OT learner resources
This section is to help you find learning resources and opportunities to support your studies.
Our website is regularly updated with opportunities to get involved and amazing resources. Please take the time to explore. You may find it helpful to regularly check:
- news
- events
- Highlight (our monthly email newsletter for members)
RCOT’s Digital Library (members only)
If you’re an RCOT member, you have access to our complete Digital Library. You can access this through our website or through OpenAthens authentication on other sites.
You’ll find a treasure trove of e-books, e-journals, online databases, RCOT publications, theses and grey literature.
Explore the Digital Library today.
CPD portfolio (members only)
Our members have access to their own CPD portfolio. This web tool and app makes recording your learning, reflections and new understanding simple and will provide an excellent ongoing resource. Recording your CPD is also a great habit to start building before HCPC registration.
Annual Conference – on demand content
Annual Conference is our flagship event and the UK’s premier occupational therapy conference.
You’ll hear strong opinions, get into the debates that matter and discover high-level unique knowledge, perspectives and vision.
It's a showcase for occupational therapy, bringing together members and non-members from across the profession to hear the most up to date knowledge.
Our two-day online event for this year – #RCOT2024 – has already passed, but you can still access the 60+ hours of CPD content that was generated through our on-demand virtual platform until the end of December 2024.
Get your ticket to the on demand service
Career conversations
If you’re interested in what comes next and would like to hear OT career narratives from our diverse workforce you may want to listen to our Career Conversations vodcasts and podcasts.
OTnews (members only)
OTnews delivers a lively mix of news and policy, the latest professional developments, features and opinions, ensuring practitioners are kept up to date with the latest developments in the field.
You can catch up on the last 12 issues at rcot.co.uk/otnews.
British Journal of Occupational Therapy (BJOT)
BJOT aims to be the publication of choice for people to access, disseminate and guide the implementation of occupational therapy knowledge and evidence worldwide.
If you’re a member of RCOT, you can access BJOT articles for free.
Read the British Journal of Occupational Therapy