Table 5.

Communication Tasks Reported by Patients and Clinicians Per Session

Session	Patient Ethnicity	Patient Tasks	Clinician Ethnicity	Clinician Tasks	% Agreeement by Task Type
1	European-American	Communicating care, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	Mixed$	Defining the relationship, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Generating and testing hypotheses, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	33.33%
2	Afro-Caribbean	Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing rapport	Mixed$	Diseases and disorders, Determining areas of difference, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Generating and testing hypotheses, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	42.86%
3	Mixed#	Communicating care, Communicating expertise, Enhancing rapport	White-European	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Generating and testing hypotheses, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	12.50%
4	White*	Enhancing rapport	White*	Communicating care, Determining areas of difference, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing coping, Perceiving data, Psychosocial issues, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	11.11%
5	White-Hispanic	Determining areas of difference, Psychosocial issues, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	East Asian	Defining the relationship, Determining areas of difference, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Generating and testing hypotheses, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers	25%
6	Mixed#	Communicating expertise, Eliciting data, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	White-European	Communicating care, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	14.29%
7	Mixed#	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	Other	Diseases and disorders, Communicating care, Determining areas of difference, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Generating and testing hypotheses, Psychosocial issues, Recognizing communication barriers	40%
8	Afro-Caribbean	Communicating care, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	Mixed$	Communicating care, Defining the relationship, Determining areas of difference, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Generating and testing hypotheses, Negotiating diagnostic procedures and treatment, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	30%
9	Mixed#	Communicating care, Defining the relationship, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective	White-European	Determining areas of difference, Eliciting data, Generating and testing hypotheses, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	12.50%
10	Mixed#	Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing rapport	White-European	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Enhancing rapport	50%
11	Mixed#	Determining areas of difference, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data	Hispanic~	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Recognizing communication barriers	33.33%
12	Mixed#	Communicating care, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing rapport	White-European	Communicating care, Enhancing rapport	66.66%
13	Afro-Caribbean	Communicating care, Defining the relationship, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing rapport	Hispanic~	Communicating care, Eliciting data	40%
14	Afro-Caribbean	Communicating care, Determining areas of difference, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	Other	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing coping, Generating and testing hypotheses, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers	44.44%
15	Mixed#	Perceiving data	Mixed$	Diseases and disorders, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Psychosocial issues, Enhancing rapport	16.67%
16	African-American	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	White*	Determining areas of difference, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Generating and testing hypotheses, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	37.50%
17	Afro-Caribbean	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Enhancing rapport	Afro-Caribbean	Diseases and disorders, Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing coping, Perceiving data, Psychosocial issues, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	22.22%
18	African-American	Diseases and disorders, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	Other	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Perceiving data, Psychosocial issues, Recognizing communication barriers	25%
19	Afro-Caribbean	Communicating expertise, Enhancing rapport	Afro-Caribbean	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	14.29%
20	Mixed#	Communicating care, Enhancing rapport	Afro-Caribbean	Communicating care, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Generating and testing hypotheses, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	40%
21	White-Hispanic	Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	Afro-Caribbean	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Psychosocial issues, Enhancing rapport	66.66%
22	White*	Communicating care, Determining areas of difference, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing coping, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	White*	Determining areas of difference, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	50%
23	Afro-Caribbean	Eliciting data, Enhancing rapport	Afro-Caribbean	Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Psychosocial issues, Enhancing rapport	40%
24	Mixed#	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	Afro-Caribbean	Enhancing rapport	20%
25	Mixed#	Eliciting data, Perceiving data	Hispanic~	Diseases and disorders, Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective	20%
26	African-American	Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing rapport	Mixed$	Determining areas of difference, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	40%
27	White-Hispanic	Diseases and disorders, Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Enhancing coping, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers, Enhancing rapport	Other		0%
28	Mixed#	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	East Asian	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Perceiving data	60%
29	African-American	Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	Other	Diseases and disorders, Eliciting data, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers	33.33%
30	White-Jewish	Enhancing rapport	Hispanic~	Communicating care, Defining the relationship, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Recognizing communication barriers	0%
31	White-Irish	Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	Other	Communicating care, Eliciting data, Eliciting the patient's perspective, Perceiving data, Psychosocial issues, Recognizing communication barriers	42.86%
32	African-American	Diseases and disorders, Perceiving data, Enhancing rapport	East Asian		0%

^*Race provided, but not ethnicity

^#Mixed Hispanic and Afro-Caribbean ancestry

^$Mixed, but race and ethnicity not specified

^~Ethnicity provided, but not race

% agreement is calculated by the ratio of shared reported tasks to total unique reported tasks