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. 2019 Nov 26;17(4):1571. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2019.4.1571

Table 2. Tone categories.

 Tone Description
Positive “…if the event was experienced in a manner described as rewarding, informative, or meaningful, if it was described as serving a useful function such as helping the student develop as a person or professional, or if the persons described acted in ways that were beneficent, respectful, or cooperative.”7
Negative “…if [students] described events in which students were frustrated, left without direction, or treated disrespectfully; involved dysfunction, competition, or non-collegial actions; or described people acting badly or showing a lack of respect for others.”7
Neutral "…if [the event was] merely descriptive…”7
Hybrid 1: Negative-turned-Positive “Students are capable of distilling a POSITIVE growth experience from a NEGATIVE interaction…associated with a change in their perspective”6
Hybrid 2: Positive-turned-Negative Students distilled a NEGATIVE experience from a POSITIVE interaction; associated with a change in students’ perspective.6
Not codable “[The event was]…so brief or idiosyncratic that they could not be categorized.”7