Table 2 Training Interests in Cross-Cultural Care (N = 204)

Variable

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Cluster I

1) How to explore patients’ perceptions of illness, death, treatments and the healthcare system (e.g., role of palliative care)

2

1

13

6.4

46

22.5

143

70.1

2) How to discuss sensitive topics (e.g., end of life, death, intimacy)

6

2.9

17

8.3

50

24.5

131

64.2

Cluster II

3) How to explore patients and relatives’ expectations

5

2.5

26

12.7

58

28.4

115

56.4

4) How to assess symptoms and pain and investigate their meaning for patients

10

4.9

25

12.3

55

27

114

55.9

5) Health and support networks for precarious patients (e.g., asylum seekers, undocumented migrants)

10

4.9

20

9.8

61

29.9

113

55.4

6) How to involve patients in decision making

7

3.4

27

13.2

58

28.4

112

54.9

7) How to adapt nonverbal communication

8

3.9

38

18.6

47

23

111

54.4

8) Inequality in access to care (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural, linguistic factors)

14

6.9

26

12.7

56

27.5

108

52.9

9) How to adapt speech to the patient’s level of comprehension

6

2.9

38

18.6

53

26

107

52.5

Cluster III

10) How to break bad news

10

4.9

30

14.7

65

31.9

99

48.5

11) How to collaborate with relatives

7

3.4

38

18.6

64

31.4

95

46.6

12) How to cope with personal stereotypes and their impact on care

18

8.8

34

16.7

61

29.9

91

44.6

13) Historical and socioeconomic conditions of migrant populations in Switzerland

13

6.4

40

19.6

62

30.4

89

43.6

14) How to introduce religion and spirituality

12

5.9

38

18.6

66

32.4

88

43.1

15) Epidemiologic aspects of migration

18

8.8

36

17.6

64

31.4

86

42.2

16) How to collaborate efficiently with professional or nonprofessional interpreters

16

7.8

55

27

69

33.8

64

31.4

17) How to contribute to administrative tasks (e.g., visa application for relatives living abroad)

33

16.2

52

25.5

63

30.9

56

27.5