Here’s a humble suggestion. Look at this post on the SCALM method, you may already be applying some of its principles:
All the best
Chris
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About repeating, it all depends of the difficulty of the images and how I feel about it.
If it’s just a list of symptoms or anything, you don’t need to go into details.
If there are bigger complex concepts, I d repeat the concept especially for the first recalls. For the next recalls, it all depends if I feel very comfortable, if I have time and if I’m closed to the exam. Of course, close to the exam, you better be sure you know the concepts. And the other times, if you don’t have time its better to just recall the images that nothing at all.
If you feel comfortable with the subject after a few recalls, I think its better to be faster and you don’t always need to explain the concepts.
And concerning anki flash cards, I use them depending on the material to remember. If you build a palace from a mind map and you just review all the palace at once, I don’t think you really need anki anyway.
Anki, to me, is extremely powerful for lil bunches of informations, to explain them. For example, each flash cards is just one branch of mind map or even just one secondary branch. And I would create them after building the palace or mind map or at least, after being able to have an overview of the content of the course. I think it is very important to have a big overview of a content before going into the details. And Anki is all about details.
It’s not easy to answer these questions because each kind of course or contents has its own strategy 
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Thanks for the reply! There are no other issues, as far as I noticed.
I memorize too much and sometimes the wrong things. I am not really good in understanding what is the most important point of the lecture, so usually I tend to memorize eveything, including the wrong things. This results in the little remaining memorization, since I memorize too much things (which would not be a problem for a champion, but I am just a beginner).
Usually I remember late and not remember at all. I never remember wrong or not understand the concepts ( thanks to mind maps, I believe).
Thanks again
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Thank you very much! This is helping me a lot
Hello, even I felt that Memory Palaces have limitations. Could you please elaborate on the alternative mnemonics? have they can be incorporated in learning, lets a say huge history text book. The issue with MPs seem to be it prevents interconnection of information, that you get from free recall.( As in an information in palace A might be connected to an information in palace B. Using an MP prevents interconnections between them, since you are creating an artificial connection.) I am not an expert, would love to hear your thoughts.
Could You elaborate on the mnemonics techniques other than Memory Palaces that you mention here. Would be grateful, if you could provide an example
Sorry for the late reply. This is a very very very common problem for many people and why many people hate memorizing. You want to prepare before you memorize, so you do it efficiently. The context matters. This means strategy.
First, how are you getting the information? Can you control the rate you recieve it?
Second are you allowed to use tools to copy the information?
So lets say a Book and a Lecture.
A Book has a structured guide and will actually let you know what to remember. The easiest way is to turn all the headings into questions, and then answer those questions. Also make a note of all vocabulary, and chapter goals. Aim to be as lazy as possible.
A Lecture try and take notes if possible of everything you can, if not mentally note all interesting and good points and quickly memorize using rote or visual association. When you get a chance go over notes, and break it into logical categories. Name each category and make it a question, and just remember the category name. Continuously assimilate the material, space test only on questions.
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