I'm going to go ahead and answer my own question.
Passed Part I, thankfully.
I gave myself about 3 weeks.
By far the best resource for me was the ABPMR Q bank. It was excellent, and the closest thing to the exam.
I also really liked the Q&A book.
I couldn't stand reading Cucurrullo. Every time I tried getting through those chapters, it made me want to stab myself. So, I used it strictly to get the high yield material. Usually, there's a drawing of a book next to those paragraphs to highlight what is super pertinent for boards. My reading consisted of only those parts.
Then, I read the relevant section in the Pocketpedia.
Then, I would do questions in the Q&A book.
And, finally, I used the high quality Qbank to check my knowledge.
I also bought this question bank:
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My verdict? Meh, meh, meh. Skip it.
Poor quality site. The only good thing I have to say about it is that it makes for a good companion with Cuccurrollo, since they take a bunch of their content directly from the book. So, I was using it in the beginning. But, honestly, I could have done without it.
Anyway, I did this to get through the Qbank once. I was pretty good in EMG, but not so good in Peds and MSK. So, I went back to do some additional reading and repeat the questions on the subjects where I felt weak.
On exam day, I was really scared. I was really used to being able to see the answer to each question right after answering it. So, having to spend several hours without being able to verify a single answer was a bit unnerving. I'm a pretty fast test taker. There are 3 types of questions:
1. The stuff I know cold. This was EMG for me.
2. The stuff where I can eliminate a couple of foils and fight my way to a reasonable guess.
3. The stuff I could stare at for hours and still not know the answer.
I tend not to waste any time on 1 and 3. I also don't proofread. I don't want to talk myself out of any answer once I've chosen a foil.
I got out of there in about 5 and a half hours, went home, nervously waited for 4 weeks, and discovered that I had passed.
Now, the above isn't a recipe for crushing the exam, but it worked for me. I ended up landing somewhere in the 40-50th percentile range. Good enough for my purposes.
Tl;dr:
1. You don't need to read Cuccurollo. It's okay to hate that damn book. Just read the parts with the book sign.
2. Skip the
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