Table 1.

Illustrative quotes and associated reasons for poor participation with traditional feedback tools

Theme	Narrative example	Illustrative Quotes
Reasons for poor participation with traditional feedback tools	Delay between teaching and the opportunity to give feedback	bF1: I cant even remember the lecturer when Im in the thing, let alone 3 months after.
	More convenient and less time-consuming to give thoughtless feedback	aM2: I find [with] the paper feedback, you usually tick all the boxes so you can leave early. bF1: The forms are the longest thingsit takes 5min to read the first pageand then 5min to read each subsequent page.
	No expectations on seeing changes that directly benefits the giver	bM1: We dont like doing things we dont gain anything from. not going to benefit you directly. aM1: Theres no way for us in medical school to directly give feedback that can be changed in the same [academic] year.
	Not having an extreme opinion about a teaching experience	aF1: Ive only used SOLE when its something really negative