Some major updates have been made to the popular NBCOT Exam Prep Course: New single choice multiple choice practice questions with rationales for OTR. New 6-item multi-select practice questions with rationales for COTA. Lessons reorganized to be neater and more intuitive. New features for Club members: gamification achievements, resume course button, and report card showing … Read more
Did you know there’s a published article that looked at students who took the NBCOT exam and what factors they had in common that made them pass? This article was published in 2020 in the American Journal of Occupational therapy and they looked whether characteristics of academic and professional behavior across cohorts could indicate the … Read more
The NBCOT Exam is the thing that stands between you and becoming licensed and officially an occupational therapy practitioner. It was one of the most stressful, but also the most rewarding board exam I have ever studied for – the other being my EMT board exam. This quick guide will provide you with the tools … Read more
The NBCOT Exam may test candidates on movement disorders associated with neurological conditions. Movement disorders may have confusing terminologies that all sound similar. Examples include tremors, dyskinesia, and clonus. Role of OT in movement disorders Movement disorders can lead to a loss of functional ability such as with activities of daily living and decreased quality … Read more
Exciting News I am excited to announce that 3 NEW CSTs and a Tutorial have been added to the free NBCOT Exam Prep Course! This has been a goal of mine for a long time to replicate the CST that you are tested on the OT board exam for free. While my version is not exactly … Read more
Hope the review is going well for you! Just wanted to provide an exciting update on the free NBCOT Exam Prep Course. CST (Clinical Simulation Test) is in the works! A silly CST tutorial was added to the end of the course so that you become familiar with how the CST format works before you … Read more
2 new videos for cardiac rehab have been added to the NBCOT Exam Prep Course. To view the videos, you will need to be enrolled in the course (free!). Topics covered: Cardiac rehab phases and OT interventions MET levels – Made easy to learn Link to watch these videos (once logged-in): https://www.otdude.com/academy/nbcot-exam-prep/lesson/cardiology/topic/cardiac-rehab-videos/ Hope these help! … Read more
3 new videos for burns have been added to the NBCOT Exam Prep Course. To view the videos, you will need to be enrolled in the course (free!). Topics covered: Burn depth characteristics Burn wound healing stages OT interventions for burns Link to watch these videos (once logged-in): https://www.otdude.com/academy/nbcot-exam-prep/lesson/burns/topic/burn-videos/ Hope these help! Bookmark
This page describes the latest updates of my current project – a FREE NBCOT Exam Prep Course of the occupational therapy community. It is going to be my biggest project ever for OT Dude. Sign up for the Board Exam Prep Newsletter to get notified when the course launches and goes live. Screenshots Currently … Read more
BONUS: Take the OT Dude GCS Quiz at the end to test your knowledge. Here are some ways I remembered how to to calculate the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) when I was an EMT (and used it daily). This is important to know well because (1) it may show up on your NBCOT Exam (2) … Read more