Table 1 Responses to After TurningPoint games, my strategy for follow-up studying involves…, categorized by theme using open coding [46]

Focus on weak areas

Study missed material.

Reviewing what I didn't previously understand.

Using the questions I missed to focus on weakness.

Reviewing any gaps in knowledge elucidated by the questions.

Returning to concepts in which I did not excel during clicker moments.

Emphasizing the topics where I lacked knowledge the most.

Focusing on weak areas.

Reviewing the bugs and focusing on the ones I didn't understand.

Reviewing bugs/questions I didn't know the answers.

Going over concepts that were discussed during TP sessions that I realized I was not strong in.

Review the game

Reviewing the topics tested in the questions.

Working on studying thru those questions.

Going back over the TP questions on my own.

Reviewing the same questions that were asked during class gives me a good idea of where I stand with the material. I can gauge where I stand with each lecture and it encourages my studying.

Using the TP games to review and assess how much I retained and understood the material.

Also gives me a guidance on what to study, but the highlighted information in lecture is more helpful. (also fits under Review lecture)

Review the questions.

Reviewing the questions before a test and trying to answer them on my own.

Review TP questions to ensure understanding.

Relook at them.

Reviewing what was in the game first, it helps set priorities.

Reviewing TP questions before an exam.

Recalling the questions asked and reviewing those topics.

Reviewing the lectures and the questions presented in TP. (also fits under Review lecture)

Looking at answers for the TP questions.

Reviewing the questions and highlighting important words.

Reviewing all the material, but reviewing some material that was on the games. (also fits under Review lecture)

Reviewing my notes with powerpoints constructed from the questions.

I copy the screen of the question and answers, and look at them during studying time.

Review the lecture

Reviewing the powerpoints/key concepts.

Reviewing the lecture slides, including the question slides. (also fits under Review the game)

Review the lecture, study notes.

Studying all of the material like I was going to in the first place.

Going through slides.

Reviewing material.

Re-studying slides and writing out the bugs.

Looking at the highlights from the bugs.

Review.

Reviewing bugs.

Reviewing the lectures.

Study in general since I'm never ready for the games.

Make a study guide or chart

Pay attention to key points and gather information for a study guide.

Creating a study guide and reviewing it. I also quiz my classmates with hypothetical clinical scenarios.

Reviewing the differences between the bugs and making charts.

Making charts about all of the bugs.

Miscellaneous

Nothing. I do not look at the questions again.

No change.

I love these classes and try to always win the TP competitions!

Pay attention in class and to details that differentiate the bugs.

I know how to prioritize my studying after seeing what the professor points out. It gives me a mental framework of how to study.