Word cloud as a tool for content analysis: an application to the challenges of the professional master´s degree courses

• Autor(a) principal: Vilela,Rosana Brandão
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro,Adenize, Batista,Nildo Alves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0873-30152020000100029
• topic: word clouds; professional master’s degree; health education; qualitative research; content analysis

Abstract Introduction: This article describes the use of the word cloud technique in qualitative data analysis, being used to identify challenges to professional master’s degree courses in health education (PMHE). Objective: Identify the challenges of two trained professionals through the use of the technique of Nuvem de Palavras. Methods: The software Wordle was used for the construction of word clouds. The technique served as a tool to support data processing in qualitative research conducted in 2016. The information was collected through a questionnaire in which a semi-structured script was applied to teachers and students in thirteen programs in Brazil. Results: The six categories resulting from the analysis and interpretation of word clouds in facilitating and hindering factors indicated the presence of institutional and other challenges inherent in the program. Conclusion: It was found that it is essential to understand the essence of professional master’s programs and to support the development of these programs in the area of ​​health education. And that, the use of the word cloud, together with the watchful eye of the researchers, allows the data to be analysed with assurance.