Thank you, Adrian Nava, OTR, LSVT-BIG, for an electrifying conversation about his personal journey to becoming a BrOT. Adrian discusses his previous career before OT, how he got interested in therapy, and his current practice.

Truelearn referral link: ⁠https://truelearn.referralrock.com/l/brotbrain/⁠

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BrOT_Brain Instagram and other links: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/brot_brain⁠

Thank you, Chris Donohue, PT, DPT, OCS, for a great conversation about the differences and similarities between the occupational and physical therapy professions.

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BrOT_Brain Instagram and other links: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/brot_brain⁠

Two BrOTs, Curtis Handy and Anderson Chumpitaz, discuss differences and similarities between adult and pediatric settings for occupational therapy. They discuss typical diagnoses, skills, compensation, hours, and even share some stories about meaningful moments. Please let us know what you think!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brot_brain/

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Thank you, Jordan Agabin, OTR/L, for a great conversation about his personal journey to becoming a BrOT. Jordan discusses starting out working towards becoming a PA, his love of basketball, life right out of OT graduate school, vulnerability, and his love of OT and the profession's respect of the human experience.

Jordan's OT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/once_upon_ot/

Truelearn referral link: https://truelearn.referralrock.com/l/brotbrain/

Code: "brotbrain" for 15% off 90 days or more NBCOT study products and other speciality allied health exams.⁠

BrOT_Brain Instagram and other links: ⁠https://linktr.ee/brot_brain

Thank you, Dr. Barry James, OTD for a great conversation about his personal journey to becoming a BrOT. Dr. Barry James goes in depth about his experiences in the pediatric field and all the joyous moments of being a male therapist in that setting. Additionally, Dr. Barry James discusses his journey to OT beginning at a summer camp, his love of video games, interests in mental health and vision rehab, and the impact of being male therapists for all his pediatric clients.

Truelearn referral link:

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Code: "brotbrain" for 15% off 90 days or more NBCOT study products and other speciality allied health exams.⁠

BrOT_Brain Instagram and other links: ⁠https://linktr.ee/brot_brain

Thank you, Dr. Uchendu Iwuanyanwu, OTD, OTR/L, (AKA, Dr._uche_the_swole_OT), for a great conversation about his personal journey to becoming a BrOT. In this BrOT Spotlight, Dr. Uche discusses his start in a pre-PT academic program, family dynamics, unique OT career plan, importance of physical activity, and his favorite aspects of being a male occupational therapist.

You can find Dr. Uche on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dr._uche_the_swole_ot/

BrOT_Brain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brot_brain/

In this episode we discuss study tips, post-grad thoughts, and possible specializations we are looking at for our future OT careers. We hope you find this episode helpful in your studying process.

Resources we discussed:

NBCOT Study Pack: https://www.nbcot.org/Products/studypack

AOTA Exam Prep: https://www.aota.org/education/exam-prep

OT Miri: https://www.otmiri.com/

OT Dude's NBCOT Exam Prep Course: https://www.otdude.com/academy/nbcot-exam-prep/lesson/learning-objectives/

OT Exam Preppers: https://www.otexamprepper.com/

True Learn: https://truelearn.com/#

A great conversation with a fellow BrOT, Dr. Jason Browning. Dr. Jason Browning has more than 20 years of experience as an OT, and immense knowledge about improving sleep participation for all clients. We discuss his experiences, why he chose OT, sleep, and why more men are needed in the field of OT. If you are an OT practitioner struggling to find ways to address sleep for your clients, reach out to Dr. Jason Browning at his email, jtbrowning@radford.edu.

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we had making it!

Welcome to our first podcast series: BrOT Spotlight! In this episode, we interview Dr. Gentry and talk about OT and his experiences as a BrOT in graduate school and in practice. Dr. Gentry gives a lot of good advice in this episode so you won't want to miss this one!

Our second episode is up! The BrOTs discuss motivation and burnout within graduate school and how they stay motivated.

BrOTs also give advice on staying mentally and physically healthy while balancing academics.

Please share this with a local graduate student near you!

Our first pilot episode. We talk school, culture, and what we would have done if we didn't become brOTs.

Any feedback is welcomed!