Table 3.
Participants mean and standard deviation in Cultural Competence scale and subscales by course and year of study
| Scale | BOH1 (n-27) |
BOH3 (n-23) |
DDS1 (n-89) |
DDS4 (n-48) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awareness and sensitivity | 8.13 (1.21) | 8.13 (1.21) | 7.82 (1.64) | 7.56 (1.35) |
| Cultural competence behaviours | 4.35 (1.33) | 8.17 (2.34) | 4.65 (1.28) | 6.88 (2.37) |
| Patient centred communication | – | 3.65 (0.57) | – | 3.40 (1.01) |
| Practice orientation | – | 6.86 (1.06) | – | 6.41 (1.38) |
| Self-assessed cultural competence | 1.56 (0.70) | 6.21(1.28) | 1.24 (0.71) | 5.06 (1.95) |
| Overall Cultural competence | – | 33.04 (3.72) | – | 29.31 (5.01) |
| Overall Cultural competence (adjusted for first years) | 13.74 (2.19) | 19.22 (2.58) | 13.71 (2.65) | 16.79 (3.39) |
BOH1 First year Bachelor of Oral Health, BOH3 Final year Bachelor of Oral Health, DDS1 First year Doctor of Dental Surgery, DDS4 Final year Doctor of Dental Surgery