joon315 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I will be taking the PANCE in 3 months and have been trying to determine the best way to study for it. To give you a little background I received a raw score of 165 on my PACKRAT. I am currently using Rosh Review and will be attending an Emory board review at my school during the last week of our program. Until then, I have been looking for another resource to use in addition to Rosh to study both for the boards and for my last two rotations/EOR exams. I know a lot of PA students who use Step Up to Medicine to study but for some reason I can not get into that book. As a substitute I found First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 and 2 which I ordered and really like. I am a little nervous about using step exam study material to prepare for the PANCE even though I plan to skip over the basic science stuff unless it is directly pertinent to the topic I am studying. I have found a few people on this forum and other places who said that they used First Aid to study for the PANCE but I would like more input. Any thoughts about using these materials for PANCE prep? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMSGuy1982 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Check out the Davis' PA Exam Review. I used it and went through the whole book + Rosh and a CME resources course review. I felt the Davis book helped and the questions on the CD that is included were very PANCE-like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joon315 Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 The reason that I am looking outside of the typical PANCE prep resources is because I struggle with memorizing/understanding information unless I understand the underlying pathophysiology. I have found that the PANCE books are somewhat lacking in pathophysiology while the step books have more pathophys and basic sciences that I can reference if I am truly struggling to understand something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMSGuy1982 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 The reason that I am looking outside of the typical PANCE prep resources is because I struggle with memorizing/understanding information unless I understand the underlying pathophysiology. I have found that the PANCE books are somewhat lacking in pathophysiology while the step books have more pathophys and basic sciences that I can reference if I am truly struggling to understand something. Davis goes deep. Get yourself a KAPLAN test bank as well. The questions are harder but they dive deep into the explanations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergirl Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I used first aid to usmle step 2 ck and really liked it. That + Rosh Review explanations. I passed with a comfortable margin. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDayBFL Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I used first aid step 1 & 2 ck along with onlinemeded.org free videos and a few question banks. I did like the first aid books and I thought they presented the material better than any PANCE prep book out there. And I passed comfortably. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssteve05 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I am applying to PA school 10 years after passing the USMLE Step1 (and later withdrawing from med school for other reasons). I want to review all material that will be pertinent to PA school and the PANCE. What in the USMLE books should I skip over? Thank you!! I really need to focus on refreshing the things that will matter, so any guidance from those of you who have done/are doing PA school would be extremely helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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