Research Guides: Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology: Websites, Multimedia, & Test Prep

Streaming Videos

ICE Learning Center
Innovative streaming video collections, of real patients and therapists, created to inspire clinical excellence for faculty, students and clinicians in occupational therapy and physical therapy programs.
Kanopy
On-demand streaming video for educational institutions, provides access to 30,000+ films each year.

Videos and Cool Tools: MedlinePlus

Interactive Resources and Test Preparation

Click on a PDF below for instructions on how to create an account and find the appropriate test materials you need in the Peterson's Test Prep and PrepSTEP databases.

How to access online tests (OT)

PrepSTEP for Colleges & Universities
Provides comprehensive academic and career-related resources, including practice tests, tutorials, ebooks, articles, and flashcards.
Peterson's Test Prep
Online practice tests including entrance exams, certification, and licensing tests. Also provides information on colleges and universities, scholarships, and resumes. List of tests and courses is available here.

Khan Academy
a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 150 practice exercises
Medical Pronunciations

Web based resources

Job Outlook for OTA's - From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Occupational Outlook Handbook contains detailed information using when considering long term career options.
The Merck Manual of Medical Information
Merck is committed to bringing out the best in medicine. As part of that effort, Merck provides all of The Merck Manuals as a service to the community.

PubMed
Indexes articles in a broad range of pre-clinical and clinical disciplines. It is the version of MEDLINE that the National Library of Medicine makes available for free, and contains a collection of newer articles that are not yet indexed and included in other versions of MEDLINE.

Associations

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
Physicians Adding Quality to Life (SM)The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is (more)

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the national medical society representing more than 7,500 physicians who are specialists in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R).
American Occupational Therapy Association
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is the national professional association established in 1917 (more)

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to represent the interests and concerns of occupational therapy practitioners and students of occupational therapy and to improve the quality of occupational therapy services.
National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. (NBCOT) is a not-for-profit credentialing (more)

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agency that provides certification for the occupational therapy profession.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Providing National and World Leadership to Prevent Workplace Illnesses and Injuries.
The National Organization on Disability - Home Page
The mission of the National Organization on Disability (NOD) is to expand the participation and contribution of America’s 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.

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