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Spaced repetition is very common. But what it ultimately comes down to is the amount of time you put into studying.
As for resources, this will depend on your personal preference and how you learn - whether or not you prefer reading, lecture style videos or class lectures, or using things that are visual.
The most common resources that I see people using across the board are: Robbins textbook, Pathoma, Sketchymedical (namely micro and pharm, but they also have path and IM now), First Aid, and boards and beyond. Other great ones that I've heard about lately that are newer are physeo and osmosis. Keep in mind that this is meant for classwork for years 1-2, which these can also double as board study later, but there are additional things to use when you start for boards - you don't need to worry about boards study yet.
One thing of note. DO NOT RESOURCE OVERLOAD.
Nearly everyone gets first aid whether they really use it or not - I had it but didnt really use it all that much, but anyway, in the back - there are a few pages of resources that people over the years have surveyed about and they've been "graded" to give an idea of how people felt about given resources.
For convenience, I'd recommend an iPad or Surfacepro - something that you can handwrite notes on a tablet of sorts. This is because the apps that you can use can often be access on multiple devices, and you can search your handwriting for particular words to find something more quickly. You can also download textbooks if you use those onto those devices and write directly on them, and again be able to search handwriting in addition to the text.
This was a mix of my experience and observation throughout medical school and boards.
Hope this helps in some way!
Congrats and Good luck!
