SmartyPANCE vs Picmonic

SmartyPANCE offers fourteen blueprint courses with 482 lessons and 1,000’s of integrated board review questions, quizzes, and flashcards, all designed to cover the entire NCCPA™ PANCE and PANRE Content Blueprint step-by-step, made simple with exam day question stems, pearls, need to know diagnostic studies, and gold standard treatments.

Yes! Both are great resources to use together. SmartyPANCE provides blueprint-focused sessions that align with PANCE exam content and offer comprehensive explanations and practice questions, while Picmonic engages your visual learning with animations, mnemonics and memorable stories that simplify complex medical concepts and make them stick in your head.

A 12-month membership to SmartyPANCE costs $79 and includes the Picmonic PA integration allowing students to watch 1600+ Picmonic videos and take Picmonic quizzes directly from Smarty PANCE blueprint lessons.

SmartyPANCE doesn’t offer a free trial. But, they do offer a no questions asked, 100% money-back guarantee anytime within 60 days of purchase.

SmartyPANCE fourteen blueprint courses with over 482 lessons and 1,000’s of integrated board review questions, quizzes, and flashcards are perfect for PANCE and PANRE preparation and preparing for end of rotation (EOR) exams. For a more well-rounded study routine, supplement with Picmonic’s 1,800+ high-yield PA topics and videos and more than 12,000 daily quiz questions to prepare you for both exams and as a physician assistant.

No, SmartyPANCE doesn’t offer a mobile study app for PA students. Picmonic offers a PA mobile study app you can download for iOS and Android, to enable on-the-go studying — even when you don’t have an internet connection.

SmartyPANCE provides a lot of good resources for PA boards, but it is not a one stop shop. Depending on your learning style, you will need to supplement it with alternative resources such as Picmonic for a more visual learning experience and additional content to help you get a deeper understanding of PA topics.

Picmonic is a picture mnemonic visual resource using unforgettable stories and characters research-proven to increase retention 331% and increase test scores 50%. With 1,800+ video mnemonics, Picmonic covers many of the hardest to remember, high-yield subjects, topics, and facts frequently tested in classes and on the PANCE or PANRE. Each 2-3 min video provides a succinct review of facts for easier, faster, and more effective review throughout medical school and while studying for your PA boards.

While SmartyPANCE doesn’t have an Anki Add-On, it does offer members-only access to high-yield flashcards and more than 1,000 board-style questions. Picmonic offers an Anki Add-On. Be sure to download the Picmonic Add-On from your desktop app.