Table 2.
Demographic Information of HMS Students (n = 25), HMS Faculty (n = 8), HDS Students (n = 8), HDS Faculty/Staff (n = 3) Interview Participants (Total n = 44)
| Demographic Characteristic | HMS, n = 33a
|
HDS, n = 11b
|
|---|---|---|
| n (%) | ||
| Female gender | 16 (49) | 9 (82) |
| Years in practice/servicec | NA | |
| Medical trainee | 20 (71) | |
| Medical school faculty, practicing 8–20 yrs | 5 (18) | |
| Medical school faculty, practicing more than 30 yrs | 3 (11) | |
| Interaction setting | ||
| Student focus groups | 25 (76) | 8 (73) |
| Faculty/staff interview | 8 (24) | 3 (27) |
| Medical specialty | 28d | NA |
| Internal medicine | 11 (39) | |
| Surgical specialtiese | 4 (14) | |
| Neurologyf | 3 (11) | |
| Psychiatry | 2 (7) | |
| Pediatrics/pediatric subspecialtiesg | 5 (18) | |
| Other subspecialtiesh | 3 (11) | |
| Do you consider yourself Hispanic or Latino? | ||
| Yes | 3 (10) | 0 (0) |
| No | 30 (91) | 11 (100) |
| What race or races do you consider yourself to be?i | ||
| White | 18 (56) | 10 (91) |
| Asian | 8 (25) | 1 (9) |
| Black or African American | 5 (16) | 1 (9) |
| Arab | 1 (3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Which of the following best indicates your religious affiliation? | ||
| Protestant | 16 (49) | 5 (46) |
| Roman Catholic | 5 (15) | 1 (9) |
| None | 5 (15) | 0 (0) |
| Jewish | 4 (12) | 0 (0) |
| Buddhist | 1 (3) | 2 (18) |
| Hindu | 1 (3) | 0 (0) |
| Other religionj | 1 (3) | 3 (27) |
| If Jewish, would you say you are (n = 3) | ||
| Reform | 2 (67) | 0 (0) |
| Orthodox | 1 (33) | 0 (0) |
| If Christian, do you consider yourself evangelical? (n = 24) | ||
| No | 15 (63) | 5 (83) |
| Yes | 3 (13) | 1 (17) |
| How often do you attend religious services? | ||
| Several times a week | 1 (3) | 2 (18) |
| Every week | 7 (21) | 1 (9) |
| Nearly every week | 0 (0) | 7 (64) |
| Two to three times a month | 4 (12) | 1 (9) |
| About once a month | 4 (12) | 0 (0) |
| Several times a year | 7 (21) | 0 (0) |
| About once or twice a year | 3 (9) | 0 (0) |
| Less than once a year | 6 (18) | 0 (0) |
| Never | 1 (3) | 0 (0) |
| To what extent do you consider yourself a religious person?k | ||
| Very religious | 7 (21) | 2 (18) |
| Moderately religious | 6 (18) | 7 (64) |
| Slightly religious | 12 (36) | 1 (9) |
| Not religious at all | 8 (24) | 1 (9) |
| To what extent do you consider yourself a spiritual person?k | ||
| Very spiritual | 8 (24) | 8 (73) |
| Moderately spiritual | 14 (42) | 3 (27) |
| Slightly spiritual | 6 (18) | 0 (0) |
| Not spiritual at all | 5 (15) | 0 (0) |
HMS = Harvard Medical School; HDS = Harvard Divinity School; NA = not applicable.
When the totals do not equal 33 for each of the categories, it means that the respondent(s) did not provide a response for the particular question.
When the totals do not equal 11 for each of the categories, it means that the respondent(s) did not provide a response for the particular question.
This classification only applies to HMS participants. The medical trainee category includes students in the fourth year, fifth year MD/Master of Public Health, and Postgraduate year 5.
The five respondents who did not provide a medical specialty were all students.
Surgical specialties include surgery and orthopedics.
One respondent reported internal medicine and neurology. This response is recorded here in neurology.
Pediatric subspecialties include pediatric neurology, pediatric critical care, and pediatric anesthesiology.
Other subspecialities refer to anesthesia and/or critical care, dermatology, and radiation oncology.
One medical student did not identify her race, and one biracial divinity student selected two of the available options.
Other religion includes one Sabbatarian Christian and three unitarian universalists.
Self-reported religiousness and spirituality were measured using the validated National Institutes of Health-Fetzer Multidimensional Measurement of Religiousness/Spirituality28 including, “To what extent do you consider yourself a religious person?” and “To what extent do you consider yourself a spiritual person?” Response options included very, moderately, slightly, or not at all.