Table 2.

Descriptive coding of respondent feedback from online questionnaire relating to utilising VPs

Descriptive code (coding instances, n)	Exemplar comments
Prioritisation of other learning activities due to perceived lack of time (6)	No time - I have other work to be doing that is important for clinical attachments
Need for better integration into clinical teaching and assessment (5)	I think there needs to be better integration with the whole curriculum… I find it hard to devote so much time to something that is likely to only form a small part of my assessment.
Implied that VP was “non-essential” resource as compared to e-lectures (5)	No specific time allocated; any time spent on the online resources was using the lectures only. I haven't got as far as using VPs
Students see VPs as a revision tool (9)	I have chosen to save the virtual ward patients as a revision tool closer to the exams and believe this will be more valuable once I have properly learnt the material