This credential is issued by the NCCPA.
What is Physician Assistant - Certified?
If you fail to pass the PANCE after 6 attempts or 6 years you must complete another ARC-PA program to be eligible.
What is the 6-years-6-attempts rule?
This is the traditional recertification exam.
What is the PANRE?
This is the type of CME that you gain through certification programs.
What is category 1?
Name one of the established standards reflected by NCCPA certification programs.
What is clinical knowledge / clinical reasoning / medical skills / professional behaviors?
The PANCE is short for this.
What is the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination?
The PANRE has a total of this many questions.
What is 240 questions?
This is the length of each CME cycle.
What is 2 years?
This NCCPA core value promotes PAs to put others before themselves and to treat their patients with the utmost respect.
What is professionalism?
Passing the PANCE is needed to obtain this certification.
What is the NCCPA certification?
This exam is open book and taken at home.
What is the PANRE-LA?
Each cycle PAs are selected at random for this.
What is audit?
This plan contains information on what is assessed on the PANCE exam.
What is the NCCPA blueprint?
This is the fee you need to pay to sit for the PANCE.
What cost $550?
This is the minimum amount of quarters needed to complete the PANRE-LA.
What is the 8th quarter?
These are tests aimed at revealing gaps in the medical knowledge of a provider?
What is self improvement?
The NCCPA was established in this year.
What is 1974?
Applications are not accepted until this many days prior to the exam.
What is 180 days?
There are 4 maximum attempts for this exam.
What is the PANRE?
The goal of this category 1 CME is quality improvement in the clinical setting.
What is PI-CME?