My PANCE study plan will span 3 weeks and include a general review and focused studying on my weaker areas. I will utilize the NCCPA blueprint as well as my previous exam results to determine weaker areas to begin with. I plan to structure my studying based on daily pomodoro sessions of 2 hours per session (25/25/25/25/30 break). I plan to study 9-5pm Monday through Friday with a break for lunch each day. Each Friday will include a full length practice exam to evaluate weak areas for the next week to focus on. Below is an outline:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Week 1 | Endocrinology | Pulmonology | EndocrinologyDERM | Infectious diseases / DERM | Full length practice exam + Review of missed items |
| Week 2 | Review of weak areas from exam | OBGYN/ GU | Neurology | ENT/Optho | Full length exam + Review of missed items |
| Week 3 | Review of weak areas from exam | Cardiology | GI | MSK/Psych | RELAX |
Current weak areas:
End of curriculum
- Endocrinology
- Infectious diseases
- Pulmonology
PACKRAT 2
- Endocrinology
- Pulmonology
PACKRAT 1
- ENT/ophthalmology
- Hematology
- Infectious diseases
- Neurology
Some additions/clarifications to the plan:
- I will not be starting with a full length exam, rather I will be using the results from end of curriculum (in addition to the PACKRAT) results to guide the first week of studying, as those exams showed similar areas of weakness.
- I am currently doing around 60 questions a day during rotations, so while that is studying, I am not including that in the plan as it is not focused daily studying like the time I plan to devote to the PANCE. This study plan will occur surrounding the dates of the PANCE review (week one will be the week prior, while weeks 2 and 3 will be the week following since those dates have now been confirmed).
- Each pomodoro session at the beginning of the day will consist of practice questions, whether from Rosh, Kaplan, etc. They will be targeted to the area specified for that day. I am not assigning a set number as I prefer to focus on the pomodoro method timeframe, however I will limit the time for each question to 1 minute or less.
- I will devote the other sessions of the day to reviewing missed questions from the first session as well as reviewing the topics I missed on the questions. I will then retake the questions I missed a second time immediately after reviewing to solidify the information I learned.
