 This study assessed the opinions and views of medical students regarding the use of slice as a formative assessment during their clerkship rotations. For focus groups were conducted with final year medical students who had recently completed their pediatric, general medicine, general surgery and gynecology and obstetrics clerkships. The thematic analysis revealed five major themes and five sub-themes. The main themes included purpose, relevance, timing, fairness and learning. The students felt that slice was beneficial in improving their clinical skills and should be conducted more frequently with some modifications. This article was authored by Wajih Hashedab, Amna Ahmed Noor, Syra Walker and others.