Once you've learned something, keep going over it in spaced, short periods to achieve overlearning. When you are learning specific things, associate what you are learning with what you already know. Make unique, even silly, associations to help you remember. Sample questions can help you once you've done your initial preparation. Write some of your own and get someone else to write questions.
Flashcards are useful when there are large amounts of factual information to be learned.
Use both sides of the card. Write the word or information to be learned on one side and the definition or explanation on the other. Take breaks . Learning tends to proceed more rapidly when studying is broken down into several short sessions rather than a single long session. Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1992.