What is a good resource for learning medical Spanish?

Hello allnurses team!


I am currently located in a hospital with a large Spanish speaking population. I have been getting by on some of my rudimentary Spanish but need some more skills.

Is there a book, CD, program that any of you could recommend? I have looked on Amazon (too few reviews). Rosetta Stone is very expensive and does not focus on medical terms. If anyone has had a great medical Spanish textbook, that would also work.

I am looking for things like asking about patient history, medical terms, ROS etc.


Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Gracias todos!

Ifnotnowwhen
I had started this, but then got distracted, so I can't comment on it much, but they have an online version and it is medical spanish specific. http://yalepress.yale.edu/salud/

For my class we use Spanish for Healthcare by Patricia Rush/ Patricia Houston 2nd edition. The textbook works great for me as well as the online portion we have. It starts with the basics- Numbers, letters. Then moves on to getting history then to actual conditions/ procedures. I also reccomend a spanish dictionary/ verb book for conjugating verbs as it has a lot, but not everything. You can buy the paper book on amazon, etc. and purchase the online resources separately on the pearson site. Or just use the e-book that comes with the online resoures (exact same book, but I have both as I prefer not to read on the computer)

Thank you so much lili and oaktown. That Au Salud! looks like a great resource. Lily, I will be looking for your book at half.com as well as a book on verb conjugation.Thank you very much for your input.

They are pushing at work for us to learn some Spanish. I will be damned if I am going to under take the time and hassle to learn another language for people who come here and make no attempt to learn the language of their "adopted" country. It would be like me going to another country and demanding that everyone around me learn to speak English just so they could converse with me. I think that attitude smacks of entitlement mindedness.Let it rest on the shoulders of your facility to provide 24/7 interpreters to service their customer base, not the nursing staff. It's not my responsibility to do this for them, I think asking staff the learn a new language is just asking too much, it's not like it's a 2 hr mandatory education requirement.My free time is just that, free time for ME.

Quote from DeeAngelThey are pushing at work for us to learn some Spanish. I will be damned if I am going to under take the time and hassle to learn another language for people who come here and make no attempt to learn the language of their "adopted" country. It would be like me going to another country and demanding that everyone around me learn to speak English just so they could converse with me. I think that attitude smacks of entitlement mindedness.Let it rest on the shoulders of your facility to provide 24/7 interpreters to service their customer base, not the nursing staff. It's not my responsibility to do this for them, I think asking staff the learn a new language is just asking too much, it's not like it's a 2 hr mandatory education requirement.My free time is just that, free time for ME.

Quote from ifnotnowwhenhello allnurses team! i am currently located in a hospital with a large spanish speaking population. i have been getting by on some of my rudimentary spanish but need some more skills. is there a book, cd, program that any of you could recommend? i have looked on amazon (too few reviews). rosetta stone is very expensive and does not focus on medical terms. if anyone has had a great medical spanish textbook, that would also work. i am looking for things like asking about patient history, medical terms, ros etc. any input would be greatly appreciated. gracias todos! ifnotnowwhen

Quote from DeeAngelThey are pushing at work for us to learn some Spanish. I will be damned if I am going to under take the time and hassle to learn another language for people who come here and make no attempt to learn the language of their "adopted" country. It would be like me going to another country and demanding that everyone around me learn to speak English just so they could converse with me. I think that attitude smacks of entitlement mindedness.Let it rest on the shoulders of your facility to provide 24/7 interpreters to service their customer base, not the nursing staff. It's not my responsibility to do this for them, I think asking staff the learn a new language is just asking too much, it's not like it's a 2 hr mandatory education requirement.My free time is just that, free time for ME.

Quote from DeeAngelThey are pushing at work for us to learn some Spanish. I will be damned if I am going to under take the time and hassle to learn another language for people who come here and make no attempt to learn the language of their "adopted" country. It would be like me going to another country and demanding that everyone around me learn to speak English just so they could converse with me. I think that attitude smacks of entitlement mindedness.Let it rest on the shoulders of your facility to provide 24/7 interpreters to service their customer base, not the nursing staff. It's not my responsibility to do this for them, I think asking staff the learn a new language is just asking too much, it's not like it's a 2 hr mandatory education requirement.My free time is just that, free time for ME.

I know what you mean. Its pretty crazy..

I just posted on another thread. There's an app called Polyglot Medical Spanish you might find useful. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/poly...421199869?mt=8Just realized how old this thread is. Ah well.