IJME - Medical students’ experiences in learning to perform pelvic examinations: a mixed-methods study

Table 5. Division of code and subgroups

Code group	Subgroup
Lessons learned	Learning the importance of soft values
	Feeling more comfortable with performing examinations
	Confidence in performing examinations after considerable practice
Exceeded expectations and refuted prejudices	Notions of patients
Exceeded expectations and refuted prejudices	Stories and misgivings
The structure of the clerkship	Missing the opportunity to discuss a case without the patient being present
The structure of the clerkship	Professional patients: real people in a comfortable setting
Involving the student: an effective teaching tool	The introduction: being introduced as a future colleague
	Being recognised makes a difference
	Supervisors that educate
	Adjust the teaching to the students' knowledge level
Patient autonomy and being denied permission	Understanding that you may not be allowed to participate
	Easier to accept being denied permission when given a reason why
	Anxiety about restricting patient autonomy

Int J Med Educ. 2021; 12:233-242; doi: 10.5116/ijme.617f.b261