OT Online Office Hours
Please join us for LIVE Online Office Hours on Tuesdays 7:00 – 8:00 pm ET.
For over 25 years TherapyEd has been the leader in helping prepare students for their OT and OTA Certification exams. We believe that expertise, experience, ethics, and giving back to the Occupational Therapy community matters. As part of our efforts to help every student succeed on the NBCOT® exams, we offer FREE Online Office Hours that are open to all NBCOT® exam candidates. These sessions are designed to help students, including those whose fieldwork and exam plans were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively prepare for fieldwork and the certification exam.
These FREE Online Office Hours include targeted content review which highlights foundational knowledge (e.g., TOP 5 “Must Know” points) in a specific area of practice according to the most current NBCOT® exam outlines for the OTR® and COTA® exams. An opened-ended Q & A session follows this review to give participants the opportunity to ask questions regarding effective exam preparation, test taking strategies, and the certification exam.
The content areas covered in coming weeks will be:
| July 5 | Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistant: Collaboration, Role Delineation, and Supervisory Guidelines |
| July 12 | Therapeutic Exercise and Physical Agent Modalities (PAMs) |
| July 19 | Wounds & Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Evaluation, Management, & Health Literacy |
| July 26 | Fractures: Precautions, Complications and OT Intervention |
| August 2 | The OT Process and Occupational Profile: Application to the Certification Exam |
| August 9 | Splints and Orthoses: Types & Functions |
| August 16 | Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| August 23 | Reflexes and First Year Sensorimotor Developmental Milestones |
| August 30 | The US Health Care System: Ethical, Legal, & Reimbursement Considerations |
| September 6 | Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems Disorders and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation |
| September 13 | Universal Design and ADA Accessibility Standards |
| September 20 | Occupation-Based Models of Practice: Application to the Certification Exam |
| September 27 | Prevocational, Vocational, and Work Programs: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| October 4 | Home Safety and Fall Prevention: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| October 11 | Neurocognitive Disorders & Allen’s Cognitive Disabilities Model: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| October 18 | Developmental and Therapeutic Intervention Groups |
| October 25 | Medical, Community, and School-based Practice Settings: OT Practice Considerations |
| November 1 | Fine Motor Skills, Grasp and Release Developmental Milestones |
| November 8 | Adaptation to Aging, Low Vision: Evaluation and Intervention |
| November 15 | Oral Motor Dysfunction, and Swallowing Disorders: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| November 22 | Autism Spectrum and Sensory Processing Disorders: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| November 29 | Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistant: Collaboration, Role Delineation, and Supervisory Guidelines |
| December 6 | Risk Management: Universal and Transmission-based Precautions, Emergency Response |
| December 13 | Fractures: Precautions, Complications and OT Intervention |
| December 20 | The Application of Mindfulness to Certification Exam Preparation |
| December 27 | Preparatory Interventions: Therapeutic Exercise and Physical Agent Modalities (PAMs) |
| January 3 | Wheelchair Prescription, Mobility Training, and Mobility Aids |
| January 10 | Diabetes, Renal Disease, and Related Conditions: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| January 17 | DSM-5 Diagnostic Review and Psychosocial Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| January 24 | Wounds & Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Evaluation, Management, & Health Literacy |
All you need to start is to sign in with your email address. This will take you to the live Online Office Hours where you can focus on your exam preparation questions with our experienced instructors. Be sure your camera and microphone are activated when you enter the office hours to help the instructor address your questions efficiently and effectively.
We hope you join us each Tuesday to take advantage of the opportunity to learn about specific exam content areas from an experienced educator, acquire accurate and current information about the NBCOT® exam, and obtain personalized help. There is no charge for our Online Office Hours–it comes as a benefit of preparing with TherapyEd.
Recordings of past Online Office Hours will be available on TherapyEd’s YouTube channel 2 days after the session, and will remain available for one month. They can be viewed at: