rr6775 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 My school is paying for us to take the Kaplan review. Has anyone taken it and think that is truly beneficial and helped them pass the boards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmathews619 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 My school gave us a discounted price for the online Kaplan qbank. Me and couple of my friends(5 of us) chipped in and got it for 1 price. The qbank questions are longer in length than what they test on the PANCE. But the question make you think. I used the qbank during my clinical year so by the time of graduation I had completed it. I would say that qbank made me use critical thinking a lot more than the typical factoid questions we see during our PA school exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FixIt Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The Kaplan Qbank was my primary resource for studying. I also listened to review session lectures from the MyCME (UMDNJ) course. But what really got me ready to take a test with a bunch of questions, was practicing a bunch of questions! I started doing the qbank about 5 months before my exam, but didn't really buckle down until about 3 weeks before the exam. You need to reserve a lot of time to thoroughly go through all the answers and analyze why you got it wrong or right, and always ALWAYS read the explanations to each question. I took most of them on a timed basis to train myself to get through long question stems, then analyzed all the answers and took notes after. It's a lot of work but I felt like the PANCE was pretty fair after I studied like that. I passed with a decent score (I have another thread in this forum about it). Of course there were a few "wtf" questions and a good amount that I was feeling 50/50 on, but I didn't feel like I was super unprepared. I'd say the qbank is worth the money if you put the time in. And is more motivating than just reading page after page out of Current Dx/Tx or other books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbrothers98 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Kaplan is good, there is academic PA involvement, which means the test bank is not USMLE lite but actually directed at PAs. Plus there is review associated with the Q bank. 2 proven methods to retain knowledge other than using it on a daily basis. Test questions (or flashcards) aimed at developing knowledge base. Reviewing small amounts of same material periodically to reinforce. Good luck. G Brothers PA-C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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