1,072
Views
27
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Applied Research

Medical Spanish Programs in the United States: A Critical Review of Published Studies and a Proposal of Best Practices

&
Pages 306-311 | Published online: 10 Oct 2013

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (6)

John D. Cowden, Francisco J. Martinez, Jodi J. Dickmeyer & Denise Bratcher. (2023) Culture and language coaching for bilingual residents: the first 10 years of the CHiCoS model. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 35:5, pages 589-600.
Read now
Karol Hardin, Roberto S. Hernandez, Tiffany M. Shin & Pilar Ortega. (2023) Medical Student Perceptions of Sociocultural Issues in Healthcare: A Multisite Study of Medical Spanish Education. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 0:0, pages 1-12.
Read now
Matthew D. Coss. (2023) The Case for a True Task-Based Curriculum for Medical Spanish Courses. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 35:2, pages 224-239.
Read now
Pilar Ortega, Karol Hardin, Cristina Pérez-Cordón, Anderson O. Cox, Kyle C. Kim, Daniel Truesdale, Rocío Chang, Glenn A. Martínez, Alyssia M. Miller De Rutté, Carmen Pérez-Muñoz, Leticia Rolón & Tiffany M. Shin. (2022) An Overview of Online Resources for Medical Spanish Education for Effective Communication with Spanish-Speaking Patients. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 34:5, pages 481-493.
Read now
Mansha Mirza & Elizabeth Adare Harrison. (2018) Working With Clients With Limited English Proficiency: Mapping Language Access in Occupational Therapy. Occupational Therapy In Health Care 32:2, pages 105-123.
Read now
Avik Chatterjee, Li Qin, María de la Paz García & Jaideep S. Talwalkar. (2015) Improving linguistic and cultural competence in the health sector: a medical Spanish curriculum for resident physicians. Journal of Spanish Language Teaching 2:1, pages 36-50.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (21)

Pilar Ortega, Edgar Figueroa, José E. Rodríguez & Débora Silva. 2024. Latino, Hispanic, or of Spanish Origin+ Identified Student Leaders in Medicine. Latino, Hispanic, or of Spanish Origin+ Identified Student Leaders in Medicine 189 198 .
Alyssia M. Miller De Rutté, Isabel María Kentengian, María E. Pérez & Pilar Ortega. (2023) The current state of undergraduate medical Spanish: Results of a national survey. Foreign Language Annals.
Crossref
Alexandra Lopez Vera. (2023) Enhancing Medical Spanish Education and Proficiency to Bridge Healthcare Disparities: A Comprehensive Assessment and Call to Action. Cureus.
Crossref
Marta Noa Valcarcel-Ares, Sara Hamdi Abdulrhim, Karli Anders, Raja Mahamade Ali, Banan Abdulrzaq Mukhalalati & Fatima Mraiche. (2023) Integrating Language Instruction into Pharmacy Education: Spanish and Arabic Languages as Examples. International Medical Education 2:3, pages 175-187.
Crossref
Pilar Ortega, Rafael Cisneros & Yoon Soo Park. (2023) Spanish medical jargon: A new metric for improving patient-centered communication with Spanish-speaking patients. Patient Education and Counseling 109, pages 107644.
Crossref
Carly Timmons McKenzie & Ana Ospina. (2022) Effects of a dental Spanish educational intervention among predoctoral students at a US dental school. Journal of Dental Education 87:3, pages 343-350.
Crossref
Raquel G. Hernandez, Kenji Tanaka, Katie McPeak & Darcy A. Thompson. (2022) Resident Training Experiences Providing Spanish-Language Concordant Care: Implications for Growing Health Equity Efforts Within Graduate Medical Education. Clinical Pediatrics 61:4, pages 352-361.
Crossref
Pilar Ortega, Tiffany M. Shin, Nicolás O. Francone, Maria Paola Santos, Jorge A. Girotti, Nielufar Varjavand & Yoon Soo Park. (2021) Student and Faculty Diversity is Insufficient to Ensure High-Quality Medical Spanish Education in US Medical Schools. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 23:5, pages 1105-1109.
Crossref
Pilar Ortega, Nicolás O. Francone, María Paola Santos, Jorge A. Girotti, Tiffany M. Shin, Nielufar Varjavand & Yoon Soo Park. (2021) Medical Spanish in US Medical Schools: a National Survey to Examine Existing Programs. Journal of General Internal Medicine 36:9, pages 2724-2730.
Crossref
Tiffany M. Shin, Karol Hardin, Dennis Johnston, Evan Rajadhyaksha, Lisa C. Diamond, Rocío Chang, Glenn A. Martínez & Pilar Ortega. (2021) Scoping Review of Textbooks for Medical Spanish Education. Medical Science Educator 31:4, pages 1519-1527.
Crossref
Taylor A. Vega, Alec G. Contag, Erin Urbanowicz, Anthony Sanchez, Juan Carlos Martinez, Amy Garcia & Alex Ortega-Loayza. (2021) Introductory Medical Spanish Elective: Creating and Evaluating a Case-Based Course Compatible with an 18-Month Pre-Clinical Medical Curriculum. Medical Science Educator 31:2, pages 495-502.
Crossref
Glenn A. Martinez, José A. Parés-Avila, Margaret Graham, Leah Stauber, Laura Szalacha & Usha Menon. (2021) Communicating and Coaching in Spanish for Chronic Care. Journal of Nursing Education 60:1, pages 34-37.
Crossref
Joseph A. Pereira, Kari Hannibal, Jasmine Stecker, Jennifer Kasper, Jeffrey N. Katz & Rose L. Molina. (2020) Professional language use by alumni of the Harvard Medical School Medical Language Program. BMC Medical Education 20:1.
Crossref
Pilar Ortega, Tiffany M. Shin, Cristina Pérez-Cordón & Glenn A. Martínez. (2020) Virtual Medical Spanish Education at the Corazón of Hispanic/Latinx Health During COVID-19. Medical Science Educator 30:4, pages 1661-1666.
Crossref
Pilar Ortega & Josh Prada. (2020) Words matter: Translanguaging in medical communication skills training. Perspectives on Medical Education 9:4, pages 251-255.
Crossref
Désirée A. Lie, Sonia Nodal, Margarita de la Torre, Christopher P. Forest, Regina Richter-Lagha & Kevin Lohenry. (2020) Impact of a Longitudinal Medical Spanish Curriculum on Student Communication Skills. Journal of Physician Assistant Education 31:1, pages 23-27.
Crossref
Pilar OrtegaLisa DiamondMarco A. AlemánJaime Fatás-CabezaDalia MagañaValeria PazoNorma PérezJorge A. GirottiElena Ríos. (2020) Medical Spanish Standardization in U.S. Medical Schools: Consensus Statement From a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel. Academic Medicine 95:1, pages 22-31.
Crossref
Pilar OrtegaNorma PérezBrenda RoblesYumirle TurmelleDavid Acosta. (2019) Teaching Medical Spanish to Improve Population Health: Evidence for Incorporating Language Education and Assessment in U.S. Medical Schools. Health Equity 3:1, pages 557-566.
Crossref
Pilar Ortega. (2018) Spanish Language Concordance in U.S. Medical Care: A Multifaceted Challenge and Call to Action. Academic Medicine 93:9, pages 1276-1280.
Crossref
Evelyn Villarreal & Celia Pechak. (2017) Integrated Spanish Language Training. Journal of Physical Therapy Education 31:4, pages 20-28.
Crossref
Pilar Ortega, Yoon Soo Park & Jorge A. Girotti. (2017) Evaluation of a Medical Spanish Elective for Senior Medical Students: Improving Outcomes through OSCE Assessments. Medical Science Educator 27:2, pages 329-337.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.