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. 2021 Jan 9;31(2):447–455. doi: 10.1007/s40670-020-01178-7

Table 3.

Quotes from focus groups

Codes Examples of quotes
Pedagogical perspective

The program has enough support for practice with your students. I did see it as useful to have tips for managing my group better.

At some point, Patient Centered Learning seems repetitive for me.

I enjoyed Patient Centered Learning content to introduce it in the cases.

It seems to me that promotes self-management, which is also the value of the online course.

There is feedback from the self-assessments, but sometimes it did not give you the feedback as you had answered

Activities develop critical thinking. There may be other activities to improve it.

There are challenging activities that allowed us to review what we previously knew and identify what was needed.

Some sections of the activities do not invite reflection. A part of the course does.

Collaboration

There are activities in which a colleague will feed you back, which allows analyzing the colleague’s point of view.

I like the platform, but face-to-face is also essential due to the interaction with my colleagues. I do not feel comfortable with people I do not know.

Discussion in forums depends on others’ commitment. We contribute to the debate, but we do not go back to see what they said.

The forums did not promote discussion. I

Sometimes the participation is so extensive that it is difficult to read what they were writing.

Learning resources

The additional links are okay. They are not overloaded and arouse curiosity.

There are additional links to deepen the topics.

There are summaries, tables, maps, and other supports. It was well thought out what resources to use.

It motivated me to investigate. The readings are interesting

Time management

The schedule helps to manage the time. It includes the hours for each topic.

The time of the units is enough, and you just have to manage the times well.

We did not have time to go deeper, and we went more to the multiple-choice. There was no time. I wanted to land in my quick work.

I consider online courses faster than face-to-face.

The time indicated limited the work that must be sent for feedback. The times were not enough for me.

Digital aesthetics

Very graphic, handy charts

Visual quality is adequate. It does not hurt your eyes. The colors are beautiful and warm.

The page design is attractive, and the resources are very dynamic.

I found the presentation of the images very very good. I like the visual, and I thought that how it was developed was good.

Functional features

It was easy to access the content, it is clear. It is easy for me to use the

phone, you can download the reading without the internet.

Activity instructions are clear.

The infographic summarizes everything that was seen on the subject.

Activity instructions are clear.

Browsing in the course is structured and fast.

There was difficulty getting to some places where you wanted to work.