Medical terms in Spanish

[nurse4theplanet]

I live in the south where we have a large spanish speaking population. They offer spanish here in the highschools and at my college, but not necessarily 'spanish for medical professionals' . I really want to learn it in the context that I can use in the hospital setting with my patients. Can anyone recommend an online course or any books or tapes (preferably) that they are/have used that will help me?:typing

[Bipley]

thanks so much for the gesture, but i think i will pass... I am in the process of moving, going thru finals, my hubby is returning home from a yr overseas...really really hectic schedule and my house is a horrid pile of boxes and nursing books. I am too afraid that I will lose it or damage it and I don't want to ruin your only copy. But if you could give me the exact title then i will do a search and just buy it:p

I can go to the site where I found out about it and get you a specific link. I'll try to get it for you tonight.

[SmilingBluEyes]

also once you learn, you have to PRACTICE to be any good. My best advice is to take the conversational course and PRACTICE with Spanish-speakers of all sorts....from Mexico, Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and areas of South and Central America. You learn a lot of regional differences that way. It's huge.

[RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN]

Great advice. My opinion would be to take a conversational course as well, because it won't do you much if you learn the terminology and can't use it in a proper sentence.

Good luck

[nurse4theplanet, RN]

you all have convinced me to take the conversational spanish at my cc...now just got to find time to add it in to my schedule...listening to tapes is one thing, but taking tests and doing a speech in FL class is another haha

i guess i was turned off by the initial idea b/c i took french in hs and did not learn a lick, nor do i remember anything now...but there are not many french speaking people just walking around now are there? Spanish on the other hand is a different story! how silly i can be sometimes...

[SmilingBluEyes]

High school classes are a wee bit different than college ones. And as to retention? If you don't use it you will LOSE it; simple as that. It's not the course that matters then, but your taking the opportunity to use it.

[TravelNurse4Life]

A good way of really getting some practice is to actually speak with another person. If you ask maybe a friend who already speak, thats a great way of practicing. Bring translation book of Medical Spanish. Once you start speaking and hearing the words, it will def. come along in your studies. I personally went to a program abroad, which i was forced to speak, so that helped lot, plus having Medical Spanish class on top of that, really made a difference in my studies. Good luck!