Table 3.

Factors related to medical students’ receptiveness to feedback

THEMES and CATEGORIES
1. Factors related to the students themselves
a) Students’ characteristics (10.1%) b) Abilities for students’ self-assessment (7%) c) Students’ emotional reactions to feedback (3.7%) d) Students’ maturity (2.1%)
2. Factors related to the feedback
a) Feedback content (23.4%) b) Impact of the feedback (5.9%) c) Feedback credibility (5.6%) d) Timing of feedback (5.2%) e) Way feedback is delivered (5%) f) Type of feedback (4%) g) Students’ perceptions of the feedback (2.1%)
3. Students’ perceptions of the feedback giver
a) Feedback giver’s credibility (12.5%)
4. Factors related to the environment where feedback occurs
a) Learning environment (4.2%) b) Culture of the country (2.4%)
5. Factors related to feedback literacy
a) Decoding feedback messages (3.7%) b) Seeking feedback (3%)

^aThe number in parenthesis refers to the percentage of codes for each category.