The new, fifth edition of A Comprehensive Review for the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants is the foremost trusted preparation resource for the PANCE and PANRE. The text features high-yield outline-format review and pretest and post-test questions based on the blueprint of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Developed and endorsed by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA), this edition’s content reflects up-to-date information and has been reviewed and validated by subject matter experts working in the field.

thePoint features a question bank consisting of the pretest and post-test, offering more than 650 questions—two-thirds of them new! The 300 pretest questions and explanations of their answers also appear in the printed book.

This edition continues to include both a pretest and a posttest. The pretest continues to be available in printed format; however, the posttest as well as the pretest are now available online to simulate the computer format of the certifcation and recertif cation examinations. Both tests have been written by experienced, NBME-trained PA educators and compiled using the proportions per subject area and skill areas as delineated in the NCCPA guidelines. Each test question also is written according to the NCCPA structure for multiplechoice format, an especially important feature of the last three editions. For further information and explanation of the NCCPA subject and skill areas, see http://www.nccpa.net.

In addition to the practice questions and answers, this book provides, in a condensed outline format, all the necessary information not only to take and successfully complete either of the tests but also to refer to, on a day-to-day basis, in clinical practice. Each chapter has been completely reviewed and rewritten to refl ect changes in clinical practice. The test items, both pretest and posttest, are new and revised, making the f fth edition even more comprehensive and able to be used as a quick and easy-to-read reference. In other words, this book is a practical, “real-time” educational tool for busy practitioners—a handy resource to be used on the front line of patient care.

Contents

۱. Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
۲. Pulmonology
۳. Cardiology
۴. Hematology
۵. Gastroenterology
۶. Nephrology and Urology
۷. Gynecology
۸. Obstetrics
۹. Rheumatology and Orthopaedics [Musculoskeletal System)
۱۰. Endocrinology
۱۱. Neurology
۱۲. Psychiatry
۱۳. Dermatology
۱۴. Infectious Disease
۱۵. Surgery
۱۶. Geriatrics
۱۷. Pediatrics