NBCOT Prep

The general consensus from the self-assessment indicates the emergence of preliminary knowledge & skills within all domains, including evaluation, assessment, intervention, and practice standards. One area that indicated higher competence, suggesting more clinical experience to progress, was synthesizing assessment results to determine eligibility for services and to plan interventions.

Strengths 

1. Assessment synthesis & interpretation

2. Activity analysis

3. Environmental modification recommendations

4. Modalities & preparatory techniques

5. Assessing functional skills/roles

Areas of Need

1. Sensory/motor/neuro interventions

2. Orthotics/prosthetics 

3. Assistive tech & DME 

4. Collaboration with client & team members 

5. Laws, regulations, and reimbursement

Implementation of Results to Guide Study Priorities

• Based on my strengths, I am successful at:

  • breaking down tasks

  • understanding clients' needs

  • building clinical reasoning

  • making logical decisions about environment & function

• My areas of study priorities will continue as follows:

  • intervention + diagnosis + recovery stage

  • neuro/sensory/motor interventions

  • orthotics & prosthetics

  • assistive tech

  • laws & ethics

  • scope of practice

• How to address these priorities:

  • ask questions: "what intervention fits this stage?", "what would I actually do in treatment?", "why was this intervention chosen?"

  • use low-pressure repetition methods (e.g. watch videos, read through rationales, summarize content, apply content via questions)

  • follow with active recall for more challenging areas

REFLECTORS: emphasizes observation, thoughtful processing, and low-pressure engagement 

• Preference for observing before acting

• Need time to process and reflect before responding

• Stronger learning through listening, reviewing, and analyzing

• Benefit from low-pressure, thoughtful discussions

Study Strategies for Reflectors:

• Watching recorded lectures, videos, or demos before studying material - acts as a general summary or "first pass" of info

• Take time to absorb material/content before engaging/contributing in group settings

• Find models or examples (e.g. study plan outline for content) before completing the task independently - helps guide my thoughts

• Use summary notes, 1 pagers, "brain dumps" before and/or after studying - helps to determine what I know without assistance & avoid taking too long on one content area to overanalyze

• Spacing content out - to avoid memorization only, create space between content and fill the space with something new and then go back to it to test on it.

• Use application-based practice questions with rationales to test understanding of why, not just memorization

• Review & revisit notes multiple times & reflect on what worked and didn't work after study sessions - help adapt and tweak future sessions to be more productive & conducive to specific learning style

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