I don't know how to study anymore or even if i knew how to do it. Feel very uncertain about everything.

I'm a second year studying pharmacy.

I somehow passed my first year, here are the details of my exams:

- First 2 exams I was had high scores for, one was maths which i found easy due to being able to practise and the time as well. I had 2 weeks to prepare for the non maths one, spent a week creating anki cards, second week just spamming through them

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- Rest of my exams I passed but my understanding is still trash: I tried to make anki cards, realised there was too much and I ran out of time to make the cards, so i ended up just using chat GPT to make questions for me and tried the blurting method.

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I've continued to make anki cards straight from the lecture notes and power point slides, but I have no time to go through the cards because I'm behind on lectures due to being on placement and have a deadline coming up soon for coursework. I can barely remember anything from all the cards I have made.

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Yesterday I tried out a new strategy of studying:

Feynman technique i think its called, the main part is being able to explain it to someone e.g. a kid or someone who wouldn't know these concepts. I do remember some of the things that I tried to simplify, however it was my first time trying this but also the concepts weren't very difficult. Problem with using this, is that I am scared of spending too much time trying to think of ways to simplify the concepts.

I'm stuck between trying to flood myself with cards which worked to a certain degree, or trying out a method i've never done before.

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Any tips, advice, constructive criticism would be appreciated