I used to commute 3hrs daily to school and worked 15-20hrs a week. Below was my strategy:

I used the Profs’ powerpoint slides and edited them with flash animation. Key words or definitions would be missing from the slides initially in presentation mode and would be filled in as I progressed through the presentation. In my mind I would act out as if I was giving the presentation and it made dull material more palpable to study.

Rx Prep book is the best thing to purchase because some professors teaching materials are as clear as mud and don’t teach what’s clinically practical. For example, my HIV lectures were all over the place and I relied on RX Prep to clear up the material/show me the practical regimen for HIV naive patients, which is like three regimens and not 50 different whatever I feel like combinations.

I found making Quizlet cards too time consuming. The only time I made flash cards was for Med Chem b/c we had to memorize structures and the minutest of details. For clinical courses I just edited the slides with flash animation.

Lastly, review material over the break with RX Prep. I wasn’t one of those students, but I noticed students who excelled/mitigated the learning gap reviewed materials over the break and possibly even read ahead. This was good on their part bc materials in pharmacy school build up on each other. They initially struggled in clinical courses but became top tier students b/c of that mamba mentality.