National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) · PANCE Content Blueprint — effective beginning January 2025 for all PANCE administrations

This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.

• PANCE Blueprint — NCCPA, official Spanish-language page
• Content Blueprint for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE)
• National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Certification Testing
• Symptoms and Diagnosis of Pericarditis — American Heart Association
• Measuring Orthostatic Blood Pressure — CDC STEADI
• Contact dermatitis diagnosis and treatment — American Academy of Dermatology
• Patch testing can find what's causing your rash — American Academy of Dermatology
• Diabetes & Prediabetes Tests — NIDDK
• Ear Infections in Children — NIDCD
• Symptoms & Causes of Appendicitis — NIDDK
• Symptoms & Causes of Gallstones — NIDDK
• Acute Scrotum — EAU Guidelines on Paediatric Urology
• Vitamin B12 — NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
• Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings — CDC
• Guideline for management of septic arthritis in native joints (SANJO)
• Scaphoid Fracture of the Wrist — AAOS OrthoInfo
• Stroke — Symptoms — NHLBI
• Stroke — Diagnosis — NHLBI
• Migraine — NHS
• Migraine with aura — International Classification of Headache Disorders, third edition
• Depression — National Institute of Mental Health
• First AHA/ACC acute pulmonary embolism guideline: prompt diagnosis and treatment are key — ACC
• Venous Thromboembolism — Diagnosis — NHLBI
• Asthma — Treatment and Action Plan — NHLBI
• The Changing Role of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma Management — NHLBI
• Acute kidney injury — NHS
• Acute Kidney Injury: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment — National Kidney Foundation
• Ectopic pregnancy — Symptoms — NHS
• Ectopic pregnancy — Diagnosis — NHS
• Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit, Tool 3 Continued — AHRQ
• PANCE-Blueprint.pdf
• 2025-Clinical-Guidance-on-the-Diagnosis-and-Management-of-Pericarditis.pdf
• Inhaled-Corticosteroids.pdf
• 015034s045lbl.pdf
• KDIGO-2012-AKI-Guideline-English.pdf
• High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin and the 2021 Guidelines for Acute Chest Pain - American College of Cardiology
• Heart Failure - Diagnosis | NHLBI, NIH
• Recommendations | Vitamin B12 deficiency in over 16s: diagnosis and management | Guidance | NICE
• VADoDMDDCPG_PocketCard_Final_508_updated.pdf
• FDA recommends avoiding use of NSAIDs in pregnancy at 20 weeks or later because they can result in low amniotic fluid | FDA
• ABUIABA9GAAgzISFjgYoppDFsAU.pdf
• Thyroid Tests - NIDDK
• Hyperthyroidism (Overactive Thyroid) - NIDDK
• Types of Glaucoma | National Eye Institute
• IDSA 2024 Guideline Update on the Risk Assessment, Diagnostic Imaging, and Microbiological Evaluation of Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People
• Iron-Deficiency Anemia - Hematology.org
• Ectopic pregnancy - Treatment - NHS
• Diagnosis of viable intrauterine pregnancy and of tubal ectopic pregnancy | Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial management | Guidance | NICE
• Ectopic pregnancy