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Can I use Firecracker to prepare for my Shelf Exams?
Can I use Firecracker to prepare for my Shelf Exams?

Does Firecracker have practice Shelf exams? How about content to parallel my clinical rotations?

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Written by Firecracker Bot
Updated over a week ago

Yes you can! Our medical program covers everything the National Board of Medical Examiners recommends students know for the USMLEs and Shelf examinations.

We offer timed board-style and Shelf-style practice exams on the Take an Exam page, which you can learn more about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIdlFiefMi4

We also offer content geared to mirror what you'll learn during your Clinical Clerkships, in tidy sections that you can access via the dropdown menu in the upper-left of our Study Something Specific page. If the hospital's Internet connectivity is spotty, then definitely download our Firecracker Daily Review mobile app (it's free, and works well offline). Here are the direct links to each of our standalone Clerkship companion products:

Emergency Medicine Clerkship: https://med.firecracker.me/app#/tree/568030/568030
Family Medicine Clerkship: https://med.firecracker.me/app#/tree/256050/256050
Internal Medicine Clerkship: https://med.firecracker.me/app#/tree/562950/562950
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship: https://med.firecracker.me/app#/tree/570257/570257
Pediatrics Clerkship: https://med.firecracker.me/app#/tree/479041/479041
Psychiatry Clerkship: https://med.firecracker.me/app#/tree/479040/479040
Surgery Clerkship: https://med.firecracker.me/app#/tree/572815/572815

You can find our 100-question timed Shelf-style practice exams on the Take an Exam page as well: https://med.firecracker.me/test#/exams

We have some student-authored study strategies written up on our blog that some of our high-performing Firecracker members have employed successfully in the past as well. Here's one I think you may find helpful: http://blog.firecracker.me/students/how-this-firecracker-aced-all-the-shelfs-and-scored-a-271-on-usmle-step-2-ck

The Firecracker PA product includes not only a PANCE-style practice exam, but also End of Rotation (EOR) practice exams for Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, and Women’s Health.

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