Table 1 Table of results showing themes, subthemes and codes generated from the study
Themes | Subthemes | Codes |
|---|---|---|
Theme 1: Impact on students. | More genuine learning Professional growth Communication and team work | Superior to reading medicine from books fosters Professional identity formation Inter-professional communication, confidence, and team spirit |
Theme 2: Social impact | Impact on lecturers Impact on patients Impact on the hospital | Overwhelmed by The student number, challenge to balance teaching with provision of clinical care. Patients get tired of being clerked, refusal to consent to students Congestion on the hospital ward |
Theme 3: Impact of the assessment process | Authenticity Foster expertise Lack of standardization | It is real life and holistic Promotes growth from novice to expert Some cases are more complex than others, difficult to standardize |
Theme 4: Impact of marks | Marks as an incentive Subjectivity of the marks Marks or no marks | Marks encourages students to go to wards Marks depend on the assessor, some lecturers are mean while others are generous with mark Awarding marks in formative assessment, long case is not fit for summative assessment. |