Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer
I can’t even stress to you how frequently PA students are tested over pancreatitis (acute and chronic) and pancreatic cancer. It seems to be one of those vague presentations that test writers take advantage of by placing in distractors (answers that seem right, but are in fact incorrect). This is meant to be a short, but hopefully helpful review of each of them, so that you are better prepared to tackle questions on these topics regardless of if they’re your in house exams during didactic, rotation exams, the PACKRAT, the PANCE, or the PANRE. I hope this helps you regardless of which avenue you find it useful. Good luck and make sure to check out TrueLearn’s free sample questions below! I’ll say, I loved their gastroenterology section the most. The vignettes were on point and difficulty wise - they were spot on with the rotation exams and PANCE-style questions.
Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
