Table 2.
Bivariate Associations Between Resident Factors and Self-reports of Preparedness to Provide Cross-cultural Care
| Predictor | Unprepared to provide cross-cultural care | Prepared to provide cross-cultural care | P value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | M (SD) | N (%) | M (SD) | ||
| Total | 463 (41) | 672 (59%) | |||
| Demographic variables | |||||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 157 (34) | 272 (40) | |||
| Female | 306 (66) | 400 (60) | .03 | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||
| White | 279 (61) | 379 (58) | |||
| Asian | 94 (21) | 137 (21) | |||
| URM† | 82 (18) | 139 (21) | .38 | ||
| Training variables | |||||
| Location of medical school‡ | |||||
| USMG | 334 (73) | 510 (77) | |||
| IMG | 126 (27) | 156 (23) | .13 | ||
| Access to role model in cross-cultural care | |||||
| Yes | 269 (58) | 521 (78) | |||
| No | 192 (42) | 149 (22) | <.001 | ||
| Specialty | |||||
| Family medicine | 103 (22) | 201 (30) | |||
| Internal medicine | 114 (25) | 151 (22) | |||
| Pediatrics | 124 (27) | 167 (25) | |||
| OB/GYN | 122 (26) | 153 (23) | .04 | ||
| Mean percent for cross-cultural case mix during residency§ | 48.36 (19.71) | 53.46 (18.65) | <.001 | ||
| Quantity of resident-reported instruction in cross-cultural care | 2.37 (0.57) | 2.85 (0.60) | <.001 | ||
*P values from chi-square and bivariate logistic regression analyses
†URM = Underrepresented minorities (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans)
‡USMG = U.S. medical graduate, IMG = International medical graduate
§Mean percentages ranged from 2.0% to 99.3%, with higher scores indicating greater cross-cultural case mix during residency.