“Making a difference” – Medical students’ opportunities for transformational change in health care and learning through quality improvement projects

Table 1 Main themes, sub-themes and categories

Themes	Sub-themes	Categories
1. Situated learning	Levels of situated learning	• Broader environment/situation
		• Hospital as a place of learning
		• Study area to master
	Nature of learning	• Individual learning
	Nature of learning	• Collective learning
2. Facing dilemmas	Leadership	• In hospital
	Leadership	• In student group
	Commitment	• In hospital
	Commitment	• In student group
	Continuity	• In hospital
	Continuity	• In student group
3. Making a difference	Collaborations	• Intra-group collaboration
	Collaborations	• Inter-group collaboration
	Making a difference in a rotation	• Feeling of making a difference
	Making a difference in a rotation	• Making a short term difference
	Making a long-term difference	• Impact on the health system
	Making a long-term difference	• Difficult to measure impact

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