The Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination® (PANCE) assesses the clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning and other medical skills and professional behaviors that have been deemed important for entry-level practice as a PA. The exam specifications are based on the results of a profession-wide practice analysis, and exam questions are allocated to different medical content and task ...
Beginning in 2019, there was a new content blueprint released for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE).
PANCE Performance Guide Visit our Key Dates webpage for exam administration windows. PANCE Passing Score To pass the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE), an examinee must reach or exceed the passing score of 350, which is determined via a process called standard setting. Standard setting requires a panel of Physician Assistant content experts with experience about the ...
NCCPA offers Practice Exams to assist PAs in the preparation for PANCE, PANRE and CAQ exams. They help PAs assess their relative strengths and weaknesses, to direct their study efforts and to familiarize themselves with the types of questions they’ll see on the actual examinations.
The content of the NCCPA’s Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (“PANCE”), and each of its items, is proprietary and strictly confidential, and the unauthorized retention, possession, copying, distribution, disclosure, discussion, or receipt of any examination question, in whole or in part, by written, electronic, oral or ...
The PANCE content blueprint provides information on how exam questions are allocated to the different medical content and task categories that have been deemed important for entry-level practice as a Board Certified PA. These exam specifications are based on the results of the most recent profession-wide practice analysis.