Underprepared: influences of U.S. medical students’ self-assessed confidence in immigrant and refugee health care

Figures & data

Table 1. Student responses to survey questions.

	n	%
In medical school, I have had dedicated class time on how to provide culturally sensitive care to immigrants and refugees
No dedicated time	179	25.3
Some dedicated time but not enough	320	45.3
Adequate dedicated time	173	24.5
Frequent dedicated time	35	5.0
In medical school, how often did you have the opportunity to provide clinical care to immigrants and refugees?
Never	74	10.5
Some, but not enough	382	54.0
Adequate encounters	200	28.3
Frequent encounters	51	7.2
During medical school, did you participate in a Global Health elective rotation (e.g., internationally, local low-resource setting, at the US-Mexico border, with Indian Health Services, refugees, or immigrants)
Yes	220	31.1
No	487	68.9
What type of Global Health elective did you participate in? (choose all that apply) (n = 220)
International	168	76.4
Local low resource setting	101	45.9
Immigrant care elective	27	12.3
Refugee care elective	20	9.1
Indian Health Service	8	3.6
U.S.-Mexico border	4	1.8
Other	5	2.3
I feel confident in my ability to provide culturally sensitive care to immigrants and refugees
Not at all	49	6.9
Sometimes	342	48.4
Usually	246	34.8
Always	70	9.9

Figure 1. Odds of feeling confident to provide culturally sensitive care to immigrants/refugees.