Subtheme	Data Extracts
Patient interaction	N11: Interviewing and taking case was the most useful as we could gain more out of it. N59: Seeing patients and talking to them helped me to grow as a doctor, to build the relationship with the patient. N17: By making us see more cases. N40: Show us more cases.
OPD observation and teaching	N32: I felt OPD (was useful). From OPD madam gave a small description about the patient before the patient comes in and after the patient leaves. Then she explains about the condition of the patient in detail. N46: OPD was useful- saw how the doctors elicited history from the patients. N59: OPD was useful in (a) way that we were exposed to more people, many experiences of different people.
Demonstration of signs	N12: The direct demonstration of the patient with a particular illness was pretty helpful. N47: Explaining cases bedside, if possible, to elicit signs and symptoms. N50: Bring patients to the class and demonstrate during the lectures taken.
Evening posting	N42: Convenient to talk to patients and interact with them, to get to know them better. N47: We got to learn more things from duty doctors and got to see more cases.
Case presentation and discussion	N57: It will be better if each student will be presenting case per day so at the end we will get a good idea about history taking and examination.
Observation of clinical work	N22: Please take the students on rounds. Learning by observation is extremely useful. N31: Like how Dr X’s unit had a round table discussion with (the) patient, we would like that… N59: Taking some of us for rounds and talking to patients in front of us so that we’ll know how to manage a patient who is feeling low or in anger.
Use of anecdotes while teaching	N33: The classes could be made more interactive, with stories and cases they (the teachers) have seen related to the disorder. N58: Explain using blackboard and class should be short and with (a) lot of incidences and experiences with psychiatric patients.
Lectures by senior faculty	N45: I would like to mention the lecture on alcohol use by Dr X (senior professor) as it was very good. N56: Class of Dr X (senior professor) was good and helpful.