Table 2.

Supporting quotations

GMSP participants’ direct quotations indicating improvements in all variables of interest

Theme:	Representative Quotations
GMSP improved students’ ability and confidence related to communication and presentation skills	Explaining our own opinions and our own cultural values and cultural norms to a person who doesn’t necessarily understand them was good practice in communication and collaboration. - #12 Canadian Female Year 2 [GMSP] gave me the comfort and helped me to practice sharing my opinion in a peer group and how to talk with somebody about […] a controversial issue in a respectful way. - #29 Canadian Female Year 1
GMSP provided a foundation for the development of relationships that foster open dialogue and global learning	Being able to communicate with somebody from a different culture and different system, I definitely think it really emphasizes the whole global nature of global health. We have to be able to communicate with our colleagues, we have to be able to understand each other’s systems- our pros, our cons, our strengths, our weaknesses and leverage each other’s strengths. - #33 International Male Year 4 [My partner] taught me a lot about the culture. It’s one thing to read about a place, but to really get a feel about the culture you really have to talk to the locals […] One of the things she talked about which was actually shocking was that […] you hear about the Native Americans in America. I didn’t know that there was an analogue to that in Canada. And the treatment of […] Indigenous people seems to be an issue all over the world. - #15 International Male Year 3
GMSP provided an opportunity to learn about and evaluate health systems	I learned more about the Canadian healthcare system and how healthcare in Ontario works in addition to learning about other countries, which was really cool for me. - #5 Canadian Female Year 1 I didn’t know there was a waiting gap for three months before, when people arrive in Canada, before they get access to health care. I think that I came back to Canada knowing that it’s universal healthcare coverage and this and that, but I’m learning that there are a lot of populations or gaps where people don’t get coverage, or care is available but it is years out and maybe not as accessible when people need it. - #29 Canadian Female Year 1
Students developed an understanding of components required to advocate for patients locally and globally	Often times […] our partners are not present in the room to hear the case with us so we would have to present our collective answers […] so I had to advocate on [my partner’s] behalf and also advocate on the responses he had. - #8 Canadian Male Year 1 I think we […] discussed and reflected on the diversity of experiences people can have […] If you want to do advocacy successfully, you need to do it in partnership with the person you’re advocating on behalf of […] I can’t relate if I’m not part of that group, so discussing different health challenges that different populations experience, knowing and being aware of that will be how I devote my advocacy efforts. - #5 Canadian Female Year 1