{"id":14936,"date":"2019-08-30T21:16:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T02:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=14936"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:41:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:41:06","slug":"about-the-pance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/pance\/about-the-pance\/","title":{"rendered":"About the PANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

To become certified as a physician assistant, you must first graduate from a training program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). This requirement also applies to those who have earned a medical degree outside the United States. Graduation from an accredited program makes you eligible to take the PANCE<\/a>, an acronym that stands for Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam. The National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) was created to serve as the certifying body for the profession and functions as an independent testing body, autonomous from any particular school or training program. The PANCE, prepared by the NCCPA, is a test of minimum competency designed to assess whether examinees have the knowledge and skills needed for entry-level practice.<\/p>\n

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PANCE Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

Examination length:\u00a0<\/span>5 hours and 45 minutes (administered in five 60-minute\u00a0<\/span>blocks plus 45 minutes for breaks)<\/p>\n

Number of questions:\u00a0<\/span>300 total (approx. 1 minute per question)<\/p>\n

Question types:\u00a0<\/span>Multiple choice<\/p>\n

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PANCE Blueprint<\/h3>
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Nearly all standardized licensure examinations are constructed around what\u2019s called an\u00a0<\/span>exam blueprint. An examination development group uses a content blueprint to guide the construction of an examination, referring to the blueprint to make decisions about what content to assess and what the emphasis of the exam should be. The NCCPA groups the tasks you will be tested on using seven categories and has set the percent of items in PANCE that will be devoted to each category.<\/p>\n

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1. History taking and performing physical examinations<\/h4>
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These items assess your knowledge of:<\/span><\/p>\n