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. 2024 Dec 30;24:1549. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06406-x

Table 2.

Top 20 keywords for question 2 using TF and TF–IDF analyses

Rank TFa TF–IDFb
Keywords Frequency Keywords TF–IDF
1 Patient 300 Medical Practice 53
2 Physician 248 Experience 32
3 Thought 142 Attitude 31
4 Medical Practice 113 First 30
5 Skill 111 Effort 30
6 Attitude 53 Study 30
7 Experience 52 Mistake 29
8 Mistake 51 Process 28
9 First 49 Best 27
10 Process 43 Work 27
11 Study 42 Importance 24
12 Best 37 Lack 23
13 Effort 37 Person 22
14 Person 34 Knowledge 21
15 Importance 33 Mind 20
16 Work 32 Medical 19
17 Lack 32 Mr. or Ms.c 19
18 Mind 29 Diagnosis 18
19 Knowledge 27 Professor 18
20 Mr. or Ms. 26 Senior 17

aTF Term frequency

bTF–IDF Term frequency–inverse document frequency

cThe original Korean word (“sensayngnim”), which can be translated into Mr. or Ms., is often used as an honorific title in combination with the words “doctor” or “nurse”