Product Description

Are you a student preparing for the NBCOT exam? Looking for only one study guide to help you prepare for this important day? Wondering what thousands of your peers and fellow students have relied on for their studying needs? The answer is the OT Exam Review Manual-now available in a completely updated and revised fourth edition.

This invaluable study tool is designed to guide students through the studying process from start to finish. With a redesigned question format to match the NBCOT exam, more questions, and an on-line testing component, this fourth edition is a study guide that inspires critical thinking.

Karen Sladyk and her co-authors incorporate domain, task, and knowledge style questions as a way to prepare students for the pace of the NBCOT exam. This collection of questions enables students to think logically for the answers, not just practice for the exam.

The OT Exam Review Manual, Fourth Edition also includes an on-line testing component. With 350 questions (150 more than the software included with the previous edition), students are able to maximize their computer testing skills and assists with integrated learning.

Covering topics such as study habits, content outlines, fieldwork, and waiting for results, the OT Exam Review Manual, Fourth Edition is the most current and extensive review on the market for occupational therapy students.

Features:

• Contains 600 questions (50 more than the previous edition)
• Redesigned question format to match new NBCOT exam
• Includes a new user-friendly, on-line testing component incorporating questions from the book
• Worksheets, time organizers, and a recommended reading list

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Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Preface xiii

Section I. Getting Ready
Chapter One: Overview
Karen Sladyk, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, and Lori Vaughn, OTR/L

Section II. Study Techniques
Chapter Two. How to Study for the Exam
Chapter Three. Study Content Outlines
Chapter Four. Fieldwork Experience as a Study Guide

Section III. Study Questions
Chapter Five. Mixed Domain, Task, and Knowledge Study Questions with Answers
Chapter Six. Domain-Style Study Questions with Answers

Section IV. Life After the Exam
Chapter Seven. Life After the Exam
Karen Sladyk, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, and Julie Seethaler, OTR/L

Appendices
Appendix A. Annotated Bibliography and Resources Used to Develop Study Questions
Appendix B. Helpful Abbreviations
Appendix C. Authors' Feedback Form

Index

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About the Authors

Karen Sladyk, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, has a BS in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti; an MS in Community Health from Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven; and a PhD in Adult and Vocational Education from the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Karen teaches at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, MA. Her occupational therapy interests include clinical reasoning and fieldwork. She resides in Tolland, CT in a small house with two cats. When she is not busy with academic challenges, she enjoys quilt making.

Signian McGeary, MS, OTR/L, has 25 years of adult physical disability practice following her degree in Occupational Therapy from Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. Her transition into teaching has resulted in a MS in Adult Education. Her current clinical interests include a research study in hip fractures and international travel. She has studied Mandarin Chinese to prepare for educational clinical exchanges in China with the World Health Organization. She has taken students to numerous countries for nontraditional fieldwork and will teach OT in Africa next year. Her husband, two daughters, and son-in-law, as well as her grandchildren, share and support her love of international travel.

Lori S. Gilmore, MS, CSE, has a BS degree in Social Work from Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven; a teaching certificate in Special Education; and a MS in Language Arts from Central Connecticut State College, New Britain. She has completed an advanced graduate degree in Learning Disabilities at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. When she is not busy with work and school, she is active in community activities with her new family, including her three sons, Brent, Seth, and Blake. Lori also holds a teaching position (secondary) and enjoys quilt making but is much different from her sister, Karen Sladyk, in that she only has one cat.

Roseanna Tufano, MFT, OTR/L, has a BS degree in Occupational Therapy from Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. She has worked in a variety of psychiatric settings since 1980 as a staff OT and consultant. She is presently assistant professor at Quinnipiac University where she teaches psychopathology, group dynamics, clinical media, and psychosocial aspects of physical disabilities. Roseanna completed her master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy. She resides with her husband, Lou, and their two children, Carissa and Brett. They continue to be her source for love, inspiration, and fun.

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