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Thought I'd make a dedicated thread for Firecracker as used for Step 2. Here's the Official Firecracker Step 1 thread.
At the very least, this will be a "diary" of my periodically updated thoughts going through using it. However, I think it would be far more useful if as many people as possible chimed in with their experiences.
Here are some threads with some existing user input:
From 2014: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/anyone-used-firecracker-for-step-2.1063595/
From 2013: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/using-firecracker-for-step-2.1003719/
From 2012: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/gunner-training-firecracker-for-step-2.963692/
I'll be using FC on "Legendary Mode" primarily as an adjunct and background study tool, which will take lower priority than traditional shelf/Step 2 advice. The resources I'll primarily be using are found here. I'll also be using UWorld concurrently with each shelf and for Step 2.
Full disclosure: I became an editor for Step 1 content with Firecracker shortly after beginning my use of the Step 2 Firecracker content. I am not a representative of Firecracker, and nothing I say represents the views or policies of Firecracker.
May 2015 edit: To sum up my experience all-in-all with Step 2 FC, I used it for the first 2-3 months of MS3 (mid-2014) sparingly, then dropped it in favor of tried-and-true resources which are already too abundant to do all of. Some rotations it's too hard to even do all of the UWorld of, let alone 1-2 passes of the highest-recommended text. My current recommendation is to consider trying it if you have time remaining from an existing subscription already, but otherwise to see how you fare keeping up with MS3 studying without it first.
At the very least, this will be a "diary" of my periodically updated thoughts going through using it. However, I think it would be far more useful if as many people as possible chimed in with their experiences.
Here are some threads with some existing user input:
From 2014: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/anyone-used-firecracker-for-step-2.1063595/
From 2013: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/using-firecracker-for-step-2.1003719/
From 2012: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/gunner-training-firecracker-for-step-2.963692/
I'll be using FC on "Legendary Mode" primarily as an adjunct and background study tool, which will take lower priority than traditional shelf/Step 2 advice. The resources I'll primarily be using are found here. I'll also be using UWorld concurrently with each shelf and for Step 2.
Full disclosure: I became an editor for Step 1 content with Firecracker shortly after beginning my use of the Step 2 Firecracker content. I am not a representative of Firecracker, and nothing I say represents the views or policies of Firecracker.
May 2015 edit: To sum up my experience all-in-all with Step 2 FC, I used it for the first 2-3 months of MS3 (mid-2014) sparingly, then dropped it in favor of tried-and-true resources which are already too abundant to do all of. Some rotations it's too hard to even do all of the UWorld of, let alone 1-2 passes of the highest-recommended text. My current recommendation is to consider trying it if you have time remaining from an existing subscription already, but otherwise to see how you fare keeping up with MS3 studying without it first.
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