Spanish and the Medical Interview
A Textbook for Clinically Relevant Medical Spanish
- 3rd Edition - March 25, 2027
- Latest edition
- Author: Pilar Ortega
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 3 3 3 0 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 3 3 3 1 - 3
Purchase options
• Designed to improve Spanish language skills in clinical settings - Fundamentals of better communication through Spanish grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, sample interview questions, and helpful interview techniques
• Beyond the basics, this book is specific to clinical interaction: patient interviews, history taking, and physical exams
• Structured learning organized and aligned to the flow of a medical interview making it easier to integrate into practice. Each chapter builds on the previous, reinforcing learning in a logical sequence. It also covers how to best use interpreters in clinical practice.
• Cultural Competence discussed as a crucial element of effective communication and building a rapport with patients to improve overall care.
• Practice exercises and self-assessment tools that mimic real-life clinical situations. A hands-on approach to help learners apply what they’ve studied in practical context.
• Print comes with eBook including videos of real-time physician-patient exchanges --with and without English and Spanish subtitles-- to help improve pronunciation and listening skills.
• Instructor resources on EVOLVE
• Expert Author and Champion for improving health care for Hispanics living in the US.
• Beyond the basics, this book is specific to clinical interaction: patient interviews, history taking, and physical exams
• Structured learning organized and aligned to the flow of a medical interview making it easier to integrate into practice. Each chapter builds on the previous, reinforcing learning in a logical sequence. It also covers how to best use interpreters in clinical practice.
• Cultural Competence discussed as a crucial element of effective communication and building a rapport with patients to improve overall care.
• Practice exercises and self-assessment tools that mimic real-life clinical situations. A hands-on approach to help learners apply what they’ve studied in practical context.
• Print comes with eBook including videos of real-time physician-patient exchanges --with and without English and Spanish subtitles-- to help improve pronunciation and listening skills.
• Instructor resources on EVOLVE
• Expert Author and Champion for improving health care for Hispanics living in the US.
US-based clinicians, trainees, and students
1. User Guide 2. ¡Bienvenidos! Welcome & Introduction 3. Cultural Diversity (new) 4. Musculoskeletal/dermatologic cases Case 1 - Knee pain Case 2 - Motor vehicle collision Case 3 – Rash 5. Cardiovascular cases Case 1 - Chest pain Case 2 - Fatigue Case 3 - Syncope Case 4 – Palpitations 6. Pulmonary cases Case 1 - Shortness of breath Case 2 - Cough Case 3 – Wheezing 7. Gastrointestinal cases Case 1 - Abdominal pain Case 2 - Rectal bleeding Case 3 – Diarrhea 8. Endocrine cases Case 1 - Fatigue Case 2 - Abdominal pain Case 3 - High blood sugar reading 9. Genitourinary cases Case 1 - Vomiting Case 2 - Flank pain Case 3 - Discharge Case 4 - Irregular menses 10. Neurologic cases Case 1 - Weakness Case 2 - Seizure Case 3 – Headache 11. Psychiatric cases Case 1 - Chest pain Case 2 - Depression Case 3 - Insomnia Case 4 – Hallucinations 12. Eye/ear/nose/throat cases Case 1 - Vertigo Case 2 - Epistaxis Case 3 - Blurry vision Case 4 - Throat pain 13. Pediatric cases Case 1 - Irritable infant Case 2 - Fever Case 3 – Vomiting 14. Disability (new) 15. Y Ahora, ¿qué? (And now, what?) Learner self-assessment & Next steps
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: March 25, 2027
- Language: English
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Pilar Ortega
Pilar Ortega, MD is a board-certified Emergency Physician and Assistant Professor at the U. Illinois at Chicago, where she directs the Medical Spanish program. She is Vice-President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education). Dr. Ortega is Co-founder and Chair for the Medical Organization for Latino Advancement (MOLA), a non-profit professional association whose goal is to increase the number of Hispanic and bilingual physicians and to improve the health of Hispanics in the U.S. Dr. Ortega is the director of the recently developed U.S. National Medical Spanish Taskforce—a group of interdisciplinary and inter-institutional leaders who are developing an evidence-based process for Medical Spanish standardization and language concordance research in medical settings. She is internationally recognized for her contributions on the topics of language concordance in health, linguistic competency assessment, and Medical Spanish education.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Hispanic Center of Excellence in Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Chicago, Illinois