Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the study population and clinical experience with diversity in patients
From: A students’ survey of cultural competence as a basis for identifying gaps in the medical curriculum
All | Medical students | YHC residents | YHC supervisors | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N= 177 | N= 86 | N= 56 | N= 35 | ||
N (%)* | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Demographics | |||||
Gender | Male | 29 (16) | 21 (24) | 2 (4) | 6 (17) |
Female | 148 (84) | 65 (76) | 54 (96) | 29 (83) | |
Age | Mean (sd) range | 36 (12.4) | 26 (2.3) | 39 (9.5) | 54 (6.3) |
22-64 | 22-35 | 26-59 | 40-64 | ||
Ethnicity | Dutch | 144 (81) | 68 (79) | 47 (84) | 29 (83) |
Western | 16 (9) | 9 (11) | 3 (5) | 4 (11) | |
non-Western | 15 (9) | 8 (9) | 6 (11) | 1 (3) | |
missing | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | - | 1 (3) | |
Experience with ethnic diversity | |||||
Practice in one of the four largest cities † | Yes | 65 (37) | 47 (55) | 11 (20) | 7 (20) |
No | 112 (63) | 39 (45) | 45 (80) | 28 (80) | |
Estimated part of patients from non-Dutch background | Less than 5% | 20 (11) | 4 (5) | 11 (20) | 5 (14) |
5-10% | 40 (23) | 10 (12) | 17 (30) | 13 (37) | |
10-25% | 51 (29) | 24 (28) | 16 (29) | 11 (31) | |
25-50% | 43 (24) | 36 (42) | 4 (7) | 3 (9) | |
Over 50% | 23 (13) | 12 (14) | 8 (14) | 3 (9) | |