Research Article
The Diversity Issue Revisited: International Students in Clinical Environment
Table 2
International and finnish health care studentsโ experiences of clinical environment during rotations in Finland.
| Variable | International students | Finnish students | |
| Welcoming clinical environment | | | | Mean (SD) | 3.32 (0.647) | 3.43 (0.565) | 0.15 | Unsupportive clinical environment | | | | Mean (SD) | 2.57 (0.704) | 2.11 (0.522) | <0.001 | Approach to cultural diversity in clinical environment | | | | Mean (SD) | 3.06 (0.641) | 3.02 (0.672) | 0.70 | Communication in clinical environment | | | | Mean (SD) | 2.95 (0.707) | 3.15 (0.526) | 0.04 | Structural arrangements in clinical environment | | | | Mean (SD) | 3.19 (0.613) | 3.19 (0.572) | 0.87 |
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1Differences between the groups were compared with the Mann-Whitney -test.
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