Didactic-Year Prep

Renal & Urology module practice exam for PA students

Renal couples physiology-heavy nephrology with pattern-driven urology. The physiology half is where question practice matters most — electrolytes and acid–base only become intuitive by doing.

The module exam

FirstPassPA's Module Exams give you a timed, single-block practice exam scoped to one module — 10, 25, or 50 questions at 60 seconds each, the same pacing as the boards. The didactic mix keeps the depth at easy and medium difficulty, matched to where a didactic-year course actually tests; one click adds the hard, board-level questions back when you're ready. The Renal & Urology mix currently holds 384 clinician-reviewed questions, drawn from the same 6,400+ bank you'll use through boards.

What a Renal & Urology didactic module covers

Renal physiology

Filtration, the nephron's segments, and volume regulation.

Electrolyte disorders

Sodium and potassium derangements and their presentations.

Acid–base disorders

The systematic approach to gaps and compensation.

Acute kidney injury & chronic kidney disease

Pre-renal, intrinsic, and post-renal reasoning and CKD consequences.

Glomerular disease

Nephritic vs nephrotic patterns and the classic syndromes.

Urology

Stones, urinary tract infections, prostate disease, and hematuria workup logic.

How to study for the Renal & Urology module exam

  • Do acid–base problems on paper until compensation checks are automatic.
  • Nephritic vs nephrotic is the glomerular half's single highest-yield distinction.
  • Then test it. Take a 25-question Renal & Urology module exam on the didactic mix, read every explanation — right answers included — and re-run a 10-question Quick Check on the topics that missed.

Take a Renal & Urology module exam

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