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Table 1 Descriptions of the high-frequency MeSH terms

From: Hotspots in research on the measurement of medical students’ clinical competence from 2012-2016 based on co-word analysis

NO.

MeSH term

Total frequency of the term

Percent frequency

1

Students, Medical

508

9.03%

2

Clinical Competence

438

7.79%

3

Educational Measurement

362

6.44%

4

Education, Medical, Undergraduate

270

4.80%

5

Curriculum

168

2.99%

6

Surveys and Questionnaires

117

2.08%

7

Clinical Clerkship

97

1.72%

8

Education, Medical

90

1.60%

9

Program Evaluation

68

1.21%

10

Attitude of Health Personnel

67

1.19%

11

Teaching

65

1.16%

12

Learning

64

1.14%

13

Reproducibility of Results

63

1.12%

14

Internship and Residency

61

1.08%

15

Communication

60

1.07%

16

Schools, Medical

59

1.05%

17

Patient Simulation

51

0.91%

18

Cross-Sectional Studies

48

0.85%

19

Faculty, Medical

46

0.82%

20

Physician-Patient Relations

44

0.78%

21

Prospective Studies

40

0.71%

22

Problem-Based Learning

39

0.69%

23

Physical Examination

37

0.66%

24

Computer Simulation

37

0.66%

25

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

36

0.64%

26

Education, Medical, Graduate

33

0.59%

27

Feedback

32

0.57%

28

Retrospective Studies

32

0.57%

29

General Surgery

31

0.55%

30

Pilot Projects

31

0.55%