Table 4.

Description of study participants.

	Control group	Experimental group
n	25	26
Number of females	23 (92%)	23 (88%)
Race
African American	0 (0%)	1 (4%)
Asian	0 (0%)	1 (4%)
Biracial	1 (4%)	1 (4%)
White	24 (96%)	22 (85%)
Did not disclose	0 (0%)	1 (4%)
Ethnicity
Of Latino, Hispanic, or Spanish origin	3 (12%)	3 (11%)
Not of Latino, Hispanic, or Spanish origin	22 (88%)	22 (85%)
Did not disclose	0	1 (4%)
Work/volunteer experience
For-profit veterinary clinic	25 (100%)	26 (100%)
Not-for profit veterinary clinic	11 (44%)	4 (15%)
Municipal animal shelter	13 (52%)	13 (50%)
Veterinary clinic that provided free or reduced cost care	17 (68%)	14 (54%)
Coursework
Course on animal shelters	2 (8%)	1 (4%)
Course on human-focused social services	3 (12%)	3 (12%)
Participated in a shelter medicine club	12 (48%)	9 (35%)