In this episode of the OET Podcast, practise your OET Listening Part C skills with two extended healthcare recordings exploring chronic lung disease: COPD and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Listen carefully to each recording and answer OET-style questions by identifying the speaker's overall meaning, attitude and intention — not just individual facts or clinical terms.
You'll practise how to:
• Follow longer healthcare discussions and presentations
• Identify a speaker's opinion, attitude and point of view
• Recognise the main message behind detailed clinical information
• Understand meaning and intention that may not be directly stated
• Stay focused and identify key information across extended recordings
In the first recording, you'll hear a podcast interview with a respiratory medicine professor discussing COPD, including risk factors, delayed diagnosis, spirometry, pulmonary rehabilitation and the importance of preventing exacerbations.
In the second recording, you'll hear a respiratory nurse specialist present a case of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), exploring diagnostic challenges, multidisciplinary care, treatment, oxygen therapy, palliative care and the impact of progressive lung disease on patients and their families.
After completing both recordings, listen again with the answers revealed and identify the clues, opinions and details you may have missed during the first listening.
This episode is ideal for doctors, nurses, international medical graduates and other healthcare professionals preparing for the Occupational English Test (OET) who want realistic Part C listening practice and greater confidence following complex healthcare discussions.
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not provide medical advice.
