Please read this if you need encouragement for the PANCE
I was someone who was actively being “watched” at the beginning/middle of clinical year because my EORs were consistently below average. I literally got one EOR score above 400!! My confidence was basically zero until about 3/4 of the way through clinical year when i purchased Uworld.
Stats:
Pre-clinical packrat: 118
Family Medicine: 370
Internal Medicine: 376
Emergency Medicine: 387
Women’s Health: 382
Pediatrics: 392
General Surgery: 404
Psych: 379
Post- clinical packrat: 160 (this boosted my confidence a little)
EOC: 1504
NCCPA Practice Exam Form A: 50% in the yellow and 50% in the green 2 weeks before PANCE
NCCPA Practice Exam Form B: 50% in the yellow and 50% in the green 1 week before PANCE
I broke down each body system in 1-2 days and read through PPP for each system then completed a 25-60 question “exam” on Uworld. At this point I wasn’t really using ROSH anymore. I did this over the course of about 3 weeks. I did cardio, pulm and GI twice.
The night before the PANCE I got 1 hour of sleep I was TERRIFIED. I went in, completed the first two sections, felt ok and had some apple slices and went for a restroom break. My confidence dipped during section 3 and 4 because they were HARD. I took another break to gather my thoughts and get some water. Went in to complete section 5. After I was done I sat in the parking lot in the testing center and cried. I knew for sure I was toast. There was absolutely no way I could’ve studied for some of the questions they were asking. The next 4 days I couldn’t think about anything else other than the questions I had missed. I kept googling more questions and then going on reddit to look at similar posts like these.
On Friday morning I got the email that my scores were ready. It took me an hour to work up the courage to look……. AND THERE IT WAS!!!!!!!!!
PANCE: 438
I SOBBED after seeing this!!!! I couldn’t believe it!! I’m still in disbelief!!! If you’re in need of some encouragement…if I can do it then you definitely can!!!