slolar Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Hi all. I'm taking PANRE for the first time on Monday. Do the NCCPA practice Exams correlate well with what you see on PANRE? If one does well on these practice exams, do most also do well on PANRE? Are the questions pretty similar? Seems to be mostly practice based--Pt has these symptoms, what would you do next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadonna22274 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 I did my recert in 2006 and was nervous about the exam as I hadn't taken a test in 6 years. I did spring for the $35 practice exam and thought it was money well-spent. The questions were indeed similar in style & scope and I ended up smoking the test, so I felt pretty reassured after all. If you've been in primary care in any way/shape/form you will do fine; but if you are a specialty PA or extremely limited in what you treat, it's worth brushing up on general medicine topics esp peds/ob/gyn and reviewing pharm. Good luck! It's not that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 I took my recert last yr and I have to agree with everything primadonna said right down to the bone. Good luck to you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slolar Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Thank you! Very reassuring. I'm in ER and find that that really helped me. I, too, am nervous b/c I feel so out of shape when it comes to taking tests now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadonna22274 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 If you practice general EM I predict you will be fine. The best advice I can give you is to take practice requests...and to write your own exam questions while you review. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slolar Posted September 3, 2010 Author Share Posted September 3, 2010 I got my results today and passed with flying colors. That's pretty quick to get results--5 days. I think the NCCPA exams were the closest to the real thing, and at least gave me a sense of what to expect. I am quite sure 3-4 questions from the practice exam showed up on my PANRE! Davis was too hard and specific (but I thought a great review), AAPA and yellow Lange questions were too easy. Overall, I found the test to be just awful. When I realized that this test was just a hoop to jump through, and not a real test of my ability to do my job or *useful* medical knowledge, I felt much better about it. I really would have no idea how to suggest studying for this part of the exam. I was surprised by the amount of pharm on this test, especially side effects. Quite a bit was pretty esoteric, not normal things you should know (like an ACE causing a cough). I thought there was a ton of endocrine (which I hate), while my friend thought there was too much about eyes (which she hates). So I guess what you feel deficient at is what's going to stick out. I think I did well b/c I'm a generalist and encounter a large variety of medical problems daily. I can't imagine having to take this test if I was specialized! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsh184 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Has anyone takin the Desales 2 day board review? How was it? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Boy slolar it sounds you had my exam...a lot of pharm side effects....that's why I suggest CME Resources for those who specialize, they go over everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me1030 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I had been in primary care, but have been in speciality for a few years.... definately a big difference when you don't see those conditions daily! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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