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Occupational Therapy Examination Review Guide, Third Edition

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I agree with others who have offered high praise for this resource.

I've been out of the OT field for over 20 years and passed the NBCOT exam first time; I don't think I would have done it without this book.

Just one caution: The format of the NBCOT exam has changed since this book was published. It is not entirely different, but as of this year, it includes "simulation" questions that are extended case studies. This book will not help you prepare specifically for those, so you will need to use the resources NBCOT offers through its website.

(Also, the review tests in this book will not give you feedback on whether you would have passed the test. You can get that feedback, however, by taking the NBCOT practice exams on the web, which will give you your score.)

[Good luck, test takers!]

I thought this book was fantastic. I also bought the review study guide from the NBCOT website. I have a MAC computer and the CD that came with that book was not compatible with my computer. So I purchased this book so that I could practice taking the test by hand. I did not use the CD that came with this book either. The book was great! I first read & studied the book from the NBCOT website and then I moved to using this book to test my knowledge. When I took the real exam I felt that this book had really prepared me b/c the questions asked were similar in content and syntax. Someone said in a previous review that the 4th exam in this book had pulled questions from tests 1-3. That's true but it was probably less than 5 questions and in a 200 question exam I don't think skews the results enough to matter. Highly recommend!

After my first failed attempt at the NBCOT exam, I sought out more study guides and came across this book and cd. After using this book (plus the NBCOT study guide book) I passed the second time and increased my score by almost 60 points higher than my previous attempt. The questions in this book seemed to be a little easier than the ones you find in the NBCOT study guide, but they better helped me to pick out key information in the questions and answers that I had been missing before. The cd was helpful as well because you can customize quizzes to content areas you feel weaker in. I thought this book was very helpful in my passing the second time around!

I worked through all 800 questions and then attempted the NBCOT online practice test and was shocked at the difference in questions. The 1 line and straight-forward questions in this study guide do not prepare a person for the clinical reasoning required for NBCOT questions, and I felt like I had just wasted 2 weeks of study time on this guide. I bought the Rita Fleming study guide after this one and feel it is a much better study guide with more challenging questions, and best of all has a thorough review of information included with the study guide.

I found the exam questions more useful than any other book, and I passed on my first try! They were very similar to the real exam, in that there are 2 obviously wrong answers and 2 other answers that make you think, so this book helps you use critical thinking skills. I used this book, along with the National Occupational Therapy Certification Exam Review & Study Guide by Rita P. Fleming-Castaldy (the study guide was very helpful and thorough, but the practice exams were unnecessarily tough). I couldn't have passed without the help of these two books!!! Good luck!

Great book to prepare for the OT exam. Found it extremely helpful to get used to the style of test questions. Would high recommend...I passed on my first try!

I was a nervous wreck before taking the NBCOT. I had taken the class recommended by my school and had been using their study guide but felt like I wasn't getting enough. I found this guide and ordered it as a last resort. The questions were practical and I felt they were closer to the ones on the actual test. Even the clinical reviews were more realistic. The only thing I would do different is order it sooner.

This is a great study guide. There is a description of the right and wrong answers, which I find very helpful. :)

I used this, the NBCOT study guide, and the OT Review and Study Guide from International Educational Resources to study for my exam. This was by far the most effective tool to study with. The questions were similar to the ones on the exam, and the explanation of the answers was thorough. I passed! I recommend this book!

I got this book after my classmates recommended it after passing the exam. This book helped me to pass the exam because it offers numerous practice exams, which offer questions and multiple answers that are framed just as the real exam questions are. It offers a practice exam to help you focus just on populations too. The questions are challenging enough, but not overly difficult as I have seen in other practice exam materials. For every question there are rationales explaining the right and wrong answers. It was very helpful and I recommend taking these practice exams shortly before the test.