B | B | B | B |
United States Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - State of Michigan | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
Namibia Health Professions Councils of Namibia (HPCNA) | B | B | B | B |
United Arab Emirates Dubai Healthcare City Authority | C | C | C | C |
- Compiled from OET's own list of recognising organisations, captured 2026-10-12. One row per country: where several bodies gate registration, the table shows the one that registers optometrists specifically.
- Rows marked "not published" are bodies OET lists as accepting the test without stating a grade. They do accept OET — the number simply has to come from the regulator directly.
- Always confirm against the regulator before you book. A board can change its requirement between our weekly refresh and your application, and some accept scores combined across two sittings while others do not.
The answer for one country
A page per destination, stating what optometrists need there and which board decides — built to be linked when somebody asks.
More detail: how the 0–500 score maps to a letter grade and the full list of countries and regulators that accept OET.
Inside the bank
Common optometry scenarios you'll practice.
Every case is generated against a optometry-specific topic schema and audited against the OET rubric before it enters the bank.
Glaucoma diagnosis and explanation
Diabetic retinopathy screening
Macular degeneration education
Contact lens fitting and care
Children's vision development counselling
Refraction with low-vision patients
Dry eye management
Pre-cataract surgery referral
Practice role-play cards for optometrists — the candidate side of each role-play, from our own practice bank.
Sample case
What a 5-minute optometry role-play looks like.
Setting
Community optometry practice, follow-up consultation
Tasks
- 1Greet Mr Ramos and acknowledge his concerns about his eye pressure result.
- 2Explore his understanding of glaucoma and what worries him.
- 3Explain glaucoma and treatment options without jargon.
- 4Address concerns about long-term vision and driving.
- 5Agree on next steps and referral if needed.
Phrase bank
Four phrases worth drilling.
Internalise these and you'll have go-to language for the moments that matter most in migrating optometrists' consultations.
Validating fear
“Losing your sight is one of the biggest worries — let me explain what we're seeing and what we can do.”
Translating anatomy
“The pressure in your eye is a bit higher than we'd like. Over time that can damage the nerve at the back of the eye — that's what we call glaucoma.”
Treatment options
“There are a few options. Let me walk you through them so you can decide what fits.”
Closing
“Before you go, what's the main thing you'll go home and tell your family about today's visit?”
Now scoring OET Writing
Not just Speaking — OET Writing for optometrists, too.
Write a optometry referral letter against a profession-specific case — timed under exam conditions, or untimed with hints and model answers — and get it marked on all six official OET Writing criteria. Inline annotations show the phrases that cost you marks, and band-5 + band-7 sample answers show the next band up. There is no word-count penalty: length is judged only through relevance and summarising.
Scored 0–3
Purpose
Scored 0–7
Content
Scored 0–7
Conciseness & Clarity
Scored 0–7
Genre & Style
Scored 0–7
Organisation & Layout
Scored 0–7
Language
FAQ
What optometrists ask most often.
Does the UK General Optical Council accept OET?
Yes. The UK GOC accepts OET Grade B (350+) in each sub-test as evidence of English proficiency for international optometrists.
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AI patient role-plays, 9-criteria scoring, and Writing marked on all six official criteria — built specifically for migrating optometrists. Free tier: 1 fully-scored exam role-play plus 10 Coach minutes, no card.
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