Medical Spanish

Medical Spanish Musculoskeletal and Dermatologic Educational Module

“…Past approaches to providing medical Spanish curricular guidance [9][10][11][12][13] have fallen short because they provided curricular information that may be difficult to replicate or insufficient instruction for potential educators. Several medical Spanish programs ranging from medical Spanish curricula to supplemental material have been previously published on MedEdPORTAL.…”

“…Several medical Spanish programs ranging from medical Spanish curricula to supplemental material have been previously published on MedEdPORTAL. [9][10][11][12][13] Curricular guides that take on a full medical Spanish curriculum at once may be unable to provide sufficient detail on language activities, sociocultural context, case examples, and teaching techniques. Longitudinal programs, such as the 24-week SABES program, 9 addressed the comprehensive and progressive nature of language acquisition, but may be difficult to replicate at other institutions that cannot commit this quantity of time to medical Spanish course implementation.…”

HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Education for Clinicians Caring for Spanish-Speaking Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)

“…There are five MedEdPORTAL publications that address medical Spanish education. [21][22][23][24][25] The published medical Spanish modules focus on the proper use of medical interpreters in clinical encounters, 21 the use of Spanish-language vignettes to teach medical Spanish, 25 and the use of role-play scenarios to teach medical Spanish. 23 Given the scarcity of data addressing the specific challenges that providers face when attending to the needs of special at-risk populations, such as Spanish-speaking Hispanic MSM, whether it is providers' level of comfort with Spanish language, with prescribing PrEP, or with establishing a dialogue about sexual practices in the setting of HIV risk, we consider the inclusion of this topic of utmost importance.…”