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Having taken every PAEA EOR as well I suggest you study the topic list and focus your studies based on the percentage of weight based on the PAEA blue print.

 

I recommend you make a chart and list it by organ system with most weighted on from top and least weighted organ system on the bottom.

 

Column A list the disease / topic

Column B list the most commons (etiology / demographic / etc)

Column C most common s&s (include in there any "buzz words" associated with that topic (ie RUQ pain + fever + jaundice = ascending cholangitis)

Column D first line and gold standard tests (and what the positive result should be)

Column E first line and gold standard treatment for the condition

 

I suggest you use the Comprehensive Review book from the NCCPA as well as the Blueprint book series. Boards and Wards is also good too. 

 

I also suggest you take the explanations given to you from these question banks and also use that info to complete your chart. When you are done, you'll find that many of the topics are repeated in other PAEA EORs and then again when you take the PANCE so you can just reuse that information again for further review. I definitely recommend Rosh Review, PANCE Master and Kaplan review questions. 

 

I also used Lange Q&A, PA Easy, comprehensive review book questions, exam master, Challenger and the Davis Review book and feel the best options were the ones I mentioned earlier. 

 

Some other resources are listed below:
 
PA Student Essential Charts and Recommendations:
 
Murmur sounds:
 
Podcasts:
 
Ortho Resource:
 
Genetic Diseases:
 
 
Question banks:
Lange Q&A Physician Assistant Examination, Sixth Edition 6th Edition (Book, not online)  http://www.amazon.com/Lange-Physician-Assistant-Examination-Edition/dp/0071628282
 
Recommended Books
A Comprehensive Review For the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants Fifth Edition 
 
Boards & Wards for USMLE Steps 2 & 3 (Boards and Wards Series) Fifth Edition
 
Blueprints Family Medicine, 3rd Edition (Blueprints Series) Third Edition (There's a whole series which are all very good)
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Well, from someone who has taken every single one of them let me tell you, follow the blueprint because your friends are lying to you. If you want to do well in them them you'll need to do practice questions after going over every single topic in the blueprint.

 

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Thank you so much.  Starting my studies on inpatient/internal medicine! I will use the blueprint as a guide and will seek out practice questions from Kaplan and Exam Masters.  Thank you very much.  My first PAEA isn't until January but I'm staritng to study now!

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Thank you so much. Starting my studies on inpatient/internal medicine! I will use the blueprint as a guide and will seek out practice questions from Kaplan and Exam Masters. Thank you very much. My first PAEA isn't until January but I'm staritng to study now!

If you want good practice questions without breaking the bank, i suggest you buy Pance and Panre on PrepU. The questions are very similar to PAEA EOR.

 

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Having taken every PAEA EOR as well I suggest you study the topic list and focus your studies based on the percentage of weight based on the PAEA blue print.

 

I recommend you make a chart and list it by organ system with most weighted on from top and least weighted organ system on the bottom.

 

Column A list the disease / topic

Column B list the most commons (etiology / demographic / etc)

Column C most common s&s (include in there any "buzz words" associated with that topic (ie RUQ pain + fever + jaundice = ascending cholangitis)

Column D first line and gold standard tests (and what the positive result should be)

Column E first line and gold standard treatment for the condition

 

I suggest you use the Comprehensive Review book from the NCCPA as well as the Blueprint book series. Boards and Wards is also good too. 

 

I also suggest you take the explanations given to you from these question banks and also use that info to complete your chart. When you are done, you'll find that many of the topics are repeated in other PAEA EORs and then again when you take the PANCE so you can just reuse that information again for further review. I definitely recommend Rosh Review, PANCE Master and Kaplan review questions. 

 

I also used Lange Q&A, PA Easy, comprehensive review book questions, exam master, Challenger and the Davis Review book and feel the best options were the ones I mentioned earlier. 

 

Some other resources are listed below:
 
PA Student Essential Charts and Recommendations:
 
Murmur sounds:
 
Podcasts:
 
Ortho Resource:
 
Genetic Diseases:
 
 
Question banks:
Lange Q&A Physician Assistant Examination, Sixth Edition 6th Edition (Book, not online)  http://www.amazon.com/Lange-Physician-Assistant-Examination-Edition/dp/0071628282
 
Recommended Books
A Comprehensive Review For the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants Fifth Edition 
 
Boards & Wards for USMLE Steps 2 & 3 (Boards and Wards Series) Fifth Edition
 
Blueprints Family Medicine, 3rd Edition (Blueprints Series) Third Edition (There's a whole series which are all very good)

 

Oh my goodness thank you Timon for the resources! I was sweating the PAEA exams! My first PAEA exam isn't until January but I'm starting my chart as you suggested already.  Seriously thank you for the guidance.  I was feeling a little overwhelmed and lost and didn't know where to start.

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