Turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to traditional and complementary medicine practice does not make it go away: a qualitative study exploring perceptions and attitudes of stakeholders towards the integration of traditional and complementary medicine into medical school curriculum in Uganda

Table 1 Participants characteristics

Participant Identification code	Gender	Category	Age/age category (years)	Data collection methods
P1, FGD_2nd Years, Female	Female	2nd years	20–25	FGD
P2, FGD_2nd Years, Male_1	Male	2^nd years	21–24	FGD
P3, FGD_2^nd Years, Male_2	Male	2^nd year	21–24	FGD
P4, FGD, 5th Years, Female_1	Female	5th years	23–26	FGD
P5, FGD_5th Years, Female_2	Female	5th years	24–26	FGD
P6, FGD_5th Years, Male_1	Male	5^th years	24–26	FGD
P7, FGD_5^th Years, Male_2	Male	5^th years	24–26	FGD
P8, IDI, Senior Lecturer, Male	Male	Faculty, Paediatrics Department	Not disclosed	IDI
P9, IDI, Herbalist_4, Female	Female	T&CM Practitioner	46	IDI
P10, IDI, Herbalist_5, Female	Female	T&CM Practitioner	Not disclosed	IDI
P11, IDI, Associate Professor, Female	Female	Faculty, Medicine Department	38	IDI
P12, IDI, Lecturer, Female	Female	Paediatrics Department	Not disclosed	IDI
P13, IDI, Senior Lecturer, Female	Female	Psychiatry Department	Not disclosed	IDI
P14, IDI, Herbalist_1, Male	Male	T&CM Practitioner	40	IDI
P15, IDI, Herbalist_2, Male	Male	T&CM Practitioner	Not disclosed	IDI
P16, IDI, Herbalist_3, Male	Male	T&CM Practitioner	Not disclosed	IDI
P17, IDI, Senior Lecturer, Male	Male	Faculty, Medicine department	40	IDI
P18, IDI, President, Male	Male	3rd year Student	23	IDI
P19, IDI, Senior Lecturer, Male	Male	Faculty, Paediatrics Department	Not disclosed	IDI
P20, IDI, Professor, Male	Male	Faculty, Psychiatry Department	Not disclosed	IDI
P21, IDI, Senior Lecturer, Male	Male	Faculty, Psychiatry Department	Not disclosed	IDI

T&CM traditional and complementary medicine, IDI in-depth interviews, FGD focus group discussion

ISSN: 1472-6920