Medical Spanish for Physicians

Published on January 10th, 2018 - Are you struggling to communicate with your Spanish-speaking patients? Physicians all across the United States choose Spanish55, one-on-one Spanish coaching over Skype to learn Spanish online. At Spanish55, we understand the need for physician-patient communication in a culturally sensitive manner. Your time is a highly valuable and scarce resource, working with a personal language coach minimizes learning time. In order to accommodate busy schedules, we have adopted Skype to meet with our learners one-on-one in the most convenient way possible. It is as easy as opening up your laptop and tapping the app from any convenient location.

Language barriers present a substantial communication challenge in a healthcare setting. It is our job to help you reach effective communication with Spanish-speaking patients. Our highly conversational approach makes learning Spanish online fun yet challenging, Spanish55 is the best non-threatening language learning experience. While you may still need a translator for critical situations, It is our goal to help you communicate at a functional level with native speakers and demonstrate cultural sensitivity. Learning Medical Spanish will allow you build a relationship of trust with your patients and their families.

Brief summary of functional language use introduced in our Medical Spanish program

-Making an appointment with a doctor

-Giving directions to people/patients

-Asking about and giving personal information

-Describing people

-Using measurement units 

-Asking about symptoms

-Describing some common symptoms

-Describing the location of the objects in a room

-Expressing their daily activities and likes and dislikes

-Describing emotions and mental health conditions

-Talking about their daily routines

-Expressing location and intensity of the pain

-Asking for and offering help

-Expressing needs, obligations, and desires

-Comparing people, things and symptoms

-Talking about the duration of a pain

-Talking about food (describing food and likes and dislikes)

-Giving instructions and medical advice to patients

-Asking for the medical history

-Talking about habits and routines (in the past tense)

-Talking about the present and future activities

-Describing your availability

-Using some expressions of courtesy and giving advice to people/patients

 
Ready to get started? Try a 55-minute consultation with a Spanish professor on Skype free of charge. Our Spanish lessons online follow a structured conversational approach, you will have full attention from an experienced professional.