Written by PAs for PAs, this best-selling review gives graduating PA students rapid access to the facts they need to study for the NCCPA PANCE certifying examination and PANRE recertifying examination. Features a review of essential exam topics, a concise overview of diseases, and an easy-to-follow outline format that follows the NCCPA exam format. Perfect for certification or recertification…. More >>
Appleton & Lange Outline Review for the Physician Assistant Examination
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#1 by Vanessa Yoder on February 5, 2010 - 9:48 am
Would not recommend this and am sorry I wasted my money on it. I have used this product in the past and own two previous versions myself. This new version is the pits! No sample test to guage my stong vs weak spots in order to direct my study efforts. No questions to practice on. Very disappointed. I have counted on this book to get me thru several times of recertification exams. This is the worst prepared I have felt going in to take the test. I graduated with Albert and am confused why they changed their format.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by N. K. Scott on February 5, 2010 - 9:52 am
I used this book as my primary source for reviewing for the PANRE. Overall a good resource, there are quite a few errors which were not present in the previous edition. In hindsight these errors were not critical (as I passed anyways) but very annoying and potentially very costly. Very good overall, should be adequate to review for the PANCE or PANRE.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by J. Rempe on February 5, 2010 - 10:19 am
I loved this book to study for end-of clinical rotation exams as well as boards. It is a general overview when you want a quick refresher, and has plenty of room in the margins to write notes. I got the outline review in combination with the Q&A book and feel they were very beneficial. I still pull out the outline review book every so often now that I am a practicing PA-C.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Ziklag on February 5, 2010 - 12:55 pm
Get this book and the Q and A review guide and do the chapters concurrently in both books. Maybe read the chapter in this book, take the Q and A and review the answers to the questions after completing them. Overall, this book is a good buy if you are re-certing.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by C. Brittsan on February 5, 2010 - 3:01 pm
I bought this book to study for the PANCE. I also bought the Lange Q & A practice test edition 5. I’m glad I bought both books because the outline review although accurate seems incomplete. A lot of material in the practice test book is not covered in the outline review. By the way, page 556 suggests Charcot’s triad is flank pain, abdominal mass, and hematuria of a kidney mass. But all I have found regarding Charcot’s triad is that it’s fever, jaundice, and right upper quandrant pain from an infected obstruction of the common bile duct. Update: after being a stay-at-home mom and not practicing medicine for several years, I took the PANCE Jan 2009, and I passed. The most helpful thing was taking as many practice tests as I could find.
Rating: 3 / 5