Hablamos Vida: Medical Spanish for Student Doctors
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 350
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Hablamos Vida: Medical Spanish for Student Doctors is a practical, structured resource designed to help medical students develop the language skills needed to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients. This textbook integrates medical Spanish into clinical practice, focusing on essential vocabulary, grammar, and cultural considerations across medical specialties.
Organized into nine systems-based chapters, Hablamos Vida provides structured lessons with dialogues, cultural insights, vocabulary, grammar, clinical communication, and practice activities. Its progressive format supports learners at different proficiency levels, gradually transitioning from English-supported explanations to full Spanish-language immersion.
With an emphasis on real-world application, this textbook helps students build confidence in patient interactions while reinforcing key medical concepts. Hablamos Vida is an essential tool for medical students seeking to provide linguistically and culturally informed care to Spanish-speaking patients.
Dr. Alexandra Lopez Vera is an Assistant Professor of Medical Education and the Director of the Vida Medical Spanish program at the California University of Science and Medicine. She has developed a comprehensive curriculum that equips future physicians with the language skills and cultural competence necessary to provide patient-centered care to Spanish-speaking communities. Dr. Lopez Vera holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Languages with an emphasis on Applied Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master of Public Health from Claremont Graduate University, where she is also pursuing a Doctor of Public Health. Her work focuses on improving healthcare outcomes for underserved populations through health advocacy, with an emphasis on linguistic and racial concordance.
Hablamos Vida: Medical Spanish for Student Doctors is a practical, structured resource designed to help medical students develop the language skills needed to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients. This textbook integrates medical Spanish into clinical practice, focusing on essential vocabulary, grammar, and cultural considerations across medical specialties.
Organized into nine systems-based chapters, Hablamos Vida provides structured lessons with dialogues, cultural insights, vocabulary, grammar, clinical communication, and practice activities. Its progressive format supports learners at different proficiency levels, gradually transitioning from English-supported explanations to full Spanish-language immersion.
With an emphasis on real-world application, this textbook helps students build confidence in patient interactions while reinforcing key medical concepts. Hablamos Vida is an essential tool for medical students seeking to provide linguistically and culturally informed care to Spanish-speaking patients.
Dr. Alexandra Lopez Vera is an Assistant Professor of Medical Education and the Director of the Vida Medical Spanish program at the California University of Science and Medicine. She has developed a comprehensive curriculum that equips future physicians with the language skills and cultural competence necessary to provide patient-centered care to Spanish-speaking communities. Dr. Lopez Vera holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Languages with an emphasis on Applied Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master of Public Health from Claremont Graduate University, where she is also pursuing a Doctor of Public Health. Her work focuses on improving healthcare outcomes for underserved populations through health advocacy, with an emphasis on linguistic and racial concordance.