Can we actually help you pass?

Fair question. Maybe you’re a few months out and want to do this right the first time. Maybe you already got the email you didn’t want and you’re deciding what to do next. Either way, you don’t need my life story. You need to know who’s in this room, and whether people like you have walked out of it with a pass.

The number

Across every student who has reported a PANCE score change, the average is +80 points.

That number includes everyone: the students who passed, the ones who came up just short, and the handful whose scores went down. Nobody got quietly dropped from the math to make the average look better.

Most companies would show you just the passers. That number runs in the high 90s, and it would look great on this page. It would also be less true. The median is +80, if you like your statistics resistant to outliers.

The stories behind the number

Here are a few of them. Their words, exactly as they wrote them. First names only.

“So excited to share that I passed, and that my score increased by 70 points! There is no doubt in my mind that test anxiety was the reason I could not pass the last two times. You helped me immensely! The 33 days to pass plus all of your podcasts are the reason for my score improvement.”

Alessandra

“I PASSED!!!! AFTER MANY YEARS, FEARS, & TEARS- IT’S O V E R! I survived. There were so many times I thought it would never happen. Your podcasts, advice, and encouragement was part of the reason I kept (just enough) sanity to see it through. Thank you for hammering in a growth mindset and much needed test-taking skills. I had failed out of my program (twice, ouch) and failed the PANCE. I went from a 287 to a 402 after your 33 days program.”

Kelso

“I PASSED!!! IM A PA-C!!! Thank you thank you thank you Brian!! I 100% believe your 33 days to PANCE course got me here!!! THIRD TIMES the charm! I scored a 320, 315 and now a 434!!!! I am so happy!!!”

Lauren

We have a lot more of these, but you get the idea.

Most of the coaches on this staff were students first

Some of them failed the PANCE first. They fixed what was broken, passed, got their careers back, and then turned around and came back to coach the next group through the same door. When your coach says “I know exactly where you are right now,” it’s not a line.

If you’ve failed this exam, you don’t need another lecture from someone who aced it on the first try and can’t remember what scared feels like. You need someone who sat where you’re sitting. We have a staff of them.

Here’s Andy, the lead coach, in his own words:

“I’m a practicing PA in Western Pennsylvania who was in Brian’s very first cohort of the 33 days to Pass the PANCE. I was struggling with EORs, had a little one at home, and was on my last leg before being kicked out of PA school. If I failed even one more test. That was it. This program changed how I did things and I passed the rest of my EORs and my PANCE on the first try. 6 months later, I was head of a 30 APP team at the second largest health corporation in Western PA. It was never that I wasn’t smart, but I didn’t have the right tools.”

Andy Gaul, PA-C, Lead Coach

The program they coach, 33 Days to Pass the PANCE, runs as a live cohort every other month: February, April, June, August, October, December. If you want the full picture, the 33 Days page has it. This page is just here to show you who’s in your corner.

Okay, fine. A little about me

I’m Brian Wallace. I’m a PA, and I still practice: multispecialty, in a hospital, every Wednesday and Friday. I think the person teaching you medicine should still be doing medicine.

PAER started in 2011, when I was studying for my own recertification exam and couldn’t find study materials that worked the way I actually studied, so I made my own. Fifteen years later it’s a podcast, a daily email, and the coaching program you just read about. Along the way I’ve been invited into PA programs to work with students and faculty in person.

The best thing I ever built is the coaches who came back and the students behind those numbers. These days I mostly try not to get in their way.

Where you go from here

Depends on where you are.

If your exam is still months out, start with the free stuff. The daily emails put one useful thing about the PANCE in your inbox every morning, and the podcast rides along on your commute. It’s the easiest way to find out if we’re your people.

If you failed, or you’re struggling in didactic or clinical year, then 33 Days to Pass the PANCE is for you. A new cohort starts every other month, coached by the people you just met.

If you run a PA program, there’s a whole page built for you.

For PA programs

If you’re a program director or faculty member with students you’re worried about, that’s a conversation I want to have. PA programs whose students have come through 33 Days, or that have hosted workshops with us, include A.T. Still, Pacific University, Nova, Indiana University, Ashland University, Pace University, and Elizabethtown College. The For PA Programs page has the full picture, or email me directly at bwallace@physicianassistantexamreview.com. I answer my own email.

Brian Wallace, PA-C