Common language facilitates medical care
If medical assistants speak the same language as their patients, medical collaboration is much easier. "Patients find it easier to share their symptoms and I can better educate them about their he alth," said physician assistant Jill Conway. Due to the strong influx of Latin Americans, Spanish technical vocabulary is becoming increasingly important, especially in the USA.
What good is medical knowledge if you can't communicate with patients
(Christina Gonzales) Only the University of Texas Allied He alth School currently offers a Physician Assistant course that teaches medical Spanish vocabulary. Lessons take place for three semesters, always for two hours a week. In the third semester, the students then give a short presentation in Spanish about an illness.
Even science has a summer slump. More and more results then flood the media, which otherwise hardly find their way into reporting. With the series "Summer Hole Today" we would like to present a selection to you. "For some patients it is reassuring when people take the time to treat them in their native language," emphasizes Christina Gonzales, a Cuban-born teacher the school. Gonzales teaches her students the necessary vocabulary in a playful way. To do this, she sings Spanish love songs with her students and teaches them terms like "heart" or "hurt".
"It will give me a huge advantage when looking for a job," says student Rebekah Jones."What good is medical knowledge if you can't communicate with patients," says Gonzales. Another student emphasizes: "A common language creates a trusting environment."
