Table 2.

Codes, categories and themes on challenges faced during masters students involvement in undergraduate training in Ugandan medical schools

Codes	Categories	Themes
Graduate students are usually not trained as teachers and may not explain well what they teach. They may not know their limits and may give too much information	Lack of training in teaching methods is one of the challenges faced by graduate students while teaching undergraduate student	Lack of preparation for their role as educators
Limited confidence making graduate students insecure resulting in their becoming rude/harsh to undergraduate students	Lack of confidence and experience	Heavy workload with no motivation
Due to lack of experience, they may complicate otherwise easy- to- comprehend work.
After being overwhelmed/stressed by excessive workload, they become rude/harsh to undergraduate student and having negative attitudes	Heavy Workload for graduate students
Unsynchronized time-table for graduate student and undergraduate student leading to unavoidable clashes and missed teaching or exam supervision	No motivation/pay for Graduate students
Some departments don't have organized teaching schedules for graduate students, Graduate students may be unable to accomplish their studies as they devote enough time to teaching undergraduate students	Graduate students having limited time; unable to accomplish their studies and devote enough time to teaching undergraduate students
Some graduate students lack commitment and passion for teaching; only doing teaching as an obligation