How Do You Learn?

As I mentioned previously, medical school often feels like drinking from the firehose.  The whole process basically involves absorbing large amounts of information at a quick pace.  This is easier in some subjects for me (concept-based ones) than others (memorization-based ones).  Anatomy just happens to be one of those memorization-based subjects, and that is what we're slogging through right now.

I've found that flash cards tend to be a helpful way for me to memorize things, partially because they are very portable (I can go through them on the bus!), and partially because for my brain to memorize things, I have to beat them into it repeatedly.  And then some more.  Occasionally I'll try to come up with mnemonics to help things stick a little better.  Discussing things with other people and reviewing together also helps, as does drawing things out.

But as I am always looking for a better way of doing things, what do you do, dear (5) readers, to make things that you learn stick?