"Crush Step 1" Review book for usmle step 1 studying

[medstudent12080]

Has anyone used the "Crush Step 1" book as a primary review source for Step 1 studying? I love the way it's organized, and I love the explanations, much more so than First Aid. The problem is, it's not updated every year, and a lot of the time there are big chunks of info that First Aid covers the Crush Step 1 doesn't, and vice versa. It's also not heavily crowd sourced like First Aid is, though I doubt how effective the crowd sourcing really is because once you take the boards it is illegal to talk about the content of the exam (so I bet that most of the people who contribute to First aid haven't actually taken step 1 yet).

So my question is really, can I trust the "Crush Step 1" book for my primary studying. If it was rated in the First Aid review book section, I would trust it a little more, but it's not even mentioned in the "comprehensive review book" section.

I would appreciate feedback from anyone with experience with this book! Thanks.

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[Slack3r]

Do yourself a favor and use First Aid.

 

[DoctorKrieger]

If you want FA in prose form, use Crush. That's what Goljan says, anyhow. You said yourself that you love if a lot more than FA so use Crush as your go-to and check FA after every chapter to see if there are any gaps.