{"id":14942,"date":"2019-09-01T13:34:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T18:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=14942"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:41:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:41:04","slug":"developing-a-study-plan-for-the-pance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/pance\/developing-a-study-plan-for-the-pance\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing A PANCE Study Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">PANCE is not just another test. It is comprehensive, assessing the basic science and clinical\u00a0<\/span>science knowledge acquired from many different courses and clinical experiences. <a title=\"Strategies for Mastering Exam Questions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/pance\/strategies-for-mastering-exam-questions\/\">PANCE questions<\/a> are designed to require critical thinking in order to apply knowledge in a wide variety of contexts and patient-care situations. PANCE questions are likely to be quite different from the questions you saw on examinations in your physician assistant program. PANCE assesses everything you are supposed to have learned, which is analogous to compressing all of the final exams you took into one.<\/p>\n<p><div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_icon_box  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<article  class=\"iconbox iconbox_left    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_heading  \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconbox_content\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"iconbox_icon heading-color\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue82a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  ><\/div><h3 class='iconbox_content_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Study Tip<\/h3><\/header><div class='iconbox_content_container  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Studying everything equally\u00a0<\/span>wastes limited review time by\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">investing the same amount\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">in every subject, whether you\u00a0<\/span>need it or not.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">In order to be able to walk into the testing center on test day with confidence, you need a\u00a0<\/span>plan. Your <a title=\"4 Tips for Effective PANCE Studying\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/pance\/4-tips-for-effective-pance-studying\/\">PANCE study plan<\/a> will enable you to manage your review time, sequence the subjects, determine how and when you practice with questions, and help you judge when you are <a title=\"5 Tips for PANCE Test Day\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/pance\/5-tips-for-pance-test-day\/\">test-ready<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_icon_box  el_before_av_heading  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Creating a Good Review Plan<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">An effective study plan involves the following key factors:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">1.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">De<\/span>termining how much time you need for each area<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">2.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Se<\/span>tting a sequence of topics<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">3.\u00a0<\/span>Establishing a good study process<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">4.\u00a0<\/span>Retaining your review<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">5.\u00a0<\/span>Monitoring your performance<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">6.\u00a0<\/span>Determining when you are test-ready<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Assess your strengths and weaknesses. If you aren\u2019t sure, use practice questions to measure\u00a0<\/span>your current level of knowledge. Take 20 to 25 questions per subject area, and score the items. Calculate your percent correct for each area. This initial performance profile will help you determine where to focus more time. Also, faculty members probably mentioned some topics that they know are heavily tested; these topics need attention. Finally, the ultimate source of information about the number of items used to test topics is the <a title=\"About the PANCE\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/pance\/about-the-pance\/\">PANCE blueprint<\/a>, which you can find at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nccpa.net\">NCCPA website<\/a>. Your personal mix of current recall and topics that faculty emphasized, combined with the exam blueprint, will help you determine how much time you will need to devote to reviewing each area. By thinking carefully about what needs more time and what needs less, you will derive the maximum benefit from your review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">At this point, you are ready to sequence the subjects in your study plan. Because the PANCE tests even basic science information in clinical contexts, one way to sequence your review is to move through the content by organ systems.<\/p>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_hr  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Organ System Reviewing<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Systemic pathology provides the ideal organizer for organ system reviewing. The initial part\u00a0<\/span>of your review in this method is general principles, which includes preliminary material, such as physiology, cell biology, general pathology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and genetics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Once you have finished general principles, begin reviewing each organ system by starting\u00a0<\/span>with the embryologic development of that organ, its gross anatomy, the physiology of the organ, the pathology associated with the organ, and finally, the drugs used to treat problems with that organ system. Repeat this process for each of these organ systems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Special senses<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Skin and breast<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Cardiovascular<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Pulmonary<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Renal<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Endocrine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Hepatobiliary<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Gastrointestinal<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Musculoskeletal<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Female reproductive<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Male reproductive<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Blood and lymph<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Immunology<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Nervous system<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Once you have finished reviewing all of the systemic topics, move on to the remaining subjects:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Microbiology<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Biochemistry<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Behavioral Sciences<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_icon_box '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<article  class=\"iconbox iconbox_left    avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_heading  \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconbox_content\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><div class=\"iconbox_icon heading-color\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue82a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  ><\/div><h3 class='iconbox_content_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Study Tip<\/h3><\/header><div class='iconbox_content_container  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Study the aspects of each\u00a0<\/span>organ system in the following order:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">1.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Embr<\/span>yology<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">2.\u00a0<\/span>Gross anatomy<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">3.\u00a0<\/span>Physiology<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">4.\u00a0<\/span>Pathology<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">5. <\/span>Pharmacology<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_icon_box  el_before_av_heading  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Advantages of reviewing by organ system<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">One of the advantages of organ system\u2013based review is that practicing clinicians organize\u00a0<\/span>their knowledge this way: It allows them to interpret patient signs and symptoms, arrive at a differential diagnosis, and form a treatment plan efficiently. You are thus getting a head start on thinking like a clinician.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Another benefit is that this sequence of reviewing helps you integrate subjects that you\u00a0<\/span>learned separately. What integration really means is that instead of studying anatomic structures independently from their functions and how they malfunction in disease processes, you will tie all these perspectives together, forming a working understanding of the human body\u2019s dynamics in both the healthy and diseased states. People who review this way often report that they can reason their way to correct answers far more easily and don\u2019t need to memorize as much.<\/p>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Subject-Based Reviewing<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">If your school uses a problem-based or integrated curriculum, then you might want to review\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">by subject instead of by organ system. Changing the path that you take through the material\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">helps you fill gaps and provides some novelty in that you are moving through the material in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">a different manner. If you decide that a subject-based method is right for you, then sequence\u00a0<\/span>your review as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">1.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Be<\/span>havioral Sciences<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">2.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Phy<\/span>siology<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">3.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Imm<\/span>unology<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">4.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Gene<\/span>tics<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">5.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Anat<\/span>omy<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">6.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Patholo<\/span>gy<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">7.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Pharma<\/span>cology<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">8.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Micr<\/span>obiology<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">9.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Bio<\/span>chemistry<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">This sequence works well for most people because it allows them to begin by studying mate<\/span><span class=\"s1\">rial that involves lots of concepts, mechanisms, and processes, which tend to remain in mem<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ory longer. The plan then moves on to the content material that involves more memorization\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">as the exam date gets closer. This keeps any<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0forgetting to a minimum, which is an advantage\u00a0<\/span>when there is so much material to cover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PANCE is not just another test. It is comprehensive, assessing the basic science and clinical\u00a0science knowledge acquired from many different courses and clinical experiences. PANCE questions are designed to require critical thinking in order to apply knowledge in a wide variety of contexts and patient-care situations. 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