Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

	Cancer Basics Trainees % (n=97)	Clinical Trials Trainees % (n=79)
Education
High school	4%	9%
Some college	21	27
College	47	34
Graduate school	26	28
No response	1	2
Have you had any medical interpreter training? (%Yes)	97%	95%
On the job	59	52
One day or half day workshop	45	51
College affiliated certification program	37	39
Program by a training company	31	28
Other	22	15
Experience as interpreter
Less than 1 year	5%	11%
1-2 years	14	17
More than 2 – 5 years	28	26
More than 5 years	43	46
Experience interpreting for cancer patients		Not asked
Never	12%
One time	4
3-5 times	19
6-10 times	11
More than 10 times	54
	Not asked
Experience interpreting in clinical trials
Never		56%
One time		20
3-5 times		13
6-10 times		5
More than 10 times		6
Experience interpreting for cancer clinical trials	Not asked
Never interpreted for any clinical trial		56%
Never interpreted for cancer clinical trial		9
One time		17
3-5 times		10
6-10 times		4
More than 10 times		4
No response		1

^*No significant differences were found between cancer basics and clinical trials trainees