Table 5.

Students’ responses to open-ended questions regarding the conduct of MSP

Students’ perspectives				Faculty perspectives
Facilitating factor	Hindering factors	Measures taken to overcome obstacles	Changes required in MSP program
Teamwork	Inadequate time	Time management	More time for MSP	Facilitating factors: Students’ interest, guidance from coordinators, cooperative faculty colleagues
Guidance from coordinators	Difficulty in finding topics	Frequent communication with mentor	More committed mentors	Hindering factors: Inadequate free time for guidance, no funds, less motivated students
Guidance from mentor	Inappropriate guidance from mentors	Frequent discussion among team members	Student assessment in MSP	Measures taken to overcome: Time management, frequent meeting with students, delegation of work among colleagues
Group members	Uncooperative group members	Help from coordinators
Guidance from other faulty members	Misunderstanding among group members	Help from experts
Interesting topic	No sound knowledge regarding research methodology
Previous MSP	Low available sample
Help from senior students	Ethical committee approval procedure
Cooperative study subjects
Ample time to complete the project