The study explored the perceptions and experiences of staff and students who were invited to take part in the P-ATS. Qualitative data were collected from interviews and focus groups as well as free-text questions from the online survey. Thirty-one student participants (21 first year, 10 final year) took part in six individual interviews (n = 6), eight small group interviews with 2–3 participants (n = 20), and one focus group with 4–5 participants (n = 5) all held online using video-conferencing facilities. Two student group interviews took place at the programme mid-point (in weeks 6 and 9, respectively), all other interviews took place at the end of the P-ATS (weeks 12–14). A single focus group was held with 10 staff participants after programme end, at week 13. Interviews and focus groups were facilitated/moderated by a psychologist experienced in running focus groups (HB), and a study researcher who was a medical trainee (CC). Both had undertaken training in qualitative research and interview skills. Focus groups were conducted according to recommendations from NHS England’s focus group guide [12]. All interviews and focus groups followed the same questioning route (see Supplementary File S3), were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim.