Abstract
Debate around the usefulness of business planning is ongoing. Some authors view business planning as a waste of time, while others believe it is a necessary, worthwhile exercise. Though this article delves briefly into the debate, its main aim is to show how the business planning process is used as a tool in teaching fifth-year medical students to establish their practices upon graduation. This article explores how the business planning process is implemented using both classroom and field activities. Actual activities carried out are outlined to demonstrate how the module content is applied in the learning process. The study shows that business planning is a useful experiential teaching tool. The limitations of the study is that views of the programme’s graduates on the usefulness of the business planning approach was not probed and this should be done in future studies.