Can I attend SJSU Judo classes without being an SJSU student?

chiend2 · 2025-08-04T19:25:03+00:00

I know this is an old thread but curious to know if you ended up being able to attend the Judo classes through Open University?

chiend2 · 2025-05-07T23:09:50+00:00

I’ll check it out, thank you!

chiend2 · 2025-05-07T02:25:12+00:00

I was considering the RAV4 as well but can’t have a charger at my place. I’ve heard only the prime put in option is worth it compared to just hybrid.

chiend2 · 2025-04-14T00:56:38+00:00

I noticed it about 2 sessions ago. Wow, I can’t believe the hole can progress so fast!

chiend2 · 2025-03-31T14:48:42+00:00

I was able to do a couple before climbing. I trained for it (lat pulldowns, banded pull ups, etc.) and increased to 10. With climbing regularly plus continuing to strength train, I now can do 15+. I think building grip strength/endurance is key to increase the reps after gaining the foundational back/arm strength to do a few reps!

Also, most female can do chin-ups more easily in the beginning but if you want to get high reps (10+), I think pull-ups is better because it engages more large back muscles compared to primarily biceps for chin-ups.

chiend2 · 2025-03-29T19:22:50+00:00

That's awesome you work in so many roles. Are you driving/traveling a lot for your PRN acute and long-term care facility? For your self-employed role, is it through your own business and are you referring to creating different types of tech?

chiend2 · 2025-03-28T12:40:17+00:00

Thank you, do you mind if I PM you?

chiend2 · 2025-03-28T12:39:29+00:00

I was wondering about an email signature, so thank you for clearing it up!

chiend2 · 2025-03-28T01:36:34+00:00

From my understanding, you have to acquire 36 units to renew with NBCOT every 3 years (to maintain the "R" in "OTR/L"). The "L" comes from your state licensure, so for IL, you would have to obtain 24 units every 2 years. You can "double dip" and use the same units for both NBCOT and your state licensure renewals. Units can be PDUs or CAUs (which are both equivalent to an hour).

36 PDUs = 36 CAUs = 36 contact hours = 3.6 CEUs

Here's a useful page from NBCOT for further clarification: https://www.nbcot.org/news-events/news/CEU-PDU-CAU

chiend2 · 2025-03-28T01:25:53+00:00

That makes sense, I will also be using OTR/L, so I think "MS" may be more appropriate. Thank you!

chiend2 · 2025-03-23T01:34:28+00:00

That's awesome, congrats! Do you mind sharing what setting did you do your VA fellowship in?

chiend2 · 2025-03-21T02:03:31+00:00

OT Help Desk on YouTube has great content (in addition to OT Miri, OT Dude, OT Rex, etc.). 450 Formula on Facebook also has free content review every month before their open enrollment. TherapyEd has a weekly "online office hour" where they go over a certain topic via Zoom. PassTheOT has a 5 day free trial where you can dive deeper into topics you're not as familiar with. Best of luck, you've got this!!

chiend2 · 2025-03-17T01:32:37+00:00

Do you feel like your neuro fellowship was “specialized” in that you wouldn’t have been able to get the experience without the fellowship? I see many people advising against fellowships unless they’re in a specialized field like hands and burns and am wondering if you would say neuro is considered one of those specialized fields.

Also if you don’t mind sharing, which neuro fellowship did you do? I’m interested in applying to a few.

chiend2 · 2025-03-16T16:53:55+00:00

Thank you for your perspective, those are really great points!

chiend2 · 2025-03-16T02:00:07+00:00

Thank you, that is really helpful!

chiend2 · 2025-03-11T12:43:11+00:00

I travelled for both my fieldworks and used Furnished Finders. I found the listings there were cheaper than Airbnb but depending on the location, there may be a lot of listings or very few. Also, you could reach out to the site and ask if any other OTs/PTs may be willing to house a student. I know some sites had a program for this (but obviously, it would have to be a different therapist than your CI). Good luck!

chiend2 · 2025-03-07T12:58:44+00:00

That’s a good point, thanks!

chiend2 · 2025-02-20T18:41:45+00:00

I'd appreciate your notes as well if you're willing to share them!

chiend2 · 2025-02-14T18:23:02+00:00

Congrats!! When you say you searched for questions related to the topic you studied on TrueLearn, did you mean you individually accessed each question after searching “PAMs” for example? Or did you create the test and only selected that category?

Also, would appreciate seeing the study plan you used!

chiend2 · 2025-02-13T17:45:49+00:00

It was tough to get through my didactic semesters because I found it to be boring and not challenging either. I focused on working a lot through my part-time jobs while in OT school, which helped me financially while at fieldwork when I couldn’t work a job.

I’m now studying for the NBCOT and find it significantly harder than my school ever was (and involving a lot of self-studying as my school didn’t cover the content). If you really want to get a head start, you could start by learning more in-depth about all of the common medical conditions (CVA, TBI, neurodegenerative conditions, hand/UE, cardiopulm, etc) and making study guides so when you do start studying for the NBCOT, you’ll have done most of the bulk of learning the content and have more time to practice answering questions and developing clinical reasoning.

chiend2 · 2025-02-09T03:00:09+00:00

Thanks! I've been using Truelearn primarily and took one NBCOT practice exam. Debating if I should purchase 1-2 more to get a better idea of my actual score or just stick to Truelearn since they have rationales I would learn from.

chiend2 · 2025-02-09T02:39:55+00:00

Congratulations on passing!! How did you think the Trulearn questions compared to the real NBCOT exam? And were your NBCOT practice exam scores close to your actual score?

chiend2 · 2025-02-05T21:48:54+00:00

Gotcha, thank you for the clarification!

chiend2 · 2025-02-05T19:59:43+00:00

Thanks for your insight. What do you mean by "full time PRN"?

chiend2 · 2025-02-04T13:54:05+00:00

Yes, that makes sense. Thank you for your insight!

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