I’ve been there now twice. I’ve seen my PANCE on the horizon. I’ve done my best to ignore it. I took a similar approach to my PANRE (and I don’t recommend it). For me, it always begins with denial. We don’t want to get started because we don’t know WHERE to start. The sheer volume of … [Read more...]

The March 2020 issue marks two years of The Physician Assistant Exam Scholars Newsletter. Issue #24! Publishing the newsletter has been so much fun. It’s given me the opportunity to distill so much information and collect it in one place for you. As I was pawing through some old … [Read more...]

“I can’t keep it all straight.” “There’s too much to know.” “I don’t have enough time.” These are the three most common phrases I hear; I hear them over and over and over. I understand it’s difficult. I understand there’s a lot of material, and that there’s a finite amount of time to … [Read more...]

Do all details matter? No, of course not. Do those details that matter, matter the same amount? Are all the details equivalent? Should you spend the same amount of time on everything? No way. You need to be smarter than that. You are smarter than that. If you’re going have a fighting … [Read more...]

There are some things that are really hard to learn, like vaccination schedules and HIV meds. There are other things that are really easy to learn like the treatment for preeclampsia. Medication names are really really hard for me. From the way I pronounce drug names, I’m sure you see that I … [Read more...]