“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.”
– Leonard Bernstein
If you don’t have a plan and you’re short on time, your best bet is to sign up for an online review course. These courses outline everything for you. You can use the course as a solid base for a PANCE study plan.
That’s exactly what I did for my PANRE. I got an online course and mapped out how long it would take me to go through it. Something reasonable. I added in a little time to do questions and practice exams, and that was it. That was my plan.
These courses tend to zip through the material, so planning is just about figuring out how long it will take you to get through each section.
I’m partial to the Rutgers online course. I graduated from Rutgers in 2007 and went to the live Rutgers review course for my PANCE. I then used the online version for my PANRE six years later, and then again six years after that. (Could I possibly be that old?)
Because I like the program and was already recommending it to everyone, I reached out to them and set up an affiliate program. If you use the code PAER15 at checkout, anything you order will 15% off, and PAER makes a few shekels.
One more thing for this weekend only: If you use that code and then send me the receipt, I’m going to send you two SCORE-BOOSTING BONUSES:
Bonus #1 – Secrets of the Test
This is it. Everything you wished you knew about the exam. No, this isn’t the stuff you can find on the website. This is the real deal.
I took my PANRE on a Friday morning. The kids were at school, and my wife and I were planning on going out to a really nice lunch to celebrate. I got back home at 11:45 AM and instead of heading straight out to lunch, I asked my wife to give me 15 minutes. I ran down to my office, switched on the camera, and spilled my guts.
In this video, I tell you everything I can about the exam. Places I could take an advantage. Things I did that saved time. The things that really ticked me off about the computer and how I finally fixed it in the second section. The way I handled the clock to maximize my speed. How the questions were laid out. Two tricks I used with the little dry erase board that made a HUGE difference during the exam. It’s all in there.
If you’re going to be taking the PANCE or the PANRE then you must get Secrets of the Test
Bonus #2 – Issue No 17 of the Physician Assistant Exam Scholars Newsletter
As you’re probably already aware, I rarely make back-issues of the PAES Newsletter available, but this issue fit in so darn perfectly with the Rutgers Online PANCE review course that I couldn’t resist. Issue No 17 – Putting the Squeeze on the Hardest Topics in Cardiology has the tantalizing subtitle of How to Learn Anything and Remember it Forever. Read this issue and you won’t EVER miss another question on heart murmurs.
Here’s what else you’ll get when you read Issue No 17:
* A way to dissect incredibly difficult information and make it as simple as falling off a log
* The blueprint for how I’ve had fantastic success studying and taking exams with minimal effort so that you can do the same (it isn’t that hard)
* An absolute LOVE for cardiology questions. Truly; you’ll be hoping and praying to see them on your exam. The good news is that cardiology questions make up the majority of the test and you’re going to ace those.
* The real reason everyone makes the work so challenging to teach and learn, and how you can make it easy (but you have to be willing to set your ego aside).
* The problem with every hitting, pitching, and golf coach I’ve ever met (except one) and why their methods will ruin you.
* The two things you need to know to diagnose a murmur on an exam. Yes, it’s that simple. For the life of me, I don’t understand why they don’t tell you.
* A trick that test-writers use to fool you on cardiology questions.
* The exact system I use to answer exam questions. I’m going to show you how I aced my last PANRE with just ten days of studying, and it wasn’t because I knew tons of content material. It was because of my test-taking system, and I’m going to show it to you.
I also cover my “crayon plan” for learning anything and remembering it, and a few other tidbits I managed to squeeze in there. Phew, that issue is a doozy, and it’s gonna help you CRUSH your exam.
That’s it. Off you go:
https://www.mycme.com/pages/rutgers-pilot-panre-or-pance
Brian Wallace