A Bibliometric Mapping of Medical Skills, Communication, Supervisor Support, and the Positioning of Self-Efficacy in Diagnostic Performance Research

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10.2991/978-2-38476-571-3_17How to use a DOI?

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medical skills; communication skills; supervisor support; self-efficacy; diagnostic performance; bibliometric analysis

Abstract

This study aims to map the scientific literature addressing medical skills, communication skills, supervisor support, self-efficacy, and diagnostic performance in medical and health professions education using a bibliometric approach. A bibliometric analysis was conducted on publications indexed in Crossref between 2015 and 2025, including journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters. The analysis examined publication trends, citation patterns, author productivity, publication sources, keyword co-occurrence, collaboration networks, and citation age. The results show that communication skills represent the most prolific research theme, while diagnostic performance and self-efficacy have gained increasing attention in recent years. Medical skills remain a foundational domain, primarily disseminated through instructional and training-oriented publications. Supervisor support, although less frequently published, demonstrates strong citation impact, largely originating from interdisciplinary research. Keyword and network analyses reveal that self-efficacy occupies a central position, frequently co-occurring with medical skills, communication skills, supervisor support, and diagnostic performance. Rather than indicating causal or mediational relationships, these findings illustrate how the literature conceptually links technical, interpersonal, and psychosocial dimensions of clinical education. This study contributes by providing a comprehensive bibliometric mapping that clarifies the intellectual structure of research on diagnostic performance and identifies directions for future empirical investigation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Diah Ernawati
AU  - Tri Wrahatnolo
AU  - Ratna Suhartini
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/06
TI  - A Bibliometric Mapping of Medical Skills, Communication, Supervisor Support, and the Positioning of Self-Efficacy in Diagnostic Performance Research
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies 2025 (ICOMSI 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 198
EP  - 217
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-571-3_17
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-571-3_17
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