Medical Spanish dialogues for doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other clinicians or healthcare workers.
Topic: History of the Present Illness (for a patient with pain) Target Audience: ER clinicians Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through a general HPI in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the …
Topic: Gastrointestinal (GI) review of systems (ROS) Target Audience: Emergency medicine or urgent care clinicians Format: Mainly yes/no questions Video Version First, I’ll walk you through a full gastrointestinal ROS in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of GI …
Topic: Cardiovascular review of systems (ROS) Target Audience: Emergency medicine or urgent care clinicians Format: Mainly yes/no questions Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Cardiovascular – full ROS in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of Cardiovascular – …
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Topic: Clarifying details of patient symptoms Target Audience: ER or urgent care clinicians Video Version First, I’ll walk you through how to Clarify Patient Symptoms in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of the words & phrases. (FYI, I …
Topic: Occupational Therapy Spanish (Multiple Subtopics) Target Audience: Hospital-based Occupational Therapists Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Versions First, I’ll walk you through each section of Occupational Therapy Spanish in video form. (FYI, these videos are also available on my podcast. Details below.) Part 1: Assessing Home Situation Part 2: Skill …
Topic: Abdominal Pain – Review of Systems (ROS) Target Audience: ER clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s), or urgent care Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Abdominal Pain – ROS in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version …
Purpose: Getting your patient to respond to simple questions & avoid tangents Target Audience: ER or other clinicians Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the Spanish phrases for Prepping Patients for Yes/No & Short Answer Questions in video form. (PS: This video is also available as a podcast — see below.) Written Version If …
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Today I’ll share a few ideas about how to introduce yourself in Spanish. Obviously the details will vary by specialty, location, etc. But hopefully this gives you some useful ideas. Video Version (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Introducing Yourself as a Physician Hola, soy el/la doctor(a) _____ Hi, I’m …
Topic: Headache Testing & Treatment Target Audience: Emergency medicine clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s) Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Headache Testing & Treatment in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the …
Topic: Stroke, History of the Present Illness (HPI) Target Audience: Emergency medicine clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s) Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Stroke HPI in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s …
Topic: Psychiatric review of systems (ROS) Target Audience: Emergency medicine or urgent care clinicians Format: Yes/no questions Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Psych – ROS in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of Psych – ROS in …
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Topic: Neurological review of systems (ROS) Target Audience: Emergency medicine or urgent care clinicians Format: Mainly yes/no questions Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Neuro – full ROS in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of Neuro – …
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Topic: Ear, nose, & throat (ENT) – review of systems (ROS) Target Audience: Emergency medicine or urgent care clinicians Format: Mainly yes/no questions Video Version First, I’ll walk you through ENT – ROS in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written …
Topic: Laceration Procedure Dialogue Target Audience: ER Providers Format: A list of phrases to say to your patient Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the Laceration Procedure dialogue in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of the Laceration …
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Topic: Medical Specialists in Spanish [f/u after ED visit] Target Audience: ER providers, other medical personnel Format: A few statements and a list of specialists Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Spanish Medical Specialists in video form. (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s …
Topic: Several medical history sections Target Audience: ER Providers Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the medical Spanish phrases for Meds / Algs / Surg / Soc / Fam hx in video form. You can listen to the pronunciation, and quiz yourself as you go …
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Topic: Trauma / MVA – Physical Exam Target Audience: Emergency medicine clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s) Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the medical Spanish phrases for Trauma / MVA – Physical Exam in video form. You can listen to the pronunciation, and quiz yourself …
Topic: Shortness of Breath Testing / Treatment Target Audience: Emergency medicine clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s) Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the medical Spanish phrases for Shortness of Breath – Testing / Treatment in video form. You can listen to the pronunciation, and quiz …
Topic: COVID-19, History of Present Illness (HPI) Target Audience: Emergency medicine clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s) Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the medical Spanish phrases for COVID HPI in video form. You can listen to the pronunciation, and quiz yourself as you go along. …
Topic: Fever – Past Medical History (PMH) Target Audience: ER clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s who work in the ER) Format: Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the medical Spanish phrases for Fever PMH in video form. You can listen to the pronunciation, and quiz yourself …
Topic: Chest Pain – Review of Systems (ROS) Target Audience: ER clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s who work in the emergency room) Format: Mainly yes/no questions Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the medical Spanish phrases for Chest Pain ROS in video form. You can listen to the pronunciation, and quiz yourself as you …
Today I’ll go over the Spanish phrases you could use to take an HPI (history of the present illness) on a Spanish-speaking patient with abdominal pain. This is geared towards emergency room clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s), or perhaps urgent care. But other healthcare workers can likely benefit as well. We’ll mainly use yes/no questions, …
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could wave a magic wand and become instantly fluent in Spanish? Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. But sometimes there are shortcuts that actually work. Today I’ll share with you one such shortcut: My first medical Spanish “cheat sheet”, for Spanish-speaking patients presenting with a sore throat or URI …
Note: This post is under re-construction. 🙂 Basic Medical Spanish Intro About a year ago I created a PowerPoint to introduce ER clinicians to medical Spanish. I’ve used it twice to present a short lecture on the topic, and I thought I’d share the slides since other ER clinicians (or healthcare workers elsewhere) may find …