title: Utilizing students' experiences and opinions of feedback during problem based learning tutorials to develop a facilitator feedback guide: an exploratory qualitative study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Feedback delivery within a Problem Based Learning tutorial is a key activity for facilitators in order to enhance student learning. The purpose of this study was to explore students' experiences of feedback delivery in a PBL tutorial and use this information to design a feasible facilitator feedback delivery guide.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was an exploratory qualitative study in which individual interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with students who had an experience of the tutorial process. Data were collected through audio recording and writing of field notes. Thematic analysis was employed to generate the reported themes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students suggested that facilitators need to give comprehensive feedback on their knowledge construction process as well as feedback on other generic skills outside the knowledge domain such as their communication skills within the tutorial, their participation and team work as well as their interpersonal skills and self-evaluation abilities. From the findings, a structured facilitator feedback delivery guide was developed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, we propose a structured feedback delivery guide for PBL facilitators that captures not only knowledge, but also other generic competencies. The guide is feasible in a wide range of contexts where PBL is institutionalized.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. gmubuuke@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Aloysius Gonzaga
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Mubuuke
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Professions Education, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. ajnlouw@sun.ac.za.
authors.forename: Alwyn J N
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Louw
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Professions Education, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. scvs@sun.ac.za.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Schalkwyk
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003906:Developing Countries; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D000068156:Formative Feedback; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000592:standards*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014454:Uganda; D055815:Young Adult