Table 2 Example of analysis

General impression and identification of preliminary themes

Identification and coding of meaning units (first person)

Construction of artificial quotations (condensates) summarising several meaning units (first person)

Syntheses of contents into main themes and sub-categories

Choice of golden quotes (third person)

Very realistic and similar to practice

MS1 (FG1): “I am in nursing home practice now and had my first day yesterday. This could have been yesterday! And it could be tomorrow.”

NS2 (FG2): “I think they were really good cases. Because it’s the type of patient you would actually meet.”

MS9 (FG5): “I especially think about the fact that it was so relevant. The topics were important, and the situations ones that you would often experience.”

AGN6 (FG4): “And I also think that it was very good that we were told immediately that this is a nursing home and this is the available equipment in the nursing home, and that the doctor is present one day a week. This made it realistic.”

MS7 (FG4): “You need those surroundings to make it is as believable as possible.”

I am in practice at a nursing home and this could have been yesterday, or tomorrow. It felt very realistic and relevant for primary care. This is also the kind of patient you would typically meet in healthcare. We were told immediately that this is a nursing home and what equipment we had access to. Having been in a nursing home, the resources and their availability felt realistic. You need to have surroundings that feel realistic to make the simulation believable.

Main theme: realism

Sub category: recognition of realistic scenario and setting

The students recognised the scenarios as realistic, the situations as authentic situations and ones that they would likely encounter in healthcare, and specifically in primary care. The students also described the setting in a nursing home as recognisable and realistic. They highlighted the necessity to have realistic surroundings that would make the simulation authentic.

Golden quotes:

MS9 (FG5): “I especially think about the fact that it was so relevant.

The topics were important, and the situations ones that you would often experience.”

AGN6 (FG4): “And I also think that it was very good that we were told immediately that this is a nursing home and this is the available equipment in the nursing home, and that the doctor is present one day a week. This made it realistic.”