Table 3.

Scale of "basic clinical skills"-- mean scores across subgroups

	Univariate comparisons		Mean adjusted for all variables in model
	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean
Status:		< 0.001		< 0.001
Doctors in private practice	70.6 (15.1)		70.9
Hospital doctors	70.7 (13.8)		71.5
Medical students	57.1 (14.6)		58.0
Sex		0.043		NS
Women	66.2 (15.1)
Men	68.8 (15.4)
Age group		< 0.001		NS
≤ 24 years	53.4 (14.2)	(linear trend)
25-44 years	68.3 (14.6)
45-64 years	70.5 (15.0)
≥ 65 years	74.2 (13.0)
Nationality		0.78		NS
Swiss	67.5 (15.7)
Other	68.1 (13.0)
Work experience in foreign country		0.001		NS
Yes	71.5 (14.3)
No	65.0 (15.3)
Percentage of immigrant patients		0.30		NS
0-10%	67.7 (15.5)	(linear trend)
11-30%	66.8 (15.2)
31-100%	69.1 (15.0)
Interest in caring for immigrant patients		0.42		0.025
Absent	69.4 (20.5)	(linear trend)	66.7	(linear trend)
Weak	68.5 (13.6)		64.6
Moderate	66.4 (14.8)		64.8
High	67.0 (14.8)		67.0
Very high	71.8 (16.1)		70.9
Difficulties in communicating with immigrant patients		< 0.001		0.002
All cases or almost	74.5 (22.0)	(linear trend)	70.9	(linear trend)
Majority of cases	62.1 (17.1)		62.3
About half the cases	65.0 (14.4)		64.6
Minority of cases	67.7 (15.1)		66.4
Almost never	71.4 (14.8)		69.7
Training in cultural competence		0.046		NS
Yes	69.6 (14.3)
No	66.9 (15.6)