Join Luis and me as we practice genitourinary symptoms in Spanish. Learn symptoms related to menstruation, menopause, UTIs, kidney stones, and BPH. In the next lesson, we will use all this vocabulary to ask questions related to genitourinary conditions in Spanish. LEVEL – INTERMEDIATE Member at docmolly.com? Access this lesson within our History and Exam course to download the PDF, take the Quiz, and mark it complete. Master Medical Spanish With Us! Become a member and get access to ALL our Medi...
Jul 05, 2024•13 min
In this lesson, Elizabet Cortez from Español Sin Límite , and I discuss Harm Reduction in Spanish. According to the National Institutes of Health, harm reduction is defined as interventions aimed to help people avoid the negative effects of drug use, namely infections and overdose. It also allows us to meet people where they are with kindness and respect. We discuss a recent Radio Ambulante episode, Sala de Consumo , which tells the story of two organizations in Mexico that use a harm reduction ...
Jun 09, 2024•13 min
In today’s lesson, we will learn Spanish to perform a pelvic exam. This lesson is part of our updated series on Spanish for Gynecology . Originally published several years ago, I have refreshed each lesson in this series with the help of my Spanish teachers from Mexico and Costa Rica. You will hear the lovely voice of Daniela Galvis from Venezuela, who recorded most of the Spanish in these lessons. Daniela plays the role of the doctor in today’s dialogue. I will be dropping a new, updated lesson...
May 20, 2024•13 min
Listen to the clinical presentation of a seizure in Spanish. A patient presents to the ER with his wife after a seizure. Since he remains post-ictal, his wife provides the history. Joining me from Venezuela, Luis Almeida plays the doctor, and Daniela Galviz plays the wife. After listening to the clinical encounter, we will review the key verbs and vocabulary related to seizures. Do you like the podcast? Please leave us a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. This helps us reach more people...
Apr 16, 2024•12 min
Join Luis and me as we practice neurological symptoms in Spanish. We will learn helpful vocabulary for discussing headaches, strokes, head trauma, seizures, and more. In the next member lesson, we will use this vocabulary in questions. Watch the video version of this lesson on YouTube . Member at docmolly.com? Access this lesson within our History and Exam course to download the PDF, take the Quiz, and mark it complete. Master Medical Spanish With Us! Become a member and get access to ALL our Me...
Mar 30, 2024•18 min
In this lesson, we will learn to ask about tobacco use in Spanish. You will hear a brief clinical dialogue where the doctor asks the patient if they smoke, when they quit, for how long they smoked, and how much they smoked per day. After listening to the dialogue, we will review the vocabulary before learning the questions and responses in Spanish. We will also learn to ask if the patient chews or vapes tobacco. This is the first in a series of lessons covering substance use disorders, TRASTORNO...
Mar 13, 2024•13 min
Welcome to the first lesson in our series on Newborn Hearing Screening in Spanish! This series was requested by one of our listeners, Hyun from Maryland. Hyun is a newborn hearing technician who wants to learn phrases in Spanish for a newborn hearing screening. Even if you never plan to perform a newborn hearing screening, I promise you will learn helpful vocabulary and phrases for your clinical practice. In this series of 3 lessons, We will learn how to ask about childhood hearing loss on eithe...
Feb 24, 2024•15 min
Join Luis and me as we review gastrointestinal symptoms in Spanish. After the vocab review, we will practice some questions related to upper GI tract symptoms. In the next member lesson, we will complete our gastrointestinal review of systems in Spanish. Watch the video version of this lesson on YouTube . Member at docmolly.com? Access full show notes, the PDF, and the Quizlet set for this lesson . Master Medical Spanish With Us! Become a member and get access to ALL our Medical Spanish lessons!...
Feb 02, 2024•23 min
In this lesson, we learn how to discuss contraindications to thrombolytics in Spanish. To assemble this lesson, I used a list of contraindications in the stroke chapter of my favorite medical education resource, MKSAP 19 . Luis Almeida joins us from Venezuela to help us with the Spanish for this lesson. A video version of this lesson with subtitles is on YouTube . Check out our Shorts, where I share helpful tips. Member? Access full show notes, the Quizlet set, and the PDF for this lesson within...
Jan 14, 2024•20 min
Learn Spanish for discussing a DNR order and a more palliative approach to care. We are revisiting a dialogue from the Palliative Care module in our Spanish for Primary Care course. A doctor discusses code status with the daughter of a patient admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. In the first half of this dialogue, the doctor explained CPR. In the second half, the doctor explains that when a person is in a fragile state of health, cardiopulmonary resuscitation often fails to achieve the desi...
Sep 19, 2023•15 min
Learn to discuss CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in Spanish with the family of a patient with advanced dementia. Next week, we will begin a series of lessons based on 4 scenarios where a patient suffers an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In this series, we will learn how to explain the results of CPR, the condition of the patient, and the next steps in their care in Spanish. To introduce this series, we are revisiting a dialogue from our Palliative Care series, in which a doctor explains CPR...
Sep 14, 2023•19 min
Today's lesson introduces our series covering Spanish for the NIH Stroke Scale . In today’s lesson, you will hear a patient present to the ER after the sudden onset of right leg weakness and the first portion of the NIH Stroke Scale exam in Spanish. In the premium lessons, we will complete the review of today's dialogue and the rest of the NIH Stroke Scale exam. >> Member? Access the Stroke Module in our Spanish for Emergencies course. (Free Membership offer expired.) >> Become a mem...
Aug 18, 2023•12 min
Welcome to another episode covering Spanish when evaluating a patient with stroke symptoms. In this lesson, we will review some key questions when gathering a history from a patient presenting with stroke symptoms. You will hear a clinical dialogue recorded with my Spanish teacher from Mexico, Gloria Becerril , where a daughter brings her mother to the ER after finding her unable to talk and weak on one side. After listening to the clinical dialogue, we will practice phrases and questions relate...
Jul 26, 2023•12 min
This lesson kicks off the Stroke Module in our Spanish for Emergencies course! Practice vocabulary and questions related to the symptoms of a stroke in Spanish. Vocabulario 1:06 First, we will practice vocabulary related to stroke symptoms. Then we will use this vocabulary in questions. TENER 3:21 Practice using the verb TENER to ask if the patient has any stroke symptoms. ¿Tiene [síntoma]? NOTAR 5:20 Practice using the verb NOTAR to ask if the patient has noticed any stroke symptoms. ¿Ha notado...
Jul 16, 2023•13 min
You are about to hear a lesson from our History and Exam Course . This course covers all the necessary Spanish for performing a complete history and exam. The course level is beginner to intermediate, and all the lessons are interactive. In this lesson, we will learn how to ask the patient's chief complaint in Spanish. LEVEL - ADVANCED BEGINNER Timestamps 1:07 What's wrong? 2:27 How do you feel? What do you feel? 3:38 How are you? 4:21 Point to the problem? Watch the video and access the full tr...
Jul 03, 2023•8 min
In honor of Pride Month, I'm republishing a special conversation I had with my amazing friend and teacher, Gloria Becerril. We discuss gender identity, sexuality, and how to use gender-inclusive language in Spanish. Esperamos que lo disfrutes. Mentioned in the show La Comunidad , an online Spanish learning forum founded by Nacho Caballero You can find "Las Cigarras Espaciales" podcast @cigarrasespaciales Identidad de Género , an incredible resource created by Planned Parenthood Free Quizlet Set ...
Jun 11, 2023•30 min
In this introductory lesson to our series on Chagas disease, we present a clinical dialogue where a healthcare provider recommends screening for the disease, and the subsequent follow-up conversation that takes place after the patient tests positive for Chagas disease. This clinical dialogue was adapted from a dialogue I received in English, from a researcher named Maddie Dauphinais. Maddie works with a team of researchers and clinicians from Boston University and Boston Medical Center called IN...
May 27, 2023•18 min
Welcome to the first of three lessons covering Spanish for procedural sedation . In this lesson, we'll cover vocabulary for conscious sedation, the use of sedatives and analgesics, how to ask about prior anesthesia, and how to explain an IV. Joining me for this lesson is my Spanish teacher from Guatemala, Elizabeth Cortez Cox . To continue your Spanish language journey and get access to the next two lessons, become a member . Your support will help us continue to provide high-quality medical Spa...
Apr 19, 2023•13 min
I am back with Rory Foster for an interactive lesson focused on discussing injuries in Spanish. This lesson builds upon one of Rory's lessons at Common Ground International . In this lesson, we practice talking about bruises, cuts, ruptures, breaks, tears, and sprains. We will first present a verb, a noun, and an adjective that all share the same root. Then, we will use this vocabulary in phrases as we discuss these different types of injuries. A big shout out to La Comunidad 's teachers, Nelly ...
Mar 23, 2023•20 min
In today's episode, I interview Rory Foster of Common Ground International about their Medical Spanish Courses and Medical Spanish Immersion Trips to Latin America . Common Ground International is an excellent resource for learning medical Spanish. They offer courses from beginner to advanced and Medical Spanish Immersion Trips to Ecuador and Costa Rica. Their Spanish Immersion Programs are for all levels and include: Spanish immersion classes Volunteer programs in the community Homestays with l...
Mar 15, 2023•13 min
In this lesson, we explore verbs with the body and learn when to use the pronominal (reflexive) vs the non-pronominal form of the verb. While working on our latest series covering common orthopedic injuries in Spanish , I noticed how the verb to say, "I injured my knee," is pronominal: "Me lesioné la rodilla." Whereas the verb to say, "I bent my knee," is not: "Doblé la rodilla." So why is that? We learn this and more in this audio lesson. It’s a tricky subject, so I will try to make it clear th...
Feb 22, 2023•12 min
Listen to an excerpt from our latest member lesson covering questions for a patient who injured their knee while skiing. Sign up for our free membership to access our latest member lesson, download the PDF, take the quiz, and join our Quizlet Class! Lesión de rodilla 02:13 Lesionar, herir To injure ¿Cómo se lesionó la rodilla? How did you injure your knee? To express an action that occurs on one’s own body (e.g., breaking a bone, injuring a joint, washing one’s hands), we use a reflexive verb wi...
Feb 04, 2023•7 min
This is a reboot of a lesson from our archives, which I found particularly helpful. I hope you do too! María Laura Mecías joined me from Elebaires Spanish school to answer your questions regarding the clinical dialogue Atrial Fibrillation in Spanish . We talk about expressing the sensation of palpitations, shortness of breath and dizziness in Spanish, and more. Heart Rate and Rhythm M: ¿Cómo se dice el número de latidos del corazón por minuto? L: Nosotros le decimos el ritmo cardíaco. Ritmo card...
Jan 24, 2023•18 min
In this lesson, we practice expressing the following in Spanish: Getting a viral illness Passing a viral illness to someone else A positive test result Being contagious Many thanks to my Spanish teachers, Gloria from Mexico and Elizabet from Guatemala, for their help on this lesson! >> Take classes with Gloria and Elizabet, Members! Take the Quiz, download the PDF , and ask questions for this lesson in our Spanish for Infections Course. Common Viral Illnesses 1:26 el virus respiratorio sin...
Dec 16, 2022•15 min
This free lesson is taken from our recently published member lesson, introducing a new module in our Spanish for Emergencies Course , covering W ound Care. If a patient presented to the ER with a deep laceration sustained at work, could you do the following in Spanish? Ask the patient how they acquired their wound Discuss tetanus prophylaxis Explain in Spanish as you clean, numb and suture the wound Recommend wound care for home Discuss the evaluation for foreign bodies in the wound Recommend re...
Nov 24, 2022•17 min
Practice questions for EMS when they arrive at the ER with a patient involved in a motor vehicle accident. This lesson is based on a list of phrases and questions put together by one of our members, an ER provider named Laila Powers. ¡Muchas gracias a Laila! And special thanks to my Spanish teacher from Mexico, Gloria Becerril, who helped me translate and record all the questions in this lesson. LEVEL - INTERMEDIATE Sign up for our Spanish for Emergencies course! Become a Premium Medical Spanish...
Nov 04, 2022•10 min
In this lesson, you will hear an EMT respond at the scene of a car accident. Listen as he evaluates the patient's neurological function and looks for signs of injury. See if you can pick out the verb "to press" while he examines the patient for injury. We will review this at the end. LEVEL - INTERMEDIATE Sign up for our Spanish for Emergencies Course ! Become a Premium Medical Spanish member with access to all our lessons and courses! Take the Quiz for this lesson and get a discount on your memb...
Sep 23, 2022•5 min
This lesson introduces the Mental Health Emergencies module of our Spanish for Emergencies course. The dialogue you are about to hear is between a psychologist (played by Eliza) and a 27 year old woman (played by myself) brought to the ER by the police due to family’s concern that she intended to harm herself. Her medical history is unremarkable. No acute medical illnesses were found. Her utox and pregnancy tests were negative. The psychologist must determine whether she is actively suicidal, an...
Jul 25, 2022•10 min
What you are about to hear is an excerpt from the third member lesson in the ER Triage module of our Spanish for Emergencies Course . In this lesson, we practice describing the state of being under the influence of a substance. Want to learn more? Become a member! LEVEL - INTERMEDIATE Bajo los efectos 1:00 bajo los efectos under the influence ¿Está bajo los efectos de … ¿Is she under the influence of… … alguna sustancia? … a substance? … alguna droga (ilícita)? … an illicit drug? DROGA is usuall...
Jun 04, 2022•6 min
What you are about to hear is an excerpt from the second member lesson in the ER Triage module of our Spanish for Emergencies course. In this lesson, we practice questions for a potential poisoning. LEVEL - INTERMEDIATE Become a member ! Misma pregunta para usted, ella o él 0:43 USTED, ELLA, y ÉL share the same conjugation of the verb. Therefore… ¿Ingirió algo? = Did you ingest something? = Did s/he ingest something? USTED, ELLA, y ÉL also share the same indirect object pronoun, LE. Therefore… ¿...
May 19, 2022•10 min
