Hi,I work in a hospital that has many Spanish speaking pts. Does anyone know the best way to learn Spanish? I don't need to master the whole Spanish language...I just need to be able to communicate with my pts while caring for them. Does anyone know any books or audio CDs that are useful for medical professions to use? Thank you! 0 Likes
AtomicWoman Mar 1, 2009 There's a medical Spanish book in the Incredibly Easy series:http://www.amazon.com/Medical-Spanish-Made-Incredibly-Easy/dp/0781789419/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235916996&sr=1-6Also, here's the more general Amazon search. See which books are most highly-rated:http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_0_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=medical+spanish&x=0&y=0&sprefix=medical+spanBe sure to check Youtube to see if anyone has put up any videos about Medical Spanish.Good luck! 0 Likes
featherz17 Mar 1, 2009 I'm going to use Rosetta Stone to try and learn. I've heard nothing but positive feedback on there language learning programs.http://www.rosettastone.com/ 0 Likes
fiveofpeep Specializes in critical care, PACU. Has 2 years experience. Mar 1, 2009 Does anyone know about a program that certifies you at the end. I'd like to learn medical spanish but want a legit company to put on my resume. 0 Likes
mommyof2Tees Mar 1, 2009 Try checking into the Adult Education courses at your local community college. Our college offers a spanish course for healthcare proffessionals. It is considererd an Adult Education course. 0 Likes
Freedom42 Mar 1, 2009 Yale University Press publishes a good book on Spanish for health care workers. It comes with a CD to help you with pronounciation:http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Spanish-Health-Care-Workers/dp/0300097158 0 Likes
cursedandblessed Mar 1, 2009 This is the one that I had, ¿Que Paso?: An English-Spanish Guide for Medical Personnel (Spanish Edition) by Martin P. Kantrowitz, but I gave it to my brother when he moved to LA for his residency. 0 Likes
mshultz Mar 4, 2009 What if you start watching Univision? The captions are also in Spanish, if you enable them. 0 Likes
fiveofpeep Specializes in critical care, PACU. Has 2 years experience. Mar 4, 2009 What if you start watching Univision? The captions are also in Spanish, if you enable them.If that is a joke... you're funny 0 Likes
9livesRN, BSN, RN Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine. Has 2 years experience. Mar 5, 2009 just come to florida or cali! 0 Likes
exnavygirl-RN Mar 5, 2009 I homeschool and we use Rosetta Stone. We also use this http://www.livemocha.com/ It's FREE!!! Hope this helps. 0 Likes
Oorah Mar 5, 2009 A +1 for using Rosetta Stone. All others pale in comparison. Books are useless, drill based junk 99% of the time. I learned Arabic with Rosetta Stone in about 6 months. So I'm pretty sure you can learn something as easy as Spanish with it. OR.... make some mexican friends. I learned alot of Espanol from all of the mexican, and a few south american Marines I worked with. Most are very friendly, accomodating, hard working, and kind people. 0 Likes
yoginurse2b Mar 5, 2009 just come to florida or cali!I would love to go to Florida...for vacation! And I'm already in Cali. 0 Likes