The latter half of the day Class day after lunch till 3pm is when we normally have anatomy lab. It is at this time we actually start our studying. It begins with the normal clearing of large quantities of fat from whatever minute structure were trying to learn about (sometimes I think we don't actually find anything, but instead are imagining things; resulting in us carving the imagined structure out of amorphous fascia
😀 ). After we have things ID'd, we start quizzing each other. What's this, what's its origin, insertion, action, blood supply, innervation. What are the sources of the innervation, and blood supply. What were to happen if blood supply were compromised, here, there... What if nerve impingement were to happen, here and there, and what are all the muscles and organs that would be effected. We go around the table 3 to 4 times making sure that we all repeat the answer. If one of us gets it wrong, then we correct each other. It's a little bit of no man or women left behind mentality in our study group. Also, during this time, we dedicate two-three people to dissect, while one person is a dedicated Quizzer. That person ramps us up for the quizzing session at the end of lab.
After class/lab, is exercise and relax time to go home and recover from our day's classes. Later we meet back up for the 8pm-2am study block. We look over our notes. Usually one person summarizes a page of notes for a few minutes, asking individuals within the group questions about that lecture page, quizzing everyone in a methodical manner. If something seems vague, we bust out with text books or google.com. We usually have a laptop with software on it that has demonstrations that were alluded to during the lecture. We take a look at that, asking and quizzing once more. If a concept seems particularly daunting, we each take turns writing it on the mobile white board that our group uses. The reiteration of the difficult concept usually syncs in indefinately after 2-3 times.
Usually, whoever's house were at, that person cooks the dinner that night, so food is always cheap and somewhat healthy. This four hour block is split into tinier blocks of study time and BS breaks. i.e. we study for 25minutes straight with the quizzing, then break for 5minutes to talk about whatever. The interactive study style has worked well for me.
The study group dynamic consists of 2 boistrous talkative type B personalities and 2-3 type A attentive personalities. It comes out to being a perfect mixture of detail, creative memorizing and conceptual learning.
In the end, I don't have to 'cram' for a test persay; it's more of a period were we are reviewing everything for the final time--crossing the t's and dotting the i's. By getting with others, I have developed a steady work ethic. I get an adequate amount of sleep (2 shifts of 3-4 hours a day ~7total). And I feel pretty prepared for my tests. My scores range from middle of High Pass to low Honors. Basically a B+ student. And I'm still sane thank god!
No, there's no time limit. I don't see any connection between your comment and the quote you sited. I'm just trying to clarify the earlier conversation for you. I apologize if I seemed harsh. I was freezing cold when I wrote it. Damn heating was turned off in the building. Well, I went downstairs and showed the landlord (slumlord) the rent check that he wouldn't be getting untill the heat went back on. Two hours later and whatayaknow. Toasty and warm in here. 
