What's in the PA WEEK Package?

• The PAER Review Binder (digital) - all of the content notes from the website in one convenient PDF. Over 1,000 pages of notes on every topic in the Blueprint. ($40 value)
• The No More Test Anxiety Package - which includes a video presentation on overcoming test anxiety and a short book I wrote called No More Test Anxiety (PDF) ($55 value)
• Maximize Your Time and Efficiency Course - A powerful video course on getting the most out of your study time and getting the highest scores you can without extra work. This one is my personal favorite. ($100 value)
• Get It All Done Without Losing Your Mind - I'm so excited to bring you this video course on working/studying from home when everyone else is trying to drive you crazy. ($100 value)
• Test Taking 101 - A mini-course I developed to get you off the ground and introduce easy ways to boost test scores. ($25 value)
• Access to the PAER podcast library for 12 months - The entire PAER podcast back catalog in the palm of your hand. ($60 value)
• Physician Assistant Student's Guide to Money - Make sure you start your career on the right foot and not behind the eight ball. ($58 value)
• The top four issues of PAES ($116 value) - After forty-three issues and almost four years, the Physician Assistant Exam Scholars newsletter has covered a lot of ground. You're going to get the four most valuable issues.
• The Dream Job Package - From the job search to the application to the interview. Make yourself stand out like a peacock at a pigeon convention. ($188 Value)

PAER Review Binder (PDF)

The entire Physician Assistant Exam Review website! All of the notes! Everything in one clean PDF!

It's about 1,000 pages, so a physical copy would be a little tough to carry around.
The PAER Review Binder covers every topic on the NCCPA Blueprint. Everything I've put up on the website, cleaned up and in one place, right in your pocket.

Reading through the notes while listening to the podcast is a great way to add a second sense to your studying. The more senses you use, the more likely you are to retain what you need on the Big Day.

The No More Test Anxiety Package

What is the #1 reason people fail the exam? Everyone thinks it's content knowledge, but that's not it. I've spoken with hundreds of people who have failed the exam, and the majority of them fail because of one thing...

The lizard brain.

The lizard brain is the section of your brain that controls your fight or flight mechanism. It's a way to refer to the fear and doubt that starts small and grows into a giant fire-breathing dragon on test day. 

You'll notice it when your heart starts beating a little faster when you go to register for your exam. 

The little voice in your head begins whispering, "You're not ready. Don't sign up yet. Push it back a little longer." 

You manage to push the voice away and register for the exam. 

The next day you wake, and you hear the voice again. "You won't be ready. You don't remember much of anything." Surprisingly the voice is louder and MORE persistent.

The lizard brain is relentless, and it continues to grow stronger as you get closer and closer to exam day. 

As the exam approaches, it doesn't just get louder; it gets meaner and more desperate. "How are you going to tell your mom that you FAILED!? How are you going to tell your boss?"

You take practice tests, but it's hard to simulate the lizard brain's pressure and strength on test day.

Like a basketball player who has taken 1,000 free throws and then finds himself on the line in a tie game with 2 seconds on the clock. 

You need a plan to deal with the lizard brain on test day. 

The lizard brain is going to be armed and waiting for you at the testing center. Your heart rate will jump, you'll get a cold sweat going, and the spiral of negative thoughts will increase with each question you don't understand. 

Or...

You could practice ahead of time. You could take the lizard brain on right from the start. Then, rather than try to hide from him, you could start playing offense. You could be armed and waiting for HIM on test day. 

It takes a little thought. A little work ahead of time to build up your defenses, but it will be worth it when you stroll into the exam breathing easy with your heart safely inside your chest and beating at a normal rate. Quietly and calmly, you'll be thinking over the techniques you've learned and practiced to deal with this situation. 

Probably the best part is the great night's sleep you're going to get the night before your exam. First, you're going to sleep like a baby, all snuggled up in your blankets and cozy the night before the exam. Then, you're going to wake up peacefully knowing that you covered everything and you are in the best possible position to take and pass this test. 

The No More Test Anxiety package will get you started with the book No More Test Anxiety (PDF version). This book will cover some basic strategies for taking on the lizard brain and winning. You'll also get access to a presentation I gave on anxiety management to a room full of PA-Cs getting ready for their exam. 

Inside you'll learn...

• What failing the PANCE costs you and WHY you're so terrified even if you won't admit it... (Naming a thing gives you power over it)
• A technique that will add ONLY 30 seconds to your study sessions, but change everything on test day
• Instructions to create your confidence card, which has been responsible for hundreds of PA-Cs getting a peaceful night's sleep the night before their exam... 
• A secret baseball players have used for over a hundred years to help them perform in high-pressure situations
• Strategies to head off the lizard brain while he's still tiny and whispering in your ear. Long before he turns into the fire-breathing dragon, it's much easier to handle him at the beginning...

Maximize Your Time and Efficiency

Simple Techniques That Will Save You Time and Have You Lapping Your Classmates

MYTE is one of my favorite creations because it's the part that can have the most significant impact on you. It's the part that can take you from a C student to an A student. From an A student to the #1 student in your class. 

I've spent two years researching, testing, and experimenting with ways to improve how you work: study, write, read and most importantly, remember. 

This 9 part video course will put you right up at the top of your class. You'll work better, remember more, and do it in less time than what you're already putting in. This course pays for itself with better grades, but also by giving you back time and control.

Working harder isn't always the answer. Sometimes there's a better way. 

There's a story about a village that didn't have fresh water. So the village decided to get together and hire someone to bring them fresh water every day. Two promising candidates applied for the work, and the village members decided to hire both of them. Of course, they would pay for the water by volume, so it didn't matter to the villagers who brought it. 

The first man went to the store and bought two buckets. The following day he marched down to the river and back all day long, carrying water to the villagers. They were all delighted. The second man was nowhere to be found. 

A month went by, and everyone was enjoying the new system. The first man was being paid well, and the village had clean water handy all of the time. 

The second man returned at the end of the following month, and a village meeting was called. The man showed the villagers the pipeline he had built from the river to their village. All the villagers had to do was turn the spigot on, and fresh, clean water would be theirs. A gauge would keep track of the volume of water, and they could pay him at the end of each month for the water they used. 

The first man, upset by this new development, bought two more buckets and got his sons to help him, but they could not keep up with the demand for water. They worked nights and weekends, but it made little difference. 

At some point, there are no more hours to put in. At some point, you can't work any harder. 

Work Smarter, Not Harder

You can't make more hours, but you can make better use of the hours you have. 

If you feel out of control or out of time, we can put an end to that TODAY. 

MYTE shares the best of what I've discovered over the past two years. The things that will have the most significant impact but are also simple to implement. The techniques and ideas that will help get you working smarter. 

In MYTE, you'll learn...

• What I would teach on day one of PA school if I ran a PA program. (absolutely priceless)
• That grinding it out is the hard way. It can be so much easier. You don't have to muscle through it. You don't have to stay up all night. (in fact, that's about the worst thing you can do, and I'll show what to do instead)
• The formula (Time Studying = Better Grades) is a myth. A new formula thought of by a Georgetown professor has quadrupled my productivity starting the day I saw it...
• The best students get the best grades, NOT the most intelligent students. I'll show you how to be one of the best students without doing any more work than you already are...
• How I got a 98% on our first anatomy test when over half the class failed. It had nothing to do with being smart...
• Why you don't need more time...
• Multitasking is a myth that's killing your productivity. An NYU researcher discovered some fantastic things that you can use starting now to...
• All about blocking. The best way to take advantage of the time you do have...
• How you can use Harvard research to boost your scores by 20% by changing what you do with the last 5 minutes of each study session. Not an additional 5 minutes, just replacing what you do for the last 5 minutes...
• To extend your attention span. Not only to improve studying but to improve performance on exam day...
• Something earth-shattering to replace your to-do list with. (I've been doing this for 3 years now)...
• How to easily decide what to work on next and not waste time floundering with indecision...
• To keep things from slipping through the cracks. As a student, a parent, and a full-time PA, this is one seriously important lesson...
• The biggest mistakes people make when creating a study plan and what to do instead...
• Learn the first 5 things that need to go into your study plan. If you don't have these, you're missing out...
• To start feeling like you're making progress. One of the hardest issues is to keep up motivation. It always feels like you're swimming in circles. Not anymore...
• The best ways to use the NCCPA Blueprint and how to cover it all. It's an amazing resource if you...
• How to know when you're done studying and be confident heading into your exam that you've done your best and that you're ready... 

Get It All Done Without Losing Your Mind

Are you trying to figure out how to get your work done from home? Wondering how to keep the distractions out when you can't go to the library? How do you do your best work with all of the crazy people in your house? That's precisely why I created this video series. I struggled for years, trying to get it together, working around my kids and family every weekend, trying to get PAER built without losing my mind. Well, let me tell you, I've tried it all. Apps, calendars, planners, I've tried them. I've moved my "office" more times than I can count. 

But because I struggled for so long, I can show you a quicker way to get there. Everyone has to figure it out, but I can make it so much faster and easier. I can keep you from throwing tantrums when people interrupt you and give you back some free time so you can spend time with those people you love.  The best part of this package is getting MYTE and getting Get It All Done Without Losing Your Mind. These two go together like peas and carrots, and you are gonna be a rockstar!

Before COVID-19 sent everyone to their homes, I was planning on putting together a studying course. But, instead, I thought, "Gee wiz, a study course would be helpful, but do you know what would be helpful? Teaching how to do it from home amidst the chaos." So, I took some major themes from that study course and added in a massive chunk of doing that work in your house with a bunch of other people living there. And just like that, Get it All Done Without Losing Your Mind was created, and I can't wait to share it with you. 

In Getting it All Done Without Losing Your Mind, you'll Learn ...

• Why task lists suck and two different ways to get through the work you need to do. I swing back and forth between these two. You might like one better and stick with that
• What do before you start your day that will Guarantee it's a success.
• The surprising place that most distractions come from and how to deal with them. 
• The thing I teach students who fail the PANCE that keeps them on track to pass when they're at their lowest and have lost all motivation. 
• Breakthrough solutions to keep your kids and everyone else from bugging you while you're working. (I'm using this one right now)
• Exactly what to do when your nice pretty schedule turns into a dumpster fire. We'll get you back on track in no time.
• The single most important thing you need to take care of to get you through isolation
• Five "no brainer" ways to stay motivated and get your work done 
• The best philosophy out there for getting work accomplished. Ever wonder how some people don't seem to put in the time that you do. You think they're smarter, but I doubt. It's way more like they've been using this philosophy. 
• The first thing to do in crisis management (I'm always looking for the 80/20 principle and found it right here)
• A sneaky little trick to use so that you can look back on your day and say, "wow, I got so much done," instead of "where did the time go? I've got so much more to do "
• How to squeeze every minute out of your day. (Hint: it's easier than you think)
• The secrets of leveraging your brain. I'm going to show you how to unleash what you know you have locked away between your ears.
• A complete description of how I set up my day to get everything I need accomplished. (at least the most important things)
• How to "stack the deck" when you sit down to study and ensure that you're going to crush it. 
• A pearl of wisdom from the man who saved England from being overrun by the Germans during WWII that will keep your mind at its best when everything is pulling you in a million different directions. 

Test-Taking 101

Feel like you know the information and then walk away with grades you can't show your friends? Test-taking is a skill. No one is born knowing how to take a test any more than they are born knowing how to swim. These are skills that can make your life better, but you've got to put some time in and learn them. 

These ten short videos will give you a primer on the topic. Heck, this might be the most valuable part of the entire package. 

• Video #01 - What kind of test taker are you? 
• Video #02 - Taking care of the most important thing you've got. 
• Video #03 - How to sleep like a log the night before a big exam ( I used this technique last night) 
• Video #04 - Fine-tune your brain while everyone is spiraling into anxiety and despair (it's easy) 
• Video #05 - The absolute first thing you NEED to do when you walk into a test room. 
• Video #06 - Three things to do as you read the test questions.
• Video #07 - The most important of the ten lessons is here in video #7
• Video #08 - How to know that you have the BEST answer. 
• Video #09 - Which way to read the questions on an exam
• Video #10 - Reflection is an essential part of any ongoing system or plan. Let's take a look at looking back. 

12 Months Access to the PAER Podcast

There are almost 200 hundred episodes of the PAER podcast, and that library is open to you! You'll immediately get access to the entire back catalog, and as new shows are created, you'll get those too. It's all delivered through the PAER app, so it's super easy to use.

• The PAER podcast - A full audio walkthrough of the NCCPA blueprint delivered straight to your phone.
• 12 months of unlimited access  

The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to Money

Before the ink was even dry on my contract, my wife and I were lounging in the Bahamas. That's right, we deserved it, and we had a blast. We soaked up the sun; we swam in the pool; we drank banana daiquiris. We lived it up. It was great.

Almost immediately after that, we went house shopping. I was done with school, and we'd be starting a family soon. The townhouse we were living in wouldn't do. We looked, and we looked.

Do you know what happens when you go looking for a house? You get swept away. That's how it works.

Well, we found an amazing place with a pool and everything. The only problem was that it was over what even the banker said we could afford (and at that time, those guys were shoveling money out the door).

So we did the "smart thing." We bought a beautiful home for our family that we could barely not afford. Instead of our boat sinking in the night during a terrible storm, we got to endure a slow, painful sinking over months.

Unraveling the messes I've created has become my life's work, and this financial bit is just one more of those. I'm probably the last person to take financial advice from. I graduated from PA school with close to $100,000 in student loan debt. I almost ruined our family by buying that family home. I've run a business that didn't know if it could afford to be open or not. I've had bills passed due and not even known about it. I'm pretty sure our picture is up on the wall at Pottery Barn with a big note saying, "Do Not Do Business with these people."

Along the way, I've learned a thing or two. I've made some messes, and I've cleaned some up. Some I'm still cleaning up. I'd like to share with you what I've learned along the way. I'd like to share with you how you CAN have it all; you just have to do it BETTER than I did.

If I had to guess, I'd estimate that 80% of PAs do what I did when they get their first job. They go quickly from broke to really, really, really broke when they start earning an income. I want to show you some simple steps to avoid the mistakes I made. I want to point out the traps you don't see coming and save you THOUSANDS of dollars. It can be so easy to avoid the same problems if you know what's coming.

I'm not saying you can't have any fun or that you can't buy that house. What I am saying is you can't be so blinded by the "I deserve it" mindset that you create a mess of your own. I've got you covered, and I can't wait to share it with you. You'll find the answers to all of these issues and a road map for moving to debt-free and successful.

Inside, you're going to learn

• Exactly where to get started, even if you have no clue where you are, how much you owe, or where your money goes. Everyone talks in platitudes and theory without ever getting into the weeds. In this book, you're going to get specific instructions on how to sit down at the table and, in a few hours, have a clear framework for where to go next.
• One thing to do (that you're probably already doing but about to stop doing) once you graduate that has the potential to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
• A not-so-Super Secret way to save over 100$ a month on your cell phone bills. It's plastered all over billboards on my way to work, and I never saw them until someone told me. This one is tremendous as my kiddos are starting to ask for a phone.
• Albert Einstein's most exciting discovery and how it directly affects your ability to pay off your student loan debt.
• What factor plays the most significant part in deciding what specialty you go into. I'd love for it to be the area of medicine that you like the most, but it isn't. Not if you're like 83.1% of graduating PAs.
• Why you can't let Sweet old Aunt Sallie pay for everything. It turns out she's got a knife hidden in her purse, waiting to cut you and watch you bleed to death as soon as you take your eyes off of her.
• Two mathematical equations that will zip you to the finish line.
• The most important thing to NOT do when you get your first job. Everyone and I mean everyone, will tell you to do this, and they might as well be locking you in handcuffs as they're patting you on the back. This one alone is worth the cost of the entire PA WEEK package—no doubt about it.

The Top Four Issues of PAES

After 43 Issues and almost four years, the Physician Assistant Exam Scholars Newsletter is my pride and joy. I love every single issue. Each one is distinct, unique, and has something to offer. I wish you had all 43 issues, but that's almost 700 pages. Here I've hand-picked the four issues that I think will have the most impact on you. You'll notice non of these cover test-taking. I've got six issues on test-taking, but the PA WEEK package does contain the Test-Taking 101 course. Now that's not a replacement, but at least it's something. The decision was hard but here are the four issues. 

# 02 May 2018 – Work Smarter, Not harder – Cognitive Psychologists Want to Show You How

# 17 August 2019 – Putting the Squeeze on The Hardest Topics in Cardiology – How to Learn Anything and Remember It Forever

# 24 March 2020 -  How to Get Out of the Weeds (and stay out) - Get the Important Stuff, Ditch the Nonsense That's Sucking Up All Your Time and Driving You ad

# 35 February 2021- Squeezing Blood From a Stone - The Simple (not easy) Solution To Getting Your Work Done 

In pages of these issues, you'll learn:

• How to turn fleeting memorization (think Kreb's cycle) into durable knowledge (think your phone number).
• A technique for getting to ONLY the most important information. This one is diabolical, and no one else will ever talk about it, let alone recommend it. I should probably place a warning on this issue or not share it at all, but it's the technique that helped me pass my PANRE with only 10 days of prep work.
• How to keep everything you've "memorized" at your fingertips, both for your exams and for your patients. 
• The most powerful effect in memory research, according to the head of the Cognition and Memory in Education & Learning lab at the University of Arizona
• Too absolutely LOVE cardiology questions on your exam because they'll help speed you up and build confidence during the test.
• The only two things you need to know to diagnose a murmur (yes, it's that simple, and I don't understand why they don't tell you)
• The only two things you need to know to diagnose a murmur (yes, it's that simple, and I don't understand why they don't tell you)
• Ancient Chinse wisdom will shed light on your most dire fears when studying medications and dosages. You'll never have a problem with this again. 
• The rationale behind the things that you ABSOLUTELY do not need to learn and how to spot them like an owl picking off field mice. Learn to do this, and you'll be done in half the time it takes everyone else

and man, there's much more. I'm really excited for you to get these issues.  

The Dream Job Package

When you first applied to PA school, you had one goal in mind, and it wasn't to pass the PANCE. So whether you're an evil capitalist and you want to get your hands on that cold hard cash, or you want to work in a refugee clinic saving the world, you have the same goal: Get a great job!  

As students, we all dream of the beautiful day when we stop hemorrhaging money and start contributing to our futures, our families, and our communities. 

I've been talking with a lot of new grads (and a few older PAs) who've been struggling to find work lately. I spoke with one recent grad, Michelle, who applied for twenty-six jobs without a single response. She'd spent hours filling out applications and, 

"I wasn't getting anything. It was pure silence." 

She'd purchased the Dream Job Package but hadn't put it to use. Now she figured she might as well give it a shot. 

"When that happened, I got results.  Literally, the very next day." 

Michelle had a phone interview with a surgeon the following afternoon. He called her from his vacation! Excited by her success, she went back through every tactic set out in the Dream Job Package on interviewing, and she nailed it! In a few days, she had a job offer in her hands. 

The Dream Job Package contains 

* Three issues of Physician Assistant Exam Scholars. PAES Newsletter issue #04 "Land Your Dream Job - With no More Work than Ordering a Pizza," PAES Newsletter issue #05 "Reel That Fish in And Start Getting a Paycheck," and Issue #32 "How to Have Them Drooling Over You With Even Less Experience than a Common Garden Gnome. Getting a Job Without any Experience."

* A total of 17 awesome videos walk you through each aspect of my process. (You'll get these instantly. That gives you something to start with while you wait on the mailman for the PRINT newsletters.

*Two New Grad Interviews Dripping with Details - I share interviews I did with Logan and Michelle. These interviews will walk you through my process and show you how it works in real life. 

There's way too much in here to show you even 1%, but here's the tip of the iceberg:

• That job boards are the worst place to start your job search. Going up against 100, 200, or even 500+ applicants is a loser's game. I'll show you where to look and how to find your Dream Job. If your school teaches it my way, I'll eat my shirt.
• The single worst mistake that schools are teaching about cover letters and resumes and how it forces you to be weak and needy. I'll show you how to take control of the process so that you're the one running the show. 
• Exact scripts for how to approach a job application. Swap out your name and the name of your potential employer, and you'll be set. This is an approach you've never even considered, and it can be the difference between getting a job you love and taking anything out of desperation. 
• How to access the presumed 87% of jobs that never get posted anywhere. These jobs are known as the "hidden job market," and it's a massive chunk of the available positions. We've got an open position on my team right now, and at this very moment, it's part of that 87%. Can you imagine what the opportunities will look like when you go from seeing only 13% of available jobs to seeing 100% of them?
• Exactly what to say on the phone. I've included detailed scripts for you to make it as easy as possible. Yes, you'll have to pick up the phone and talk to a live human for this one. You can't hide behind your computer and HOPE someone gives you a job. Getting the right job will take some work, but I think I've made it as simple as I can.  
• Nine tough interview questions and scripts for how to handle them. It's easy to hit a curveball if you know it's coming. After reading this, you'll be upset if they DON'T ask you any hard questions. 
• Interviewing tips directly from surgeons who are interviewing candidates right now. Working with these folks day in and day out, I get to listen to them complain about the candidates that show up to interviews. You might think this doesn't apply to you, but so did all of those deadbeat candidates I hear about. 
• When to start looking for a job
• How to be the only candidate. I'm going to show you what Michelle did and what you can do to avoid fighting 500 other applicants. It's easy to win if you're the only person playing the game. 
• A key factor in landing or job that most people (including me) don't want to do.
• How to land a great job with absolutely zero experience. I'm going to show you how it's done, how others have done it, and how you can do it too. 
• How I helped a good friend of mine get a job in multi-specialty without any multi-specialty experience even after she told me it could never happen
• A sneaky way to set yourself up with softball interview questions that you can hit out of the park and make yourself look like the perfect candidate. Short of mind control powers, this is the best way to ace an interview. Coincidently, in Michelle's interview, she explains exactly how she used this technique for the first time and was stunned at how well it worked. 

I could go on for days with this one. The Dream Job Package is filled with techniques and methods for setting yourself apart from the moment you start looking for a job. You aren't going to find this anywhere else. It certainly isn't what your professors are showing you. 

Phew! That is by far the most extensive, most comprehensive package I have ever put together.

Here's the thing. I know it'll help you get where you want to go. How can I be so confident? I've seen it happen over and over and over. I've got thousands of people emailing me raving about how I helped them pass the PANCE or how they used my material to get through a tough patch, or how they landed their dream job by using this stuff. I know it works because I hear about it every day.

The PA WEEK package is available only until the end of PA WEEK. So that makes 10/12 the last day to get this deal.

That was a lot. Time for a quick recap. Here's what's included in the PA WEEK package.

• PAER Review Binder (PDF) ($40 Value)
• No More Test Anxiety Package ($55 Value)
• Maximize Your Time and Efficiency ($100 Value)
• Getting it All Done Without Losing Your Mind ($125 Value)
• Test Taking 101 ($25 value)
• Access to the PAER podcast library for 12 months ($60 value)
• Physician Assistant Student's Guide to Money ($58 value)
• The top four issues of PAES ($116 value)
• The Dream Job Package ($188 Value)
  

Please understand that this package is a PA WEEK special. I've never put this much goodness into one package, and I've certainly never done it at the insane price I'm going to be giving it to you for this week. It also means that at the end of PA week, it goes away. So at midnight on 10/12/21, it goes away. That's the end.

The PA Week package contains the tools you need to soothe your frazzled nerves, get your work done, help you get a good night sleep, rock your exams and land your dream. Not to shabby. And all for $742.00 --> $296.80!

That's a whopping 60% off buying each of these pieces individually (which incidentally, you can't even do if you wanted to). It's a lot of money. I know. It's a tough decision you'll have to make.