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Hi everyone,
I'm interested in training at UCSD for residency and will be interviewing with them in the near future. I don't speak Spanish, and some Cali classmates of mine think this might be an obstacle for residents there. For anyone that's familiar with the area or even their programs, is it a disadvantage to one's training experience to not know Spanish? How are the quality/availability of their translation services, for example?
I can certainly try to learn some basic medical Spanish in the meantime to at least get started (this is the 4th year of medical school, after all; what else will I be doing???), but I'm just worried about providing optimal care to their patient population while beginning my training with a considerable language barrier between myself and some patients. Is this something I should worry about or is it really not much of a problem for physicians in the area?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
I'm interested in training at UCSD for residency and will be interviewing with them in the near future. I don't speak Spanish, and some Cali classmates of mine think this might be an obstacle for residents there. For anyone that's familiar with the area or even their programs, is it a disadvantage to one's training experience to not know Spanish? How are the quality/availability of their translation services, for example?
I can certainly try to learn some basic medical Spanish in the meantime to at least get started (this is the 4th year of medical school, after all; what else will I be doing???), but I'm just worried about providing optimal care to their patient population while beginning my training with a considerable language barrier between myself and some patients. Is this something I should worry about or is it really not much of a problem for physicians in the area?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
