Med Schools with Spanish in curriculum and/or in Spanish-speaking area?

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I know Temple has a program to be a certified medical translator in English & Spanish, and also that pretty much all the NY City schools have Medical Spanish classes as electives.

Anyone know of some other schools that might have classes like this? I'm almost fluent and would like to be able to communicate effectively to any Spanish speaking patients I might have someday.

Thanks all.

-Nick

 

[txprodigal]

Anyone know of some other schools that might have classes like this?

perhaps texas tech - el paso .... actually all the texas medical schools....

 

[nick_carraway]

UCLA loves Spanish speakers and is not restricted to CA residents.

I don't know for sure, but UCSF would be an educated guess as well.

 

[GoSpursGo]

perhaps texas tech - el paso .... actually all the texas medical schools....

Yeah I'm pretty sure all the Texas schools do. I know for sure BCM does.

 

[ygree001]

Nova (DO) has a medical Spanish elective too.

 

[pietachok]

Don't know about an actual elective, but Keck USC serves a huge population of Spanish speakers, and they have already asked on our pre-enrollment questionnaires, whether you speak Spanish and if so your level of proficiency. I would assume you could readily take a med Spanish course there, but I think you can probably learn "on the job" quite effectively there.

 

[Brent8927]

I believe UC Irvine has a special 5-year MD program (PRIME) geared towards serving the Latino community. It's probably a competetive program to get into, but it'd be something worth looking into.

 

[witness23]

mount sinai in spanish harlem esp, and you will deal with the latino population at any NYC school.

 

[Thama]

UNC has a program that allows you to do all of your clinical courses in both English and Spanish, gives you a medical Spanish elective, and priority for doing rotations and community weeks in heavily Hispanic areas.

 

[sarahl86]

University of Maryland has a Medical Spanish program, but I have no idea how good/popular it is among students. Baltimore has a moderately sized Hispanic population.

 

[Kaya12]

University of Miami. Nearly all of the patient population speaks Spanish as a first language.

 

[nontrdgsbuiucmd]

great post. thank you.

The puerto rico schools require fluency in spanish to attend; my concern about going there is not knowing how to communicate medical conditions in English!

"Spanish for healthcare providers" is offered at a few locations near me, but it's a poor fit if you're nearly fluent -- the ones I could find start at ground zero rather than assuming near fluency. What I've found most helpful is trying to learn from the spanish speakers present in many clinical settings -- if you're nearly fluent, learning a few dozen terms for anatomical locations will go a long way, based on what I've experienced in the ER as a spanish speaker.

 

[nick_carraway]

great post. thank you.

The puerto rico schools require fluency in spanish to attend; my concern about going there is not knowing how to communicate medical conditions in English!

Well the courses are in English and so are the exams. You'd only be using Spanish with patients, so I assume that you'd know more medical English than medical Spanish if you go to PR.

 

[megan143]

Well the courses are in English and so are the exams. You'd only be using Spanish with patients, so I assume that you'd know more medical English than medical Spanish if you go to PR.

The courses can be taught in Spanish or English- whatever the professor wants. The texts/handouts/powerpoints and exams must be in English.

 

[nick_carraway]

The courses can be taught in Spanish or English- whatever the professor wants. The texts/handouts/powerpoints and exams must be in English.

My bad. I was going off of memory about LCME certification requiring English education but MSAR says I'm wrong too.

 

[Bito42]

UCSD is another one, so i hear