Professional language use by alumni of the Harvard Medical School Medical Language Program

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Table 1 Demographics of Alumni of Harvard Medical School’s Medical Language Program (N = 206, n (%))

Demographic Information
Age (years)
25–34	80 (39)
35–44	72 (35)
45–54	51 (25)
55–64	3 (1)
Gender Identity
Female	137 (67)
Male	69 (33)
Current Occupation^a
Clinician	190 (92)
Research Investigator	51 (25)
Medical Educator	34 (17)
Other	10 (5)
Self-Reported Racial/Ethnic Identities^a
White	110 (53)
Asian	71 (34)
Black or African American	19 (9)
Hispanic, Latinx, or Spanish origin	13 (6)
Other^b	11 (5)
Primary or Native Language(s)^a
English	202 (98)
Mandarin	18 (9)
Spanish	7 (3)
Polish	4 (2)
French	3 (1)
German	3 (1)
Portuguese	1 (0.5)
Other^c	25 (12)

^aMultiple responses were possible for these items
^bThe racial/ethnic groups “American Indian or Alaska Native,” “Arawak Indian of the Caribbean,” “Jewish,” “European,” “Middle Eastern,” “Pakistani/South Asian,” and “Persian” were each selected by one participant (0.5%). Two participants (1%) selected “Other” but did not disclose the group they identified most with. Two participants (1%) selected “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.”
^cAfrikaans, Hebrew, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Czech, Hungarian, Korean, Teochew Chinese, Urdu and Yoruba were each selected as the primary/native languages of one participant (0.5%). Hindi, Russian, and Japanese were each selected by two (1%) participants each

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