Davis’s Pa Exam Review: Focused Review for the Pance and Panre

592 Pages·2018·13.349 MB·English

by  Morton Diamond

Davis’s
PA Exam Review:
Focused Review for the
PANCE and PANRE
Third Edition

Davis’s
PA Exam Review:
Focused Review for the
PANCE and PANRE
Third Edition
Morton A. Diamond, MD, FACP, FAHA, FACC(E)
2012 Distinguished Professor
Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Medical Director
Physician Assistant Program
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Description: Third edition. | Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Company, [2019] | Includes index.
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To my darling children and grandchildren who
bring joy and fulfi llment to my life.
I gratefully acknowledge the contribution of
Watfa Krayssa, MMS, PA-C to this book.

Foreword
Alvin Toffl er said, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who
cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
In the face of rapid advances in the inclusion of genetics into patient care,
new treatment methodologies, and huge increases in our pharmaceutical
armamentarium we will all fi nd that which we have learned must indeed
be unlearned and relearned. It is no wonder that new graduates utilize as
many review systems as possible in preparation for their Physician Assis-
tant National Certifying Examination (PANCE); this text addresses the
learning cycle most eff ectively.
Morton Diamond, a PA educator since 1994 and previously a practic-
ing cardiologist, has constructed a unique and highly eff ective system that
reviews medical concepts while at the same time teaches critical thinking.
Rather than taking a body system approach he splits his book into two sec-
tions, the second building off the fi rst. In doing so he instructs as eff ectively
as he questions.
In the fi rst section, E SSENTIALS, he poses specifi c clinical scenarios
and questions using a multiple-correct answer methodology. This approach
allows for specifi c, detailed feedback on the range and depth of one’s
knowledge. The likelihood of answering the questions accurately just by
guessing is signifi cantly reduced using this method because the test taker
must select the correct c ombination of answers. Further, this method avoids
the “one right answer,” lower-order mentality so antithetical to the real
world of medicine.
Answers in the text are provided alongside specifi c teaching points
central to understanding the material. This approach ensures the integra-
tion of key concepts into the review of each subject. He also provides body
system classifi cation labels so that students can focus on the content they
most need to review.
The second section, P ERFORMANCE, takes a more traditional approach
to questions, with single correct answers for each, just as one would encoun-
ter on the PANCE and PANRE. However, even in this section, the correct
answer is keyed back to its earlier discussion in E SSENTIALS, an approach
that provides excellent testing as well as critical review.
As much as we might sometimes wish, learning isn’t a “one and done”
proposition. Dr. Diamond’s approach makes this edition helpful to the new
grad as well as to the older professional continuing in the learning cycle.
Dr. Diamond seems to understand exactly what a new graduate PA needs
to know, in addition to what practicing PAs need to know to recertify and
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remain in practice. New graduates and recertifying PAs will fi nd this book
an invaluable tool in preparing for their next, critical examination.
DANA SAYRE-STANHOPE, EDD, PA-C EMERITUS
Atlanta, Georgia
Founding President, International Academy of
Physician Associate Educators
Past President Physician Assistant Education Association
Past Chair of the Accreditation Review Commission on
Education for the Physician Assistant
The Author
Morton A. Diamond, MD, FACP, FAHA, FACC(E), is a clinical cardiologist
with fi ve decades’ experience in the education of physician assistant stu-
dents and medical students. Since 1994 he has been the full-time Medical
Director of the Nova Southeastern University Physician Assistant Program
in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
For several years Dr. Diamond served on the national PANCE test-
writing committee and was considered to be a skilled and prolifi c writer
of test questions. He has published many articles in peer-reviewed medical
journals and has authored chapters in medical textbooks. He has presented
nearly 100 lectures at state and national medical meetings.
Dr. Diamond is the author of the book M edical Insights: From Classroom
to Patient in addition to the 1st and 2nd editions of D avis’s PA Exam Review:
Focused Review for the PANCE and PANRE .
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