Table 1 Outline of sessions

1 – Commitment

Volunteers reflect on their preconceived impressions, develop relationships and meaningful conversations with migrant workers, and compare the demographics, background and experiences with their impressions.

2 – Compassion

Volunteers explore migrant workers’ journeys and reasons for traveling to Singapore and reflect on the problems faced by the migrant worker they clerked.

3 – Communication

Volunteers focus on difficulties faced when taking history from the migrant workers, reflect on solutions and consider problems faced by migrant workers in a typical public healthcare setting.

4 – Care

Volunteers explore migrant workers’ ideas, concerns and expectations and reflect on how they differ from their local counterpart.

5 – Concern

Volunteers reflect on the general health and wellbeing of migrant workers, and the resources, or lack thereof, available.

6 – Continuity

Volunteers reflect on their initial motivations for volunteering, what they have learnt, and how they would proceed thereon.