Consultation skills were the most frequently chosen WBA clinical skills across all three Year 1 cohorts, followed by diagnostic procedures¶

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q2 i? Skills in the consultation skills category were chosen most frequently across all year groups, followed by diagnostic procedures. → Alicja Piotrkowicz 2021

Evidence¶

Alicja Piotrkowicz 2021¶

Alicja Piotrkowicz, Kaiwen Wang, Jennifer Hallam, Vania Dimitrova. (2021). Data-driven Exploration of Engagement with Workplace-based Assessment in the Clinical Skills Domain. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education 31:1022–1052. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-021-00264-0

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Count analysis of completed assessments per clinical skill per year group, presented in Fig. 2. The authors note consultation skills were chosen "most frequently, followed by skills in diagnostic procedures category", possibly indicating curricular emphasis on communication skills.

"Across all three year groups, skills in consultation skills category (e.g. ‘History’, ‘Communication’) were chosen most frequently, followed by skills in diagnostic procedures category (e.g. ‘Pulse’, ‘Blood Pressure’)."

Discussion¶

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