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Table 1 Description of stages of the thematic meta-synthesis process

From: The role of collaborative learning in resilience in healthcare—a thematic qualitative meta-synthesis of resilience narratives

Stage

Description of analysis process

Participants

1. Coding text

- Inductive, line-by-line coding to capture the meaning and content, keeping the synthesis close to the original text. 138 codes by CHD and 146 codes by SB

-Grouping codes into suggestions for preliminary themes (three themes)

CHD and SB separately

-Check for consistency and interpretation throughout the codes

CHD

2. Developing descriptive themes

- Re-grouping codes into new themes (six themes)

-Generating new codes when needed

Drafting summary of findings

CHD

3. Generating analytical themes

- Author discussions, comparing and revising themes (six themes became three themes with eight sub themes)

All authors

-Reorganizing codes under new themes

CHD

- Theme labels were refined and revised, making sure they reflected the content

All authors