Student reflections share common frequent words across placements but differ between primary and secondary care and across year groups

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · checked against its sources 2026-10-28 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? All three year groups shared similar frequently mentioned words in both placement types, i.e. "practice", "confident", "competent". → Alicja Piotrkowicz 2021 q2 i? Reflection content differed by setting and year, e.g. infection control was one of the key focuses of secondary care reflections in 2018/19, with "dry" and "hands" among the most frequent words. → Alicja Piotrkowicz 2021 (2)

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

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Scattertext word-frequency comparison (Fig. 5) of concatenated short student reflections from primary vs secondary care WBAs across three year groups; free text was very short (average 25 tokens for student reflection), limiting analysis type.

"All three year groups shared similar words that are mentioned most frequently both in primary and secondary placements, i.e. “practice”, “confident”, “competent”."

Alicja Piotrkowicz 2021 (2)¶

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Scattertext contrast of reflection keywords by placement setting and cohort (Fig. 5). The article also reports "History taking" and "consultation" shifting from secondary (2016/17) to primary placements (2017/18, 2018/19), consistent with the choice-of-skills findings.

"in secondary placements of 2018/19 cohort, infection control was one of the key focuses of students’ reflection, with “dry”, “hands” being one of the most frequently mentioned words."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Domain Context — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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`id`	`text-analytics-reflections-primary-secondary`
`title`	`Student reflections share common frequent words across placements but differ between primary and secondary care and across year groups`
`description`	`Student reflections share common frequent words across placements but differ between primary and secondary care and across year groups`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`weak`
`newest_evidence`	`2021`
`source_checked`	`2026-10-28`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-27`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	2 — `alicja-piotrkowicz-2021`, `alicja-piotrkowicz-2021-2`

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Student reflections share common frequent words across placements but differ between primary and secondary care and across year groups¶