The study employs the methodology of institutional conversation analysis to uncover the
organisation of talk in this context and relate it to the institutional goal of the feedback
meetings. It demonstrates that the meetings are organised into a number of phases, each
focussing on different ‘types’ of feedback: positive, critical, self, and group. It also
demonstrates that the talk within each phase is oriented around a number of feedback topics,
each focussing on a specific aspect of the trainee’s practices. Furthermore, that within these
feedback topics the trainees engage in interactional processes with the trainers, through
which they reflect on their practices in a series of stages: describing their experiences,
drawing interpretations and theories from these descriptions, and finally making plans for
future actions.