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Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE)

The national exam that graduates of accredited physician assistant programmes must pass to be certified as physician assistants (PA-C), which states require for a licence.

The exam

Set by
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
The paper
300 multiple-choice questions in five blocks of 60, one hour each; pass with a scaled score of 350
How it is sat
On demand at Pearson VUE test centres, after graduating from an accredited physician assistant programme
Where
United States, in English

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