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Effective 17 March 2008, there will be changes implemented on the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy website. Here is a rundown of these changes: Effective the week of March 17th, a new Candidate and Licensee Services section of our website will be launched. From this exciting new interface, candidates and licensees can register [...]
Here are the names of the examinees who topped the recent licensure exams for physical and occupational therapists held earlier this month. TOP 10 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS EXAMINEES 1. Aldwin Galang Gregorio, Mariano Marcos State University-Batac — 84.10% 2. Minerva Zaniebeth Agudon Gomez, University of the Philippines-Manila — 83.80% 3. Mary Acelle Gonzales Garcia, University of [...]
Here’s some food for thought. Staying fit and healthy needs a lot of commitment. To eat the right kinds of food and to get sufficient exercise is not as easy as it sounds. Supplements like hoodia can probably help, but there’s nothing like sweating it out and doing it the natural way. *** Here is [...]
Here are the results of the recent licensure examinations for Physical and Occupational therapists held earlier this month. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 323 out of 833 passed the Physical and Occupational Therapist Licensure Examinations given by the Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy in the cities of Manila, Baguio and Cebu this [...]
Quoted below is the latest news from the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) regarding the Coursework Evaluation Tool (CWT). The CWT is the reliable tool used for evaluating whether the credentials of foreign-educated physical therapists are substantially equivalent to those of graduates of U.S. CAPTE-accredited programs. Board of Directors Update Coursework Evaluation Tool [...]
To all applicants, please take note of the following fee, policy and requirement changes from the FCCPT. Fee Increases The following fee increases become effective January 1, 2008: Type 1 Comprehensive Credentials Certification = $660.00 Type 2 Visa Screening = $465.00 Educational Credentials Review = $465.00 NY Verification process = $355.00 RE-evaluations and Reactivations = $210.00 [...]
With the recent decision of the Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards (Aust & NZ) Inc. to revise their assessment criteria such that only applicants from WFOT-accredited schools will be accepted, OTs who still want to migrate to Australia and to try their luck working as an OT there have another option in order to be successful [...]
A few days ago, we featured information for occupational therapists on how to get around working in the UK. Today, we are providing valuable information from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) which may be useful for physical therapists (or physiotherapists) who are interested to practice in the UK. Registration in the UK All physiotherapists [...]
Here is some valuable information I gathered from BAOT/COT. If you’re contemplating on working in the UK as an Occupational Therapist, then you might find the following tips very useful. Working in the UK Employment Opportunities. Employment opportunities for occupational therapists in the UK are currently more limited then they have been in recent years [...]
For all concerned UK-based occupational therapists, be informed that due to an unfortunate postal disruption, the Health Professions Council has allowed an additional ‘grace period’ for the submission of renewal applications. Quoted below is the original announcement from the HPC. Posted: 15/10/2007 – 17:00 Due to postal disruption, additional ‘grace period’ for renewal applications Due [...]
For those who have applied or are applying for the assessment of their credentials with the Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards (COTRB) Inc., please take note of the five-year effectivity of your eligibility from the time your Assessment letter has been issued to you. The announcement from COTRB is as follows: At the meeting [...]
NBCOT is Moving! NBCOT’s national headquarters will be relocating on Friday, November 30. The office will be closed on this date; however, online services will not be interrupted. NBCOT’s new address will be: 12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 100 Gaithersburg, MD 20877-4150 Please use this address for all correspondence as of December 1. Our phone [...]
For all concerned Occupational Therapists, please take note of the following announcement from NBCOT. Certification Examination and Renewal ALERT GAITHERSBURG, Maryland – September 26, 2007 To enable NBCOT’s testing and certification renewal contractors to carry out essential administration updates, there will be an examination and certification renewal blackout period from December 15, 2007 – January [...]
Hello everyone! I know most of the new PT grads are planning to get jobs in the US. It can be very overwhelming and confusing, so I’m offering tips on how to get started. (Note: the procedure on this post is for applications from the Philippines) If you have an agency or employer who will [...]
On Friday, August 17, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy approved the invalidation of 20 candidates’ National Physical Therapy Exam (“NPTE”) test results. This decision resulted from an extensive forensic analysis of the test performances of all candidates who sat for the NPTE between March 1, 2005 [...]
The minimum criteria for the assessment process have been revised. This will apply to all applications received by the COTRB office from 1 August 2007 onwards.In particular, the English language criteria has been amended to accept only the IELTS examination by way of an English language test (the OET is no longer accepted), and more [...]
Congratulations to all board exam passers! The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 472 out of 1,119 passed the Physical and Occupational Therapy Licensure Examinations given by the Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy in the cities of Manila , Baguio and Cebu in July 2007. The members of the Board of Physical and Occupational [...]
This is good news for all eligible OTs. The exams are now coming to you. The Certification Examination for OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST REGISTERED OTR® is now being offered overseas through Prometric Test Centers (PTCs). Any eligible candidate, who is a graduate of a U.S. or international education program, may use NBCOT’s online examination application system [...]
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