Table 4.

The thematic classification of students’ opinions upon the education program currently being implemented in AUFM in the context of ‘being a good physician’

‘If you ever had a chance, what advices would you give to the institutional administrators in order for them to be able to raise good physicians?’
		Theme/Opinion
Context	Dimension	Grade-1	Grade-6
Structuring education programs/curriculum	Substructure	The impossibility of education in crowded classes	The impossibility of education in crowded classes
	Theory/practice balance	Education should be integrated. Students should be able to get in touch with patients in the early stages of education. Clinical studies should start earlier. The program should not be based on memorizing.	Education should be integrated. Students should be able to get in touch with patients in the early stages of education. Most of the education should be practically given at the bed-side. The professional skills practices should be made with patients in the first 3 years. There should be practical work in the first 3 years.
	Communication education	–	Communication education should be given at the clinics too.
	Educational objectives	Education should be in accordance with the real life.	Education should be in accordance with the real life. It should be aimed to raise general practitioners.
	Structuring education programs	Education and the educators should be shaped according to the student feedbacks. Self-studying/self-learning opportunities should be enabled.	Education and the educators should be shaped according to the student feedbacks. Self-learning skills should be taught to students. The professor-student interaction should be increased in basic medical education. Professors should be present at the educational activities at the clinic.
Educator/instructor-student relationship	The effect of role models	The educator-resident-student communication should be strengthened.	The educator-resident-student communication should be strengthened.
Healthcare system	Structural problems	–	Educators should work full-time. Pay for performance system should be abolished. The time spared for each patient should be increased. TUS should be repealed.