Table 1 Overview of the analysis method
Analysis stages | Task |
|---|---|
Stage 1 | MDC read the Australian transcripts to get a general sense of the content with an open mind not yet marking any text elements. Emerging themes that described behaviours and characteristics of simulation instructors were identified and noted in a separate file for note taking. |
Stage 2 | MDC read the Australian transcripts a second time. Now meaningful units describing the characteristics (being) and behaviours (doing) for each group (trainees, instructor, and instructor trainers) were identified, coded, and discussed with PD. The codes closely reflected the spoken words of the participants. |
Stage 3 | The codebook was further refined as MDC performed a systematic content analysis of each code group, identifying subgroups and creating of a systematic condensation of the meaningful units within each code group into a new text condensate. The codebook was again discussed with PD. |
Stage 4 | Stage 1–3 was repeated for the Danish and Korean Interviews. It was not possible to create a text condensate from the Korean interviews due to the transcription method. |
Stage 5 | DOE, MDC, and PD went through all the codes from the all the interviews in one pool and organised them in main themes and sub themes (classification of codes). |
Stage 6 | DOE, MDC, and PD went through the codes from each study group in each country and compared for similarities and differences. |
Stage 7 | The results was reviewed by LW, SS, and Chung and final adjustments were made based on their input. |