Table 7.

ENCOUNTERS DOMAIN (E) MEAN DIFFERENCES AT THE SINGLE-ITEM LEVEL

Increasing Comfort During Cross-Cultural Clinical Encounter (F8)
Items		Mean differences by Race					Mean differences by Academic Level
		F	p	African Americans	Asian Americans	Whites	F	p	P1	P2	P3	P4
E1	Culturally diverse backgrounds	0.792	0.499	3.57	3.43	3.58	1.385	0.247	3.65	3.50	3.36	3.53
E2	Limited English proficiency	2.031	0.109	3.11	3.22	3.00	3.998	0.008★	3.28	3.10	2.80a	3.23
E4	Hiding beliefs	0.316	0.814	2.81	2.89	2.85	5.070	0.002★	3.04	2.72	2.53a	2.98
E5	Non-verbal communication	0.794	0.498	3.13	3.11	3.20	2.632	0.049★	3.17	3.18	2.86a	3.29
E6	Expressions of pain, distress, and suffering	1.052	0.369	3.04	3.11	2.96	3.520	0.015★	3.15	2.98	2.79a	3.24
E7	Change of behaviors	0.067	0.977	2.83	2.87	2.88	2.814	0.039★	2.95	2.75	2.63a	3.01
E8	Speaking in an indirect way	0.549	0.649	2.91	2.84	2.86	3.675	0.012★	3.06	2.71	2.66a	3.07
E10	Culturally diverse professionals	1.727	0.161	3.41	3.28	3.58	0.474	0.701	3.47	3.34	3.36	3.45

Increasing Comfort During Cross-Cultural Clinical Encounter (F9)
Items		Mean differences by Race					Mean differences by Academic Level
		F	p	African Americans	Asian Americans	Whites	F	p	P1	P2	P3	P4
E11	Colleagues who make derogatory comments	0.585	0.625	2.46	2.43	2.38	0.982	0.401	2.38	2.46	2.34	2.63
E12	Patients who make derogatory comments	0.146	0.932	2.48	2.44	2.39	0.216	0.885	2.41	2.44	2.45	2.54

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^aThis group is significantly different from the other groups.