There is a shortage of doctors that can speak their patient’s language in the USA. Bakersfield.com reported that California has a shortage of medical professionals that can communicate in Spanish with their patient populations. The demand for Spanish medical translations is high in the USA.
In one California county, Hispanics make up to half of the population but only about 5% of the local doctors report speaking Spanish. The usual alternative is to provide interpreters to facilitate communications between patient/doctor but this ads to the cost of providing medical services.
One solution is teaching basic medical Spanish language skills to healthcare workers in the USA. Medical Spanish is a podcast that provides, “Realistic and clinically relevant patient-provider dialogues created by a medical professional.” This website provides both free and premium paid padcasts that can be downloaded to a MP3 player.
Doctors that speak their patients language will inevitably improve healthcare.
In one California county, Hispanics make up to half of the population but only about 5% of the local doctors report speaking Spanish. The usual alternative is to provide interpreters to facilitate communications between patient/doctor but this ads to the cost of providing medical services.
One solution is teaching basic medical Spanish language skills to healthcare workers in the USA. Medical Spanish is a podcast that provides, “Realistic and clinically relevant patient-provider dialogues created by a medical professional.” This website provides both free and premium paid padcasts that can be downloaded to a MP3 player.
Doctors that speak their patients language will inevitably improve healthcare.
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