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. 2015 Apr 16;12:12. doi: 10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.12
General comments No. % Specific content No. %
NEG: Organization 33 5.6 Tools 31 5.2
NEG: Miscellaneous 22 2.7 Activities 28 4.7
NEG: Facilitation 16 1.3 Role Plays 21 3.5
Time Too Long 21 3.5 Power-Point 15 2.5
Time Too Brief 7 1.2 Skills-Build 14 2.4
Lunch Too Long 3 0.5 Topic/Theme 14 2.4
CC: Need More Time 18 3.0 Discussion 11 1.9
CC: Need Guiding 8 1.3 Examples 6 1.0
CC: Need More Activity 4 0.7 Handouts 6 1.0
CC: More Interactive 3 0.5 Statistics 3 0.5
Arrangements (Org) 16 2.7 Video Clip 3 0.5
Not my job/Unrelated 8 1.3 Ice Breaker 3 0.5
Review or Refresher 6 1.0 Inverts Q: General 136 22.9
New at Job / Position 4 0.7 Inverts Q: "All okay" 79 13.3
Inverts Q: Affective 48 8.1
Inverts Q: Facilitator 7 1.2
TOTAL 169 28.5% TOTAL 425 71.5%
N/A; blank; DK 692 424 + 170 + 692 = 1,286

Comments coded by theme and topic, whereas the Word Cloud produced proportional image of 50 common terms. CODES: NEG=no corrective suggestions; Arrangements=outside trainer control, e.g., no coffee; CC (critical comments) what aspect needs more or needs less; Specific Content=ineffective, sometimes with a suggestion; Inverts Question with approval to affective-supportive (e.g., “all was beneficial”). Infrequent terms were merged. Owing to slight variation in aggregations, few proportions in appendix might not visually match proportions in Word Clouds. Capitalized terms at top in left column show those that were used in a critical or negative comment.