A few weeks ago this email came in, and these are the ones that drive me nuts!
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I stopped practicing 18 years ago to raise my three children. I have 2 in college and a sophomore in high school. I wanted to go back to work part-time this year, but am completely paralyzed by fear of the PANRE. I was a surgical PA in Plastics for 12 years before I stopped practicing. It was great fun with a lot of cutting and sewing, but not a whole lot of medicine going on. I feel like I could still work my way through a question to come to a correct diagnosis, but a lot of the treatment plans and medications are foreign to me after 18 years.
I basically told myself, “who are you kidding? You will never pass that exam again so just throw in the towel.” I did one last search for a miracle review course and came across your podcast. I spend hours of my life driving to see my kids at college and driving my youngest home 45 minutes everyday from crew practice so the podcast was a God send!
I have listened to your podcast everyday for the past two weeks and bought the final step combo last night. Confidence is still way low but I feel a glimmer of hope!
I’m hoping to be added to your list of success stories next year.
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I hate it. It’s such a ridiculous barrier. People who spend a ton of time and money learning and demonstrating skills and then they are AFRAID to take an exam that has nothing to do with those skills and will therefore not return to practice.
This test has little to nothing to do with working on patients for most of practicing PAs. Stop thinking of it like that. People write in to say, “I failed the exam, but I’m a good PA.” The two have nothing to do with each other. Don’t confuse them. They are not the same.
What I aim to do is make you a better learner and a better test taker. My main goal isn’t to make you a better PA, but to make you a PA. I think if you hang around long enough, you’ll become a better PA, but that isn’t the primary goal. The main goal is to get you to pass a test.It’s a simple process. Not easy mind you, but simple.
This fine individual mentioned that they had purchased and were USING The Final Step.Buying helps me, using it helps you.
The next step is to join the Physician Assistant Exam Scholars. That’s where the meat is. This month we’re covering ways to make you study better — more than that. Ways to make you smarter! It’s a fact. This one is a doozy. If you’ve got something to study than the May issue is for you.
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Brian
