Table 2.

Respondents’ Chinese language capability’s influence on their clinical experiences and competence

	HSK certificate (Mean)			Chinese speaking skills (Mean)				Communication initiative with teachers and patients in Chinese in hospital (Mean)
	Lower HSK level (n = 105)	Higher HSK level (n = 104)	P	Weak (n = 34)	Adequate (n = 105)	Good (n = 70)	P	Not Active (n = 64)	Active (n = 145)	P
Clerkship (Subtotal)	22.17	21.63	.309	20.71	21.29	21.90	.000	20.20	22.66	.000
CL-1	3.73	3.58	.145	3.26	3.59	3.94	.000	3.31	3.81	.000
CL-2	3.68	3.64	.757	3.56	3.55	3.87	.014	3.45	3.75	.007
CL-3	3.63	3.57	.571	3.41	3.50	3.84	.004	3.38	3.70	.006
CL-4	3.74	3.72	.836	3.64	3.62	3.94	.016	3.38	3.89	.000
CL-5	3.83	3.62	.066	3.41	3.60	4.06	.000	3.41	3.86	.000
CL-6	3.56	3.51	.657	3.41	3.43	3.76	.018	3.28	3.65	.004
Internship (Subtotal)	19.41	19.27	.769	18.53	18.99	20.26	.027	17.98	19.94	.000
IN-1	4.10	4.18	.396	4.18	4.06	4.24	.257	3.98	4.21	.046
IN-2	3.96	4.01	.657	3.91	3.93	4.10	.316	3.77	4.08	.006
IN-3	3.78	3.78	.986	3.50	3.71	4.01	.009	3.48	3.91	.001
IN-4	3.82	3.57	.039	3.41	3.59	3.99	.002	3.36	3.84	.000
IN-5	3.75	3.73	.858	3.53	3.70	3.91	.079	3.39	3.90	.000
Clinical competence (Subtotal)	27.03	27.05	.970	26.09	26.54	28.24	.004	25.34	27.79	.000
CC-1	3.75	3.72	.773	3.41	3.69	3.97	.002	3.45	3.86	.000
CC-2	3.87	3.85	.820	3.82	3.76	4.01	.039	3.61	3.97	.000
CC-3	3.91	3.86	.564	3.59	3.87	4.06	.008	3.55	4.03	.000
CC-4	3.90	3.82	.387	3.82	3.74	4.04	.010	3.61	3.97	.000
CC-5	3.76	3.86	.344	3.59	3.74	4.01	.007	3.56	3.92	.001
CC-6	3.90	4.05	.053	3.91	3.92	4.07	.198	3.83	4.03	.016
CC-7	3.94	3.90	.656	3.94	3.82	4.07	.033	3.73	4.01	.004