Thank you so much pat, I am actually reading the Cotrell study guide right
now. I also bought the NBCOT study guide. Thanks for your advice.

Jerome A. Satorre

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Hi Jerome,

I used both the NBCOT study guide and the National Occupational Therapy 
Certification Exam Review & Study Guide (Fleming Cotrell) from 
International Educational Resources.  The practice tests are invaluable 
only partly because they point out what areas you are weak in.  More 
importantly, they teach you *how* to take the test.  The format of the 
questions is the same as the real test, and the rational explains why the 
right answers are right and the wrong answers are wrong.  Don't focus on 
memorizing the practice questions, you may see a few similar questions on 
the real thing, but mostly you won't.

The most important thing I learned from the practice tests was to PAY 
ATTENTION to what the question is asking.  Having graduated cum laude I was 
a bit disconcerted when I flunked the practice tests the first time (I 
skipped the rest of the guide and went straight to the tests first).  The 
reason I flunked them was because I didn't read the question carefully, and 
missed questions that I *knew* the answers to!  Don't let that happen to 
you on the real thing.  Always ask yourself "What are they looking 
for?".  Don't read too much into the questions, there are no "trick"
questions.

Good luck and let us know how you do!

Pat

At 04:57 PM 2/15/2005, you wrote:
>Hi,
>Im am taking the certification exam this march. I would like to ask for
some
>advice or tips in what topic to focus on or what reading materials to
study.
>Any advice or tips would greatly be appreciated. Btw, kudos to Ron for this
>list.
>
>Jerome Satorre
>
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