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Objective  To explore the impact of undergraduate psychiatry placements in primary care settings on students' learning and attitudes to mental illness.

Design  Questionnaire survey and qualitative in‐depth interviews.

Setting  A primary care‐based psychiatry undergraduate teaching programme at Royal Free and University College Medical School, London.

Participants  A total of 145/183 (79.2%) students attending the primary care‐based programme over 2 academic years completed a questionnaire survey. In‐depth interviews were conducted with 14 students, 12 general practitioner (GP) tutors and 20 patients participating in the course.

Results  In the questionnaire survey, 121/144 (84.0%) students valued the primary care‐based teaching highly. In total, 87/139 (62.6%) students felt their attitudes to mental illness had changed as a result of the course. In‐depth interviews demonstrated 4 key benefits of the …