S8000 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Hello, I was wondering if anyone had any advice. I failed the PANCE and amreally feeling pretty low about it. I had to rescind a job offer that I had and I still haven't heard back from a fellowship I really wanted. I passed all my EORs on the first try and though my PACKRAT was pretty low (140) I was scoring in the 77-80s on Rosh. I used Pance Prep Pearl as my main source to brush up on topics. Now that I have 90 days before my retake I was wondering if anyone had any advice? Did anyone use a PANCE tutor or course that they thought was helpful/worth the money? Any advice would be truly welcomed. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatDee Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I’m sorry about the fail:/ if it makes you feel any better I failed back in January and I just took it again this past Monday and am convinced I failed again. I used PANCE prep pearls for about half the topics and definitely thought it was super helpful (if you quite literally memorize/retain all of the relevant info in there). I didn’t have time to read it for derm/heme/ID (and a few others) but wish that I had because it seemed like there were more questions than I anticipated on those topics (as well as more questions on pediatric patients than I expected). Other than PANCE prep pearl, Ive heard that rosh is pretty solid as far as reviewing for it. I used exammaster and really liked it as well, but it’s more a matter of the breadth of topics covered in my opinion rather than the specific site you use. I wish I had done way more questions than I had done, if I managed to fail yet again, I now know which subjects to focus on and I know to do way more questions in prep for it. Try not to get too down about it- plenty of people (especially this year with the new blueprint and the new grading etc) have failed. Just gotta take a breath, take a bit of a break, and get back after it in a few months. You can do this! Do not take it as a personal failure— it’s an incredibly difficult test and designed to mess with your mind a bit. You’ve got this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherbert Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) Take a deep breath. It happens. Don't let this bump in the road stop you. Make a study plan, look at your score report. What were the topics that you scored low in? Review those first. I recently took the PANCE in June and felt that the actual exam felt nothing like the EORs and the Packrat, so I spent the next week panicking because of it until my scores came out. I don't know about Exams in previous years, but I felt the 2019 PANCE was completely different from the practice questions from Rosh. I don't recall many questions with buzzwords and topics that I thought for sure would be on the exam were nowhere to be seen. I had a lot of " you had 300 questions and you asked this?" moments throughout the exam. I took a board review course with CME Resources and felt that the in person classes and the resources they provided us with were extremely helpful. I used those resources as well as Pearls to study for my exam. You CAN do this and I know that you'll pass this time! Best of luck. Edited July 23, 2019 by Sherbert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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