This medical Spanish lesson focuses on talking about fall prevention in Spanish, both at home and at the hospital. We share some vocabulary and phrases to talk about the most
Fall Prevention in Spanish – Useful Vocabulary To Learn Read More »
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on Active Listening, Empathizing & Summarizing Patient Complaints in Spanish. You’re going to learn useful phrases and vocabulary for showing understanding and managing difficult
Active Listening, Empathizing & Summarizing Patient Complaints in Spanish Read More »
Diabetes is obviously a common topic in the clinic, but how do your conversations go in Spanish? Do you ever wonder what is the best way to say things like
How to Discuss Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes in Spanish Read More »
OPQRST is a great acronym for understanding the history of the problem – but it requires some special vocabulary and grammar to take an HPI in Spanish. Learn how
OPQRST in Spanish – Questions to understand the history of the problem – HPI in Spanish Read More »
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on 20 Medical Spanish Word Associations that make it easier to remember and use them with your Spanish speaking patients. Here is the 20 Medical
20 Medical Spanish Words and Memory Tricks to remember them Read More »
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on how to talk about pain in Spanish and understanding the different words to describe it when talking with your Spanish speaking patients. Here
How to Talk About Pain in Spanish: Dolor, Duele, Adolorido Read More »
This medical Spanish lesson focuses on talking about the 10 common Medical Spanish mistakes. They are mistakes that many people make, but you can avoid just by thinking about them
10 Common Medical Spanish Mistakes Read More »
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on looking at the anxiety and embarrassment that male latino patients have when they are coming into the clinic and their provider is a woman.
Cultural Tips for Women Providers Working with Male Latino Patients Read More »
Let’s Talk About El Día de los Tres Reyes Magos! What is the connection between los Tres Reyes Magos and the 12 days of Christmas? Have you ever wondered why
Los Reyes Magos – History, Lesson Plan & Activities Read More »
It’s taken me some time to work up the courage to write this post on penis in Spanish. I’m an internal processor, and I’m always catching my wife by surprise
How to Say Penis in Spanish Without Scaring or Offending Anyone Read More »
Doing business with Latinos in another country or first-generation Latino businesses here in the States? Let’s talk about business and Latino culture: See if this scenario rings a bell: You
Re: Still waiting for your reply…business and Latino culture Read More »
Overarching ideas in Latino culture Whether or not you do business internationally, chances are you work with Latinos in some capacity, be they clients, employees, or colleagues, and therefore deal
From Personalismo to Confianza: Building relationships and Latino Culture Read More »
Cultural Values: Working with Latinos When we talked about agreeableness in the medical setting, we saw how the “cultural taboo against expressing negative feelings directly” translated into misunderstandings and ultimately,
Latino customer relations & loyalty Read More »
Working with Latinos: Understanding Culture and High-Risk Industries Although workplace safety requirements are generally far more comprehensive in the U.S. than in Latin America, accidents still happen in high-risk industries
Working with Latinos: Workplace Safety Read More »
Latino Culture- Personalismo Last week we explored the cultural basis of latino agreeableness and its effects in the medical setting. We mentioned that the rate of patient compliance can be
Personalismo – What’s your approach? Read More »
Understanding Latino Culture: Agreeableness As with the cleaning staff manager we wrote about a few weeks ago, the topic of agreeableness comes up a lot with our Medical Spanish students
Latino Culture and Agreeableness in a Medical Setting Read More »
U.S. Latino, Chicano, Hispanic? Latinos are the second largest ethnic group in the United States, and about 61% of U.S. Latinos were foreign-born. This means that as of last year,
U.S Latinos: Where does communication break down? Read More »
Cross-Cultural Communication with Latinos Having interacted with people of many other cultures, we’ve seen that often the true stumbling block in relating to people of another culture isn’t just lack
Cross-cultural communication – Where to Start? Read More »
