Table 2.
Barriers and Motivations
| Dependent Variables - Motivations/Barriers | Median Responsea |
|---|---|
| Motivations | |
| Interacting with other cultures | 5 |
| Interacting with other health professionals | 5 |
| Educational opportunity | 5 |
| Philanthropy/helping others | 5 |
| Develop my clinical skills | 5 |
| Improved personal confidence | 4 |
| Pure enjoyment | 4 |
| Improved interpersonal skills | 4 |
| Opportunity for travel | 4 |
| Improved foreign language skills | 4 |
| Help build my résumé/CV | 3 |
| Receiving class credit | 2 |
| Someone asked me to volunteer | 1 |
| Barriers | |
| Cost of the trip | 4 |
| Time commitment | 4 |
| Substandard working conditions | 3 |
| Substandard living conditions | 3 |
| Language barriers | 3 |
| Paperwork/administrative barriers | 3 |
| Exposure to infectious diseases | 3 |
| Threat of crime | 2 |
| Prefer to use free time for leisure, not volunteering | 2 |
aResponse scale of 1 to 5, where 1 = not important at all, 5 = very important