Nambriano Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I'm getting ready to take the PANRE for the second time. They now have categories for surgery,family practice and adult medicine. Not sure where I fit. I have been doing Interventional spine and chronic pain management. Have done some urgent care but many years ago. Peds is a weak spot as is cardiology and OB/GYN since have not done it since school in 2002. Any suggestions in which test to pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHU-CH Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 In your case, I would probably go with the adult medicine version (although I'm not sure exactly how much difference there really is between versions). Be sure to brush up on cardio - it is the largest single area questions are drawn from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkazik Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 No matter which one you choose, 60% of questions (144 Q's ) are in primary med -- meaning that you still need to review peds. (the NCCPA has never told us how much Peds is on the exam). 100% of Q's will have 8% women's health -- no matter which you choose --- primary, adult or surgery. The adult test will have 60% of everything, and 40% everything minus peds. The surgery test is trickier --- 60% primary med and 40% primary Q's with a surgical focus (including women's, ortho, CV, neuro, peds surgery topics. My experience with more than 2000 people taking the test is that the most common comment I heard about the adult test was: "it didn't feel any different than taking a primary med exam". the most common comment I heard about the surgery test was: "it was awful and not at all what I had been expecting". This is simply fact from what I have heard at the review course -- I took the primary med.....and it has gotten more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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