Listening Test 1
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Part A: Consultation extract
You will hear a GP consultation. Complete the notes with information you hear. Write no more than three words or a number for each gap.
Patient: Mr Tom Reynolds, aged 54
Occupation:1
Presenting complaint
Burning pain2
Started3weeks ago
Worse after evening meals and when4
Antacid tablets relieve pain for about5
Associated symptoms
6taste in mouth, especially in the morning
No difficulty7, no weight loss
Medical history
High blood pressure for8years
Medication: amlodipine9mg daily
Allergy:10(rash)
Social history
Smokes11cigarettes a day
Plan
Omeprazole for12weeks
Part A: Consultation extract 2
You will hear a paediatric consultation. Complete the notes with information you hear. Write no more than three words or a number for each gap.
Patient: Leo Novak, aged 6
Presenting complaint
Dry cough for nearly13
Worse at14, waking him around two or three in the morning
Coughs after running in the15
No16since a runny nose three weeks ago
Possible triggers
Family got a17two months ago
Grandmother smokes in the18
History
Had19as a baby
Father has20
Examination
Mild21on breathing out
Oxygen level22
Plan
Blue inhaler with a23
Record24morning and evening
Part B: Workplace extracts
You will hear six short extracts from healthcare workplace situations. For each one, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear.
1. You hear a voicemail message from a nurse unit manager to ward staff.
What is the purpose of the message?
2. You hear two nurses talking at a shift handover about a patient called Mrs Lee.
What does the night nurse ask her colleague to do?
3. You hear a consultant talking to a junior doctor about a patient who is being discharged.
What is the consultant's main concern?
4. You hear a ward manager briefing staff about an infection control audit.
What problem did the audit identify?
5. You hear an anaesthetist talking to a patient before an operation.
What mistake did the patient make?
6. You hear a nurse giving a handover to a colleague at the end of a shift.
What does the first nurse particularly want her colleague to be aware of?
Part C: Longer recordings
You will hear two recordings. In each recording, you will hear people talking about a healthcare topic. For questions 1-6 in each part, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear.
Recording 1: You hear a presentation by Dr Samuel Cole about the use of video consultations in general practice.
1. What does the speaker say about follow-up appointments by video?
2. Why are some patients reluctant to use video?
3. What safety risk does the speaker mention?
4. Which patients does he suggest should be seen in person?
5. What did patients in the survey say about video consultations?
6. What financial benefit does the speaker identify?
Recording 2: You hear an interview with Dr Rania Aziz, a psychiatrist, about burnout among junior doctors.
7. In which group was burnout most common?
8. What does Dr Aziz say about the second year?
9. What did the study find to be most strongly linked with burnout?
10. What does Dr Aziz say about the effect of burnout on patients?
11. Which measure does Dr Aziz consider most effective?
12. Why are many doctors unwilling to ask for help?