Occupational Therapist Employment

How To Ace The Occupational Therapy Board Exam

There are some really useful tips that can help you pass the occupational therapy board exam. But let's start by defining what occupational therapy is all about. It's defined as the process of evaluation and treatment of people whose abilities to deal with everyday living tasks are severely decreased or impaired due to factors such as aging, physical injuries, disease, learning disabilities, poverty and cultural differences. Passing the occupational therapy board exam allows one to legally practice this profession in a variety of health care areas including hospitals, schools and private practice.

For United States of America, the association that issues nation valid certificates for occupational therapy professionals is called NBCOT - National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy. The goal of NBCOT is to serve the American society by providing world-class standards for certification of occupational therapy practitioners. So far, NBCOT has certified more than 160,000 practitioners as OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST REGISTERED OTR and CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT COTA.

The candidates for certification as an Occupational Therapist Registered must meet the following requirements:

- Category A Graduation from an accredited occupational therapy educational program recognized by NBCOT at the post- baccalaureate degree level; or, Category B Graduation from an accredited occupational therapy educational program recognized by NBCOT and present evidence of educational preparation that is determined to be equivalent to American occupational therapy educational standards

- Completion of all fieldwork requirements

- Agreeing to abide by the NBCOT Candidate/Certificant Code of Conduct

- Submission and approval of a completed NBCOT examination application.

To increase your chances of success at the occupational therapy board exam, it's a good idea to enrol in one of the certified exam preparation courses. Whether you are taking the exam for the first time or repeating it, a course like, which usually lasts two or three days, will most definitely help focus your studying efforts on the most important topics. The majority of courses include a practice in reading, interpreting and answering multiple choice questions so that you can assess your own strengths and weaknesses as you review questions in all the major content areas.

A very useful material for passing the exam is the Occupational Therapy Course Manual by Rita P. Fleming-Castaldy. This manual features information about the NBCOT examination, such as principles of successful test-taking and general study hints; content review in a variety of important areas; study plans; self-assessment guides; practice questions and more. Another useful guide for the exam is available at http://www.mo-media.com/nbcot/. This guide is written by actual NBCOT test experts.

Some of the most important classes in school in relation to Occupational Therapy are biology, chemistry, psychology, arts. There is plenty of available jobs for certified OTs and schools across the country are also one of the employers. Check the Internet to find out which universities have OT courses. CEU (Central European University) has a program like that. Aide refers to a person who assists another.