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.
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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.
