The relationship between the scores was evaluated by determination of the correlation coefficient. This represents students included in seven different classes (n = 375). The first didactic year is divided into three separate trimesters and a new class of students begins each four months. The study included those students that began their training in May of 1999 through May 2001. The PANCE scores represent the first attempt by IPAP graduates to attain certification shortly following completion of their second phase of training (clinical rotations). The PACKRAT examination was administered to students within the last few weeks of their first year of training, just prior to beginning their clinical rotations. Methods: PACKRAT scores from students enrolled in the Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP) following their didactic year of training were compared to the PANCE scores by the same students. I did not know how to study for professionalism, and it is my weakest area in my PANCE result report, along with pulmonology, which is to my surprise because pulmonology was always my strongest area in my other exams.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between student scores on the Physician Assistant Clinical Knowledge Rating and Assessment Tool (PACKRAT) and performance on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE). There were some questions I've NEVER encountered before and just guessed, some I felt I learned long long long time ago and could not recall, some long vignette questions that actually GAVE out a lot of information, lol.Īfter PANCE, I felt maybe I really should use a review book, Q banks were great but they don't cover everything, I had PPP but never really get into it. Took one break after I finished the 2nd block, then another one after block 3. I finished each blocks in 30-40 minutes, then went back and reviewed the questions until the time is up. We are allowed 3 breaks of a total 45 mins. The day before PANCE, I did not do anything.Īs for PANCE, it has the identical interface as Uworld. The 10 days leading to PANCE, I did 300-400 questions per day to build my stamina.ĭid NCCPA practice exam Form A 2 weeks before PANCE, little bar in mid green Form B 2 days before PANCE, little bar mid/high greenĢ days before PANCE, I was watching random videos online, I love "dirty medicine" on youtube. I read explanations of all the questions I got wrong. I also did roshreviews, reset the whole qbank and finished all 3000+ questions in 11 days. To my surprise, I saw few questions on my PANCE overlapped the ones on UWorld. Their long vignette questions are slightly harder than those long questions on PANCE. Their explanations are top notch, they really helped me understand the concepts and retain the information they want us to learn. I made sure I read through the explanations after each question, including why the other options were wrong. By the time I finished it, I was able to handle 150 Qs in a row. When I started Uworld, I would get mentally exhausted after doing 30 questions in a row (incuding reading the explanations). I found a 3 month Uworld free trial last year on reddit, and really loved it. I have to give the shot out to Uworld, I did not really have a study schedule, just decided to take the exam whenever I finish the q-banks. NCCPA practice exams: little bar in mid/high green both time Roshreview: 100% completion, 79% correct, predicted score: 519, 90% chance pass PA school GPA 3.84, EORE (402-433), post didactic packrat: 132, mid clinic packrat 138 (yikes, after 4 rotations and we took it right after our EORE with 1 hour break in between, and I never studied for my packrat) PANCE score: 566 (average score: 468, passing score: 350) I logged in the NCCPA website, answered 3 background questions (when this questionnaire popped up I kind of knew I passed ), then checked my result, PASSED. Received an email from NCCPA at 8:56 am EST stating my result is available. Now I want to share my experience and stats in case there are people find it helpful. I've been a long term lurker on this subreddit, coming here really helped me get through this whole crazy clinical year and PANCE prep. Just found out this morning I passed PANCE.
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