Do you have an approach to answering test questions? Or do you just run up to each one, read it, and hope the answer hits you?
That works when you know the answer, but, I don’t know about you, more often than not on my PANCE I didn’t know the answer. If I had to guess, I maybe really knew 25% of the answers. The rest you have to reason out. You have to tilt the odds in your favor. You’re not going to pass with 25%.You’re going to have to get a lot of questions right when you DON’T KNOW THE ANSWERS.
That’s the game here.
Take this question:
A 24-year-old G3P2002 at 9 weeks gestation complains of nervousness, restlessness, sweating, and heat intolerance. She also describes weakness and fatigue beyond what she experienced during her first two pregnancies. Exam reveals tachycardia, lid lag, and a fine resting tremor.
What is the treatment of choice?
a. Propranolol
b. Propylthiouracil
c. Radioactive iodine
d. Thyroidectomy
e. Methimazole
On first read, I have some feelings or intuition or whatever you want to call it, but I don’t know the answer.
Guess what? In the October issue of the Physician Assistant Exam Scholars newsletter, I’m going to tear down this question and the answers and how you and I can get as close as possible without being sure of the answer. This is how you pick up enough points to pass.
Alright.
Go ahead and join me here. The issue is off to the printer super early Friday morning.
Physician Assistant Exam Scholars
Brian Wallace