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(6 reviews)
Author: David Paulk Donna Agnew
ISBN : B005T4YBRU
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Download for free books Free Physician Assistant Review Guide for everyone book mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link Physician Assistant Review Guide is a comprehensive overview for physician assistants preparing for the Physician Assistant National Certifying (PANCE) or Re-certifying exam (PANRE). This guide extensively covers every topic PAs need to know, including cardiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, neurology, oncology, pediatrics, women's health, and more. Also features a straightforward question format with questions designed for both new graduates and practicing clinicians, as well as test-taking strategies, detailed illustrations and photographs, explanations to the answers with accompanying artwork, and clear connections between the best evidence-based clinical practice and subject matter testing.
FEATURES
Ideal review for the PANCE and PANRE exams
Over 1088 questions included in the content review chapters
FULL color photos and images for great reader comprehension
Detailed answer rationales
Test-taking strategies
Organized by body systems, each chapter is written and peer reviewed by subject experts for the most up-to-date information connecting evidence-based clinical practice with exam review.
Please note: Electronic formats of this review guide do not include the CD ROM.Direct download links available for Free Physician Assistant Review Guide [Kindle Edition]
- File Size: 5565 KB
- Print Length: 508 pages
- Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 1 edition (October 25, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B005T4YBRU
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Free Physician Assistant Review Guide
Last week I went through this entire volume in preparation for my own upcoming recertification exam and found myself more frustrated and annoyed than assisted with my review process.
While the book is extremely impressive in both scope and use of illustrations, it is more than disappointing in the quality of the questions. Nearly every test-writing "sin" is included many times over: non-focused stems, negative stems, non-parallel distractors, inclusion of information that is not pertinent in some questions, lack of sufficient detail in others.
In addition, in some chapters questions on the same topic (and their answers/explanations) contradict one another. Some questions have two possible right answers. The grammar in the explanations is erratic.
Compared with other review books this one shines in scope and illustrations, as mentioned above. As a useful review tool and preparation for test-taking, it is a "poor relation."
The prompt release of a revised edition re-edited by an expert in test-writing (there are many in the PA world) and reviewed by a competent proof-reader would make this much more useful. It is potentially one of the best of the available review books.
By Rebecca L. Scott
Overall, I think this is a good book for someone wanting a quick review. The difficulty of the questions varies but I feel it's a generally a good mix: some obvious ones, some that you can narrow down to two choices pretty easily but in the end you'll just have to guess, etc. That was pretty reflective of what I saw in the PANCE two years ago (which, by the way, was easier than I thought it would be if that helps any of you aspiring PA's). The explanations for the questions were very thorough, although there were just a few times when the wording of the explanation was not as clear as I'd like it to be. However, since this is just a question/answer review guide and not an outline review guide, I was okay with pulling another source to further explain what I had difficulty understanding.
The pictures of the derm section alone are much more helpful than other review books; I will say that there were a few questions in that section involving lesions that I've never heard of and/or don't think would show up in the exam (admittedly though, derm is not a favorite subject of mine and not my strongest area clinically). I was also appreciative of the EKG, Pharmacology, Radiology and Laboratory Medicine sections, which you don't find in other review books. I often found the questions in these sections were things I should know or things I knew at one point and have since forgotten, and was thankful to be reminded of the correct answers. The General Practice section was pretty fun for me to take since I work at a Family Practice clinic and was very reflective of my everyday life.
By Chase Carpenter