BACKGROUND: As Artificial Intelligence and social robots are increasingly used in health and social care, it is imperative to explore the training needs of the workforce, factoring in their cultural background. OBJECTIVES: Explore views on perceived training needs among professionals around the world and how these related to country cultures. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive, mixed-methods international online survey. METHODS: Descriptive statistical analysis explored the ranking across countries and relationships with three Hofstede cultural dimensions. Thematic analysis was conducted on the open-ended text responses. RESULTS: A sample of N = 1284 participants from eighteen countries. Knowing the capabilities of the robots was ranked as the top training need across all participating countries and this was also reflected in the thematic analysis. Participants' culture, expressed through three Hofstede's dimensions, revealed statistically significant ranking differences. CONCLUSIONS: Future research should further explore other factors such as the level of digital maturity of the workplace. IMPACT STATEMENT: Training needs of health and social care staff to use robotics are fast growing and preparation should factor in patient safety and be based on the principles of person- and culture-centred care.

Bataan Peninsula State University Bataan Philippines

Centre for Workplace Excellence University of South Australia Adelaide Australia

College of Nursing and Midwifery Bataan Peninsula State University Main Campus Bataan Philippines

Department of Nursing and Health Promotion Faculty of Health Sciences OsloMet Oslo Metropolitan University Oslo Norway

Department of Nursing Faculty of Nursing and Rehabilitation Konan Women's University Kobe Japan

Department of Nursing School of Health Sciences Cyprus University of Technology Limassol Cyprus

Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts and Science Eastern Mediterranean University Famagusta Cyprus

Faculty of Health and Social Sciences University of South Bohemia České Budějovice České Budějovice Czech Republic

Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department Istanbul Aydin University İstanbul Turkey

Faculty of Nursing Campus Egaleo Park University of West Attica Athens Greece

Faculty of Nursing Near East University Nicosia Turkey

Faculty of Nursing Suratthani Rajabhat University Suratthani Province Thailand

Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Nitra Slovak Republic

Independent Researcher Amuka Israel

Institute of Medical Sciences Medical College of Rzeszow University Rzeszow Poland

Magill Campus | University of South Australia Magill Australia

Manager Bachelor Programme Nursing Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences Dornbirn Austria

MICD Kathmandu Nepal

Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center Health Management Research Institute School of Nursing and Midwifery Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

Nursing Department Faculty of Medicine Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid Spain

Nursing Department Hartwick College Oneonta NY USA

Nursing Department State University of Applied Sciences in Pila Pila Poland

Research Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health Department of Mental Health and Social Work School of Health and Education Middlesex University London UK

Research Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health Middlesex University and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing West Sussex UK

San Blas Primary Healthcare Centre of the Gerencia Asistencial de Atención Primaria Servicio Madrileño de Salud Madrid Spain

SZŠ a VOŠZ Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod Czech Republic

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel

University of Debrecen Debrecen Hungary

University of Thessaly Larissa Greece

VID Specialized University Oslo Norway

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