PANCE Prep Plan

I am currently in my 8th Rotation and plan to finish my 9th rotation in early February. I will then give myself about 6 weeks to take the PANCE. During this time I will review materials and take practice questions. I find that the best way to review materials for me is to read Pance Pearls Prep and then if I don’t understand it well or if I want to gain more information I will watch Osmosis videos to better understand the concepts.

I know that I need to focus on the areas that I was weakest in on my tests, which are in the areas of infectious disease,dermatology, ENT and neurology. I faired well in GI and Pulmonology and Cardiology. 

These areas I should focus on more but I should also pay attention to the PANCE blueprint and focus on areas that will be more heavily weighed on the exam. Each day I will study from 8 AM – 4PM and then from 6 PM to 9 PM I will do questions from Rosh Review, Kaplan and SmartyPance. On Fridays I will try to do an overview of the week.

I also recognize that I have a hard time with the length of the test. Throughout studying for the PANCE I will try to build up stamina so I could sit for the time and be focused and alert. 

​            Sunday    ​​Monday​Tuesday​Wednesday​Thursday​Friday​Saturday
Week 1​​Dermatology     ​Derm/Infectious Disease​Infectious disease ​Genitourinary​Renal/Hematology ​Repeat the questions that I have done over the week and information that I did not know​I will try to do more questions on Saturday night.
​Week 2​    Psych ​Neuro ​Neuro./Endocrine ​ENT​ENT​Repeat the questions that I have done over the week and information that I did not know​I will try to do more questions on Saturday night
​Week 3MSK​MSK​Reproductive ​Reproductive​Cardio​​Repeat the questions that I have done over the week and information that I did not know​I will try to do more questions on Saturday night
​Week 4CardioCardioPulm ​Pulm ​Pulm​​​​Repeat the questions that I have done over the week and information that I did not know​I will try to do more mixed  questions on Saturday night
​Week 5​​Practice test #1  – Review the questions I got wrong  ​ Review the questions and weak areas ​practice Test #2 – review ​Review topics that you feel you are still weak in ​Practice test #3 ​​Repeat the questions that I have done over the week and information that I did not know​I will try to do more questions on Saturday night
​Week 6​Day to breathe ​TAKE THAT TEST!!!!