Physician Assistant Exam Review

Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections Aneurysm – an abnormal widening or ballooning of a section of an artery due to weakness in the wall of the blood vessel. Abdominal aortic aneurysm is the most common place, below the renal vessels and usually involving the bifurcation. Causes/Risk Factors Damage to the blood vessels is often secondary to […]

Endocarditis, Pericarditis and Pericardial Effusion Endocarditis Endocarditis is an inflammation of the cardiac tissue. Predisposing Factors Most commonly occurs with damaged or prosthetic heart valves. A bacterial etiology is the most common and the most common organisms are Strep viridans Staph aureus enterococci Post op valve replacement Infection is most common in the first two […]

Arrhythmias: A PA Review and Podcast. This session goes through the different arrythmias on the NCCPA blue print.

A PANRE review and podcast covering congenital heart disorders. Join me as I prepare for the PANRE.

A PA review of cardiac valve disorders. There is a podcast and PANRE questions which come out on Thursday.

PA Review and Podcast covering ischemia and MI. Check back on Thursdays for PA review questions on this topic.

One of the 54 Study Tips is to draw out concepts you are trying to remember. Your brain does a much better job remembering pictures than abstract ideas or numbers. I’m trying to incorporate that into the site. The pretty pictures I was using look nice, but don’t really add anything. We’ll see. I figure […]

In this podcast session we discuss CHF and hypotension for physician assistants studying for the PANRE or PANCE.

A PANRE review and podcast discussing many different medications for the treatment of hypertension.

Our first discussion of cardiology!  As most of you know I’ve been moving through the PANRE review material one topic at a time.  If you’re following along with me so far we have covered Ob/Gyn and the endocrine system.  I thought we would tackle cardiology together next.  When I was in school I really enjoyed […]

A Physician Assistant Review and podcast of contraception and Infertility. Find our free physician assistant review questions on Thursdays.

A PANRE Review and Podcast covering PID and Breast Disorder. Look for physician assistant review questions on Thursdays

A PANRE review of cervical and vulvovaganil disorders. This is a discussion for those physician assistants preparing for the PANCE or PANRE and studying gyn.

A review of ovarian disorders for the physician assistant preparing for the PANCE or PANRE. This podcast is for PANCE/PANRE review.

A quick discussion of uterine disorders for the physician assistant reviewing for the PANCE or PANRE. Check out the podcast as well.