Agree! USC has a high amount of Spanish speaking patients given its geography. But you don't have to speak Spanish to do well there since they have tons of interpreter services. Plus most of the ancillary staff speaks Spanish as well and can translate too.
Judgmental much?
From a working perspective, if you don't speak Spanish, it is worse. At *best* if you have perfect translation, a clinic visit takes twice as long (1x for you to say something, 1x for the translator). Given the usual misunderstandings that inevitably arise, it's 3x as long.
You're right, I could have picked my words better. My grandparents do not speak English as their primary language so I have nothing against this sort of population. I do speak some Spanish & German but there is no doubt in my mind that things get lost in translation if both do not have a good grasps on the language used. Having a third of my census on wards that did not speak my primary language definitely created several issues as things get lost via the language barrier. Not only does the direct health of the patient possibly suffer, but when family comes and wants an update or there is a tough family discussion these things are much harder done via an translator and take excess amount of time. I didn't mean to offend anyone with my post above.
