'A drive to make change' - exploring the views and experiences of medical students engaging in advocacy: a qualitative study in a UK medical school.

Medical students' engagement in advocacy has complex facilitators and barriers, and the relationship between advocacy and professionalism requires clarity. Benefits of advocacy include fostering empathy and other transferable skills required of future doctors. Advocacy teaching was welcomed by students, with suggested approaches proposed. The optimal learning and assessment strategy remains uncertain, and further research is needed.