I read every question twice lol....It is exhausting but very important...build up a stamina by doing lots of practice exam questions and taking note of the rationales.
You probably won't see this but, I've just found your channel. I've failed the nbcot twice and was so depressed and upset that I couldn't look at anything OT related for YEARS...but I'm thinking of retaking it...I'm embarrassed to admit it's been 10 years exactly. When you when over how to break down the question I was surprised I still retained information 😅 and you made it seem so easy with the breakdown. Perhaps, I may be able to do it this time. If I could just figure out a better way to study and breakdown those questions and answers 😔 This helped a lot! Made me focus on what's important and what is just filler. Thanks!
Did you ever retake the test? I found out I failed the test by 4 points today and I am devastated. I was at the top of my class during school, but the way these questions are worded are tricky. I appreciate this video very much as well. I hope you were able to take the test again!
This was so helpful! Thank you, my letter is C for Chelsea and it's been my go to for years! New thing I am working on is not changing my answer and second guessing. Boards in June of this year, wish me luck!!
Thank you so much for this!! I take my exam in 2 weeks and have been having trouble answering questions and have started using this technique and been seeing a difference in score already
@@tariboclaxton2123 highlight the important stuff that she mentioned in the video. Once you start to think of stuff not mentioned in the question get rid of the though( the questions have all the info you need). Choose a answer and before going to the next question look back at what you highlighted and think to yourself if the answer you picked relates to what you have highlighted if not then most likely that’s not the right answer! I passed using this exact technique
My name is Ms. M I graduated 10 years ago, I took the exam 4x failed and was depressed never returned. This year I decided to review all notes, watching all OT study videos that can help to pass this exam. Anyway you can help I’ll appreciate
I’m going to pick B for Becky to give myself a little boost when a question shakes me. Thank you for this video! I was planning on reviewing test taking strategies and you made that so much easier. My classmates and I are struggling to find a good resource for would care/healing the therapy Ed chapter on it is pretty rough lol do you have any wisdom?
B for Becky- I love that! What a great idea! Girl do I ever understand the struggle that is wound care, lol. I can absolutely share my wisdom on it with you! I'll get started on that ASAP! In the mean time, AJOT has a (broad overview) article about wound care in OT, so you can take a peek at that here: ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=1853065
Love this video :) and I would like your advice for answering difficult questions when I can't even make an educational guess. Does B sound good to u? exam is coming up in 2 months.
great explanition , I would like to know what topics to start studying and how long should I study for since I work full time but I'm off at 5:30 Monday thru Friday
Honestly, i felt like taking my first practice exam was the most insightful. If you are short on time, I’d do that first. Then make note of what you missed and the topic and master associated content.
Also, another thing I recognized was that my weakest areas happened to be in the settings that I didn’t get to observe/rotate in. So for example, I was at an outpatient pediatrics setting that focused a lot of developmental delays and behavioral issues, so I missed questions regarding feeding interventions, school-based, and sensory integration (my CI rarely used any SI-based approach). Questions I was stronger at were developmental milestones, evaluation/assessment of FM/GM, parent interviews, social/behavioral/play strategies, etc.
So reflecting on clinical experience helps as well! Definitely focus your time on studying content that you for sure have little-to-no experience in. I was surprised at how weak I was in mental health/vocational rehab since I didnt experience those settings but assumed it would be intuitive. Definitely wasn’t for me 🤣
