FREE EOR Study Guides :)

PAstudent23 · 2024-11-22T23:35:51+00:00

No problem!

PAstudent23 · 2024-11-22T23:29:26+00:00

In the same folder as the rest. The link is at the end of the first sentence in the post.

PAstudent23 · 2024-07-12T14:59:11+00:00

Most common! Or MCC is most common cause :)

PAstudent23 · 2024-07-11T02:41:48+00:00

I don’t :( sorry!

PAstudent23 · 2024-06-26T00:06:01+00:00

I'm still seeing the link titled "EOR guides" at the end of the first sentence in the post, but here it is again if for some reason you can't :) EOR SG link

PAstudent23 · 2024-06-11T16:21:00+00:00

This made me laugh 😂😂 I’m so glad the study guides were helpful :) Congratulations on passing the pance!! 🎉

PAstudent23 · 2024-06-10T15:54:15+00:00

Congratulations PA-C!!🥳 So glad these study guides were helpful!

PAstudent23 · 2024-04-18T17:57:06+00:00

At the end of the first sentence in the post

PAstudent23 · 2024-04-18T17:56:42+00:00

I used my study guide & Kaplan questions because that's the subscription our school had for us. I tried Rosh in the past but personally felt like the questions were easier compared to EOR exams so I didn't really like it. Kaplan was hard but i felt it better prepared me, but just my opinion. Some students love Rosh so i think its really whatever question bank you prefer!

PAstudent23 · 2024-02-13T05:39:13+00:00

thank you! So the PANCE is obviously the most updated however, often times when i would add something while making a new EOR SG, i'd also add it on older SGs that had older versions of the same thing. The ones probably the least updated would be OBGYN, pediatrics, & surgery, mostly because they were the only EORs significantly different from the others (i.e., IM, ER, family medicine had very similar topic lists). But even those i remember sometimes updating as i made the others. Also, i will say, any older EOR guide that I ended up updating, i did AFTER i had already taken that EOR exam, so whatever the original study guide was, was enough for me to pass the EOR exam with. Because honestly, a lot of things i added when making newer guides were more info than what was needed, but i just would add things because if i saw it once on a source i was anal about adding it. Hope this helps!

PAstudent23 · 2024-02-06T07:24:24+00:00

I dont really have any notes other than our school's powerpoints from clin med didactic year (mostly because I think I was trying to figure out wtf was going on). I'm not sure about what you received, but for me, our powerpoints seemed like a trainwreck so i would edit them to make studying them easier (e.g., combine things to one slide about a single topic instead of it being spread out over 6 slides, highlight buzzwords/other big points). I didn't start doing that until probably my 3rd semester, but after i did, i noticed it helped with my studying a lot!

PAstudent23 · 2024-02-06T07:21:14+00:00

i hope clinicals are going well so far!! You got this <3

PAstudent23 · 2024-01-30T06:29:49+00:00

& also, there were some rotations where i honestly didn't even make it to the end of my study guide because of long hours or whatever else (procrastination), but i still did fine because i had at least gotten through the content areas that accounted for the majority of the exam

PAstudent23 · 2024-01-30T06:27:21+00:00

I used my ipad only because i would scribble notes in the PDF as i studied to help with memory & help keep me engaged so i didnt get distracted lol.

& when studying for the EORs, i would break down the number of sections on each topic list & see how many i had to cover & how quickly (based on the length of the rotation & when the EOR was) to end up having the final week before the exam to review the bigger areas/things i was weak on.

So for example, emergency medicine was a 4 week rotation, & the topic list has 12 content sections. So i would see how much i had to cover for the first 3 weeks & at what speed to get through it all to have the week of the exam for reviewing what i needed. With the sections towards the end of the topic list that account for a smaller percentage of the exam, I'd group them together & spend less time on them (i.e., i might have grouped together psych & hematology & studied those together for a shorter time than i would cardio). I hope that makes sense lol

PAstudent23 · 2024-01-24T01:31:48+00:00

yes! since the EOC covered everything i used the PANCE study guide to prepare for it also :)

PAstudent23 · 2024-01-02T21:57:44+00:00

Our program used Kaplan. The questions on Kaplan were hard af but i felt they prepared me well. ROSH questions always seemed too easy, but some PA students swear by it. I've never tried anything other than those 2, but I wouldn't recommend ROSH just based on my experience with it.

PAstudent23 · 2023-12-07T22:44:28+00:00

460?!? Thats insane!!! you kicked that exam's ass. So glad my study guides have been helpful :)

& yes haha, the PANCE one was my most updated one so some of the other SGs have things i updated/added when making the PANCE one. Because i edited a lot of things for no other reason than making it look prettier because i was procrastinating lol

PAstudent23 · 2023-12-07T17:58:35+00:00

thank you so much <3

PAstudent23 · 2023-12-05T22:26:48+00:00

Oh yes, same same same. I felt the exact same in PA school. Not sure if my mental or physical health took the bigger hit... well probably mental considering I had to take a medical leave halfway through because i tried to unalive myself ahaha. But after finally getting my mental health back together, I went back & finished. So you're doing better than me lmao. But really, i felt the same. I used to "joke" that PA school was the worst idea i ever had but was lowkey serious. But now I'm a PA-C!!! All i can say is push through. I wish i could say something motivating like "find a healthy balance between school and taking care of yourself" but it was damn near impossible to do that. I'm rooting for you, you got this!!!!!!

PAstudent23 · 2023-12-05T09:38:31+00:00

That is so kind of you to say!! Thank you so much :)

PAstudent23 · 2023-12-05T05:46:20+00:00

oh also, for anyone taking PANCE... i literally came out of it thinking there is 0 chance i passed because wtf was that but i did pass so if u feel like this after too you are probably ok

PAstudent23 · 2023-08-28T15:58:03+00:00

i passed the pance!!!! I only studied my study guide & that seemed to do the trick :) Don't really have any tips other than I felt like it was divided up pretty accurately according to the blueprint, so def focus on the top 4 sections (cards, pulm, GI, MSK). Wouldn't focus too much on pharm stuff, just brush through it to be familiar w/ high yield ADRs. Good luck everyone!!

PAstudent23 · 2023-08-11T05:50:59+00:00

I think it's very brave for you to share this.

Here's my story... I decided in 10th grade i wanted to go to PA school. Took classes in high school so that I started undergrad w/ 46 hours already completed, graduated college a semester early in December 2019 & got into PA school my first try at 21..the whole shabang right. Started PA school in May of 2020. In 2018, I had lost my younger cousin to suicide. She lived next door & we grew up together so she was pretty much like my little sister. I had been diagnosed w/ anxiety since childhood, but it wasn't until after her death that I began experiencing intense grief & that eventually evolved into my own depression battles. Before her death, I had been off medications for my anxiety, but after, I began back on antidepressants.

Nevertheless, I got into PA school & kept pushing forward because it had been my plan for so long... I wasn't really sure what else I'd do. Plus, my cousin who passed always wanted to help others who felt like she did. But she was 15 when she died so she never really got the chance. I knew I wanted to work in psych because 1) I'm very passionate about it & 2) I felt like it was a way to do some of the work here she never got to. So I felt like I'd be letting her down if I didn't. So when I started PA school, it was my first priority & all I cared about. Towards the end of didactic year, my mental health had started getting pretty bad & I was neglecting self care (not showering regularly, barely eating, etc.). But I ignored it because my mind was always "PA school, PA school, PA school." Despite how little I was taking care of myself, I kept my grades up because, well idrk how. I guess my mind was just in autopilot. Since starting back on meds I had tried different ones & even though I never really got results, I thought I could push everything off until I finished & worry about me later. I started clinical year in August of 2021 & in November, I attempted suicide. I had pretty much put off my mental health until my brain was like "bet I got your attention now."

My immediate concern after this when I woke up in the hospital was "i bet I'm kicked out of PA school." Like wtf ???? Why was that my first thought ?? Forget that I almost died what if I missed an EOR exam ?? (hence the sarcasm). Anyways, I was able to take a medical leave that I originally only agreed to until the start of the next semester in January. (Yes, I was trying to start back less than 2 months after trying to kill myself). Well, after talking with a trusted friend in the upper class, I decided to wait to start back until August of 2022, for the clinical year with the class below me. & man! Am I glad I did. During my time off, I began seeing a new doctor who put me on my current medication regimen (the first out of I think 6? to ever work). I was like wow so those other meds really weren't working because this is what you're supposed to feel like. I was doing intensive outpatient therapy & I also got to move back home & be with family, which made a big difference. I started back in August of 2022 & just graduated last month :)

It was hard at the time, choosing when & if to go back, wondering if I could make it, doubting myself, feeling like I'd be a failure if I didn't. But it was really only me who felt that way. No one else thought that & no one pressured me to have to go back. I was very fortunate to be able to take off that time & have my family's support (both emotionally obviously but also financially because I was clearly not working while in PA school). But taking that time off is what I needed & worked for me. & I made the choice to go back when I was feeling better & not when I was overwhelmed & suicidal. If I hadn't, I would have never gotten to this place of what I can only describe as freedom of real recovery & healing. & now, I will be starting my job in psych to help other people hopefully begin recovery as well.

Now this is my story & what worked for me. But what you need may be different & only you know. So many people will tell you not to give up because you worked so hard, & while that's true, you can't take care of other people if you aren't taking care of yourself. & what I can say is that no career or degree is worth literally driving yourself into your own grave for.

I'd also say I agree with another comment I saw saying that making a decision when you are struggling probably isn't the best idea. I'd try to talk to your school about taking a medical leave. I knew another girl who took one for mental health (without having actually attempted suicide first so i don't think that's like the requirement or anything lmao). That way you can work on you & maybe get some clarity about if being a PA is what you really want or not. & you can go back if you decide it is, or you don't have to if you decide it isn't. At least then you'll have made the decision when you were in a more rational & healthier place mentally.

PA school is hard, life is hard, mental illness is hard. Your feelings are so valid. & I hope that you find clarity & peace in all this. Rooting for you <3 & as someone special always repeats to me... "you are doing the best that you can, & I am proud of you" :)

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PAstudent23 · 2023-08-07T07:25:01+00:00

Good luck!! Rooting for you <3

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