Table 7. Main themes in free text responses by students.

Main themes	Total% (n)n=249	2013% (n)n=158	2014% (n)n=91
Good exam preparation	42.8 (107)	44.9 (71)	39.6 (36)
More stations needed	40.0 (100)	36.7 (58)	46.2 (42)
Useful experience	28.8 (72)	31.6 (50)	24.2 (22)
Poor/unhelpful feedback on performance was received	18.4 (46)	13.9 (22)	26.4 (24)
Observation station was unhelpful	14.8 (37)	13.9 (22)	16.5 (15)
Format was unrealistic and/or unrepresentative	8.8 (22)	3.8 (6)	17.6 (16)
Students felt badly informed about format	5.2 (13)	2.5 (4)	9.9 (9)
Good feedback on performance received	2.4(6)	3.2 (5)	1.1 (1)