Table 4 Themes relating to "Shared Repertoire" (the promotion of shared language, resources, concepts, experiences, and tools used and developed through interactions)

Students appreciated being able to use the structured frameworks provided

It’s just giving us a structured framework…towards what we should actually do when we are facilitating a group, especially one with people from different health backgrounds. (Dentistry student)

The structure of facilitating is really good in high stress or time poor situations to have a structure to go back to is really useful. (Nursing student)

Students valued the briefing session provided immediately before the teaching session

We had our five minute briefing session before the session that it was really clear what was going on and what we were required to do. I think it was lucky that I was able to facilitate the PTT program, so that is something that I did last year, so I was familiar with it as well. (Nursing student)

Interprofessional aspects highlighted the importance of understanding the knowledge and role of different health professions, and learning how to interact and foster teamwork

Once we are in the workforce we need to deal with people from different health backgrounds everyday so it’s really important that we understand that. You know I’m from a dentistry background and not everyone thinks that teeth are important. There are nurses and doctors, they may prioritise other things and it’s important to not only know how the knowledge of different fields are different, but also….the way that you interact with people and get that point across. (Dentistry student)

How to foster better teamwork, between people of different disciplines I think is quite important. (Dentistry student)

Participants appreciated learning different perspectives of healthcare from others, which mirrors workplace experiences

We have different people from different specialities discussing health care topic—the exact same thing that we have in actual hospital placements where we have multiple different people joining into a meeting—coming in with different perspectives, about healthcare topics. It’s very important to see where everyone is coming from and be open minded to not always think that my perspective or my opinion is always right. That sort of helped me to pause and realise this and make sure that I apply this on the job itself. Just taking these few minutes to actually listen to other people with different opinions and different perspectives on maybe a topic that I thought I would understand really well, but seeing somebody else’s perspective adds to your experience and your knowledge. I definitely think it’s quite reflective of the actual experience in real life working with other specialities. (Medical student)

Students appreciated receiving a certificate that demonstrates interprofessional involvement and development of leadership and facilitation skills

The certificate was definitely useful because I can include it in my portfolio and also for future job prospects, I can demonstrate that I was involved in a program where I was working interprofessionally and I know all about leadership and how to facilitate good leadership. (Speech pathology student)

I will use the certificate in the future. I want to keep doing SIFT and make sure that whoever I am teaching gets the most out of it. And to have the certification because it is quite difficult to show people in an interview in a hospital. The supervisor needs to be able to judge that you have been engaged in improving your teaching skills rather than someone who just wants to. (Medical student)

What I gain from the program will be helpful in my career, but my certificate is something that I can also talk about in future interviews or in future job applications. Having these skills will definitely add to my profile when I’m applying for future jobs. I’m sure employees are looking for someone with these skills in the future. (Medical student)

I will be starting an intern job and part of the duties of an intern is to teach. So having those skills will be very important on the job. (Medical student)