PANCE (Physician Assistant boards) flashcards
7 decks · 514 cards · built into Willys · free samples below
Written against: NCCPA PANCE content blueprint, effective January 2025 (organ systems); no dosing. Updated 2026-10-10.
What's in it
Every deck follows the course outline, with tags you can study or suspend topic by topic. Open a deck to study its free sample right here.
Learn · 5 decks · 364 cards
Concepts, mechanisms and the questions a course or exam asks about them.
Cardiology and Pulmonology
Board-style vignettes on ACS and ECG localization, heart failure, murmurs, arrhythmias, pericardial disease, endocarditis, hypertension and lipids, plus asthma, COPD, pneumonia, PE, TB, sarcoidosis, lung cancer and pleural disease.
GI, Renal and Endocrine
Board-style vignettes on diabetes, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and pituitary disease; esophagus, stomach, liver, biliary tree, pancreas and bowel; and AKI, CKD, glomerular disease, electrolytes, acid-base and stones.
Infectious Disease and Hematology
Board-style vignettes on anemias, hemolysis, sickle cell disease, bleeding and clotting disorders, leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, plus bacterial, tick-borne, viral, HIV-related, fungal and parasitic infections.
Neurology, Psychiatry and Musculoskeletal
Board-style vignettes on fractures, joints, spine and rheumatologic disease; stroke, headache, seizures, neuromuscular and movement disorders, meningitis and dementia; and mood, anxiety, psychotic and substance use disorders.
Reproductive, Pediatrics and EENT
Board-style vignettes on skin disease and skin cancer, eye, ear, nose and throat emergencies, scrotal and prostate disease, prenatal care and pregnancy complications, gynecology, breast and gynecologic cancer, and pediatrics.
Practice · 2 decks · 150 questions
Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, with the reasoning.
Practice Questions, Part 1
Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on ACS, heart failure, valves, arrhythmias, diabetes, thyroid, GI, anemia, coagulation, infections, lung disease and kidney disease.
Practice Questions, Part 2
Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on skin, EENT, scrotal, musculoskeletal, neurologic and psychiatric disease, pregnancy, gynecology and pediatrics.
Study guide
Topics covered
The decks follow the order of the course outline. Numbers are cards per topic.
- Cardiovascular 67
- Coronary Disease and ECG 14
- Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy 11
- Valvular Disease 11
- Arrhythmias 11
- Pericardial and Endocardial Disease 9
- Hypertension and Lipids 8
- Vascular Disease 3
- Pulmonary 42
- Obstructive Disease 10
- Infections 9
- Pulmonary Circulation 7
- Restrictive and Granulomatous Disease 5
- Neoplasms 7
- Pleural Disease 4
- Endocrine 33
- Diabetes 9
- Thyroid and Parathyroid 13
- Adrenal and Pituitary 11
- Gastrointestinal 36
- Esophagus and Stomach 10
- Hepatobiliary and Pancreas 14
- Small and Large Bowel 12
- Renal 30
- Kidney Injury and CKD 8
- Glomerular Disease 9
- Electrolytes and Acid-Base 8
- Stones Cysts and Tumors 5
- Hematologic 42
- Anemias 10
- Hemoglobinopathies and Hemolysis 9
- Coagulation and Platelets 15
- Hematologic Malignancies 8
- Infectious Disease 41
- Bacterial Infections 13
- Spirochetal and Tick-Borne Infections 7
- Viral Infections and HIV 14
- Fungal and Parasitic Infections 7
- Musculoskeletal 42
- Upper Extremity and Spine 12
- Lower Extremity 8
- Rheumatologic Disease 16
- Bone Disease and Infection 6
- Neurologic 43
- Cerebrovascular Disease 12
- Headache and Seizure 11
- Neuromuscular and Movement Disorders 12
- Infection and Dementia 8
- Psychiatry 28
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders 10
- Psychotic and Personality Disorders 10
- Substance Use and Eating Disorders 8
- Dermatologic 14
- Inflammatory and Infectious Skin Disease 9
- Skin Cancer 5
- EENT 25
- Eye 9
- Ear 9
- Nose and Throat 7
- Genitourinary 11
- Scrotum and Prostate 9
- Bladder and Urethra 2
- Reproductive 31
- Prenatal Care 6
- Complications of Pregnancy 8
- Gynecology and STIs 11
- Breast and Gynecologic Cancer 6
- Pediatrics 29
- Congenital and Neonatal Conditions 13
- Pediatric Infections 10
- Pediatric Orthopedics 6
A study plan
- 19 new cards a day covers everything in a month, leaving the last weeks for review.
- 10 new cards a day covers everything in two months, leaving the last weeks for review.
- 7 new cards a day covers everything in three months, leaving the last weeks for review.
Willys schedules reviews for you (FSRS spaced repetition), so the daily number above is only for new cards; reviews of what you have learned come back on their own. Study a topic's cards right after you meet it in class, suspend topics you have not reached yet, and use the app's quiz mode in the final two weeks.
How to get these decks
- Install Willys on your iPhone, iPad or Mac — App Store. 14-day free trial, then $14.99 a year.
- In Willys, tap Exam Library at the top of your Decks (or Browse Exam Library… under the + button), find the exam on its shelf or by search, tick it and tap Add.
- Study. The exam comes in as its own collapsible folder, every card scheduled by FSRS spaced repetition. Nothing you already have is changed.
Every deck is built into Willys
All 7 PANCE (Physician Assistant boards) decks (514 cards), with FSRS spaced repetition, quizzes and mock tests, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. 14-day free trial, then $14.99 a year.
In Willys, tap Exam Library at the top of your Decks (or Browse Exam Library… under the + button), find the exam on its shelf or by search, tick it and tap Add.
About these cards
Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.
Checked against:
- NCCPA PANCE content blueprint, effective January 2025 (topic outline only; no text copied)
- Checked against standard internal-medicine references (reference only; no text copied)
- Checked against the 2025 AHA/ACC high blood pressure guideline, the 2026 ACC/AHA dyslipidemia guideline, the 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS atrial fibrillation guideline, the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA heart failure guideline, the 2024 AHA/ACC hypertrophic cardiomyopathy guideline, the 2025 ESC myocarditis and pericarditis guideline, the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2018), GINA 2026 and USPSTF recommendations (abdominal aortic aneurysm 2019, lung cancer 2021) (reference only; no text copied)
- Checked against the 2023 BTS guideline for pleural disease, the NCI PDQ small cell lung cancer treatment summary (health professional version, 2025) and FDA prescribing information for durvalumab and atezolizumab on DailyMed (US National Library of Medicine; public domain) (reference only; no text copied)
- Checked in Oct 2026 against the ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes 2026, the 2025 Endocrine Society primary aldosteronism guideline, American Thyroid Association thyroiditis guidance, the 2023 Pituitary Society prolactinoma consensus statement, the 2021 USPSTF colorectal cancer screening recommendation, the 2017 EASL primary biliary cholangitis and 2018 EASL decompensated cirrhosis guidelines, the 2021 ASCRS colonic volvulus guideline, the KDIGO 2021 glomerular diseases guideline, the 2014 European hyponatremia guideline, and FDA metformin, SGLT2 inhibitor and ursodiol labeling (reference only; no text copied)
- First-trimester antithyroid choice checked against the 2026 American Thyroid Association guidelines for thyroid disease in preconception, pregnancy and postpartum, the 2016 American Thyroid Association hyperthyroidism guidelines (recommendations 80 and 88) and the propylthiouracil and methimazole labels on DailyMed (reference only; no text copied).
- Checked against the IDSA/SHEA 2021 C. difficile focused update, the CDC 2021 STI Treatment Guidelines, the CDC 2024 meningococcal chemoprophylaxis guidance on ciprofloxacin resistance, the CDC December 2025 pertussis treatment and postexposure prophylaxis guidance and the CDC July 2026 clinical guidance for diphtheria (reference only; no text copied)
- Checked against the 2014 NHLBI sickle cell disease expert panel report, the 2020 ISTH TTP guidelines, the 2021 ASH/ISTH/NHF/WFH von Willebrand disease guidelines, the 2019 EULAR antiphospholipid syndrome recommendations, the ELN 2019 APL and 2020 CML recommendations, NCI PDQ treatment summaries, the NIH/HIVMA/IDSA adult opportunistic infection guidelines, the 2016 CDC tickborne rickettsial disease report, CDC clinician pages and FDA drug labeling (reference only; no text copied)
- Checked against the 2026 AHA/ASA acute ischemic stroke guideline, the 2020 ACR gout guideline, the 2019 EAN trigeminal neuralgia guideline, the 2018 CANMAT/ISBD bipolar disorder guidelines and DSM-5-TR criteria (reference only; no text copied)
- Also checked against the 2021 ACR rheumatoid arthritis, 2021 ACR/VF giant cell arteritis and 2019 ACR/SAA/SPARTAN axial spondyloarthritis guidelines; the 2021 AAOS hip fracture guideline; the ACR Appropriateness Criteria for acute hand and wrist trauma; the IWGDF/IDSA 2023 diabetes-related foot infection guideline; the ESO 2021 carotid guideline; the EAN/PNS 2023 Guillain-Barré guideline; the MGFA international consensus guidance and the 2025 Israeli national guideline on myasthenia gravis; the 2018 UK consensus guideline on idiopathic intracranial hypertension; the 2021 AAN early Parkinson disease guideline; the 2004 IDSA bacterial meningitis guideline; the AAO-HNSF 2013 Bell's palsy guideline; the AAP 2019 ADHD guideline; NICE guidelines CG78, CG113, CG150, CG178, NG116, NG128, NG220 and NG240; and current FDA prescribing information on DailyMed (reference only; no text copied)
- Checked against the CDC 2021 STI Treatment Guidelines, ACOG Committee Opinion 797 on group B streptococcus, the AAP 2013 acute otitis media and 2014 bronchiolitis guidelines, the 2023 international PCOS guideline, the 2022 ESHRE endometriosis guideline and the ACOG April 2026 Clinical Practice Update on postmenopausal bleeding (reference only; no text copied)
- Checked against the ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026 (diagnosis), the 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS atrial fibrillation guideline, the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA heart failure guideline, the 2021 IDSA/SHEA C. difficile focused update, the 2018 ASH heparin-induced thrombocytopenia guideline, the 2023 Pituitary Society prolactinoma consensus statement and the CDC December 2025 pertussis treatment and postexposure prophylaxis guidance (reference only; no text copied)
- Checked against the 2016 American Epilepsy Society convulsive status epilepticus guideline, the 2020 ASAM alcohol withdrawal guideline, the 2023 ACP osteoporosis guideline, the 2014 AAP bronchiolitis guideline, the CDC 2021 STI Treatment Guidelines, the 2026 AHA/ASA acute ischemic stroke guideline and the ACOG April 2026 Clinical Practice Update on postmenopausal bleeding (reference only; no text copied)
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