Table 3 Text condensates for subgroups within the theme ‘modes of orientation’
From: Ticket to perform: an explorative study of trainees’ engagement in and transfer of surgical training
Subgroup | Text condensate |
|---|---|
Visual | I go through the task in my head, almost like a movie. I imagine that it is my own movements in that movie. If I cannot develop the solution myself, I search for videos on the Internet and reflect on how I can decode the video into something I can do. In the clinic, I prepare by going through the procedure, imagining, and repeating each step in my head. I have seen well-performed procedures, so I know what it is supposed to look like. I adopt what I have seen others do and compare it to my previous impressions of surgeons doing something elegant Constructed from 6 different informants’ expressions |
Kinaesthetic | I need to feel the training. It is a bodily learning experience in some way. It is not helpful to see others do it—I have to learn it through my arms. A good performance flows—it is not staccato. I have experienced that my hands can suddenly do things in the OR that they could not do before. It is not like, ‘now I use my left hand and now use my right’—it just happens naturally. My movements become fluid and intuitive. It is almost like skiing—that kind of bodily feeling Constructed from 4 different informants’ expressions |
Dialogue | The way I like to do it with my supervisor is to say everything I plan to do and why I plan to do it before I do it. If I have no idea how to proceed, I either signal it non-verbally or ask directly. I often talk and think out loud—articulate when I do not know the next step. I prefer to put it into words so I do not feel that there is something unsaid. The more I can talk my way through it, the easier it is for me Constructed from 4 different informants’ expressions |