Misión del Programa/Program Mission
El programa de Español Médico Aplicado fue desarrollado en Agosto del 2007 por una estudiante de Medicina de CWRU, Jessica Galarraga, para aumentar el número de médicos graduados de la Escuela de Medicina de CWRU que puedan comunicarse eficientemente con los pacientes de habla hispana. La misión del programa es reducir las disparidades de la salud que enfrentan los pacientes Hispano-Americanos reduciendo uno de sus principales contribuyentes: la barrera linguística Ingles-Español. El programa está diseñado para fortalezer las habilidades de los estudiantes de medicina para comunicarce en español en los asuntos de salud, manteniendo sensibilidad intercultural en la comunicación, y para proporcionar una experiencia clínica de inmersión en español que les prepare para comunicarse competemente con pacientes de habla hispana. El programa está estructurado en tres componentes que se han integrado en los cuatro años de la educación médica:
- Electivos Tipo A
- Entrevistas simuladas del paciente en español
- Rotaciones clínicas en un medio ambiente de habla hispana
The Applied Medical Spanish Program was developed in August 2007 by a CWRU medical student, Jessica Galarraga, to increase the number of physicians graduating from the CWRU School of Medicine who are able to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients. The mission of the Applied Medical Spanish program is to reduce the health disparities faced by Hispanic-Americans by reducing one of its leading contributing factors: the English-Spanish language barrier. The program is designed to strengthen our medical students’ skills in medical Spanish and intercultural communication, and to provide a clinical Spanish-immersion experience that will prepare them to communicate competently with their Spanish-speaking patients. The program has been structured into three components that have been integrated into the four years of medical education:
- Type A electives
- Simulated Patient Interviews in Spanish
- Clinical Rotations in a Spanish-speaking setting
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HIGHLIGHTS
 "It has long been a goal of mine to improve my Medical Spanish skills so that I can attend my Spanish-speaking patients with the equal quality of care as my English-speaking patients. It was truly inspiring to discover that so many of my colleagues shared the same aspiration. It is my hope that this program will help bridge the health disparities faced by the Latino community with one Spanish-speaking physician graduate at a time."
-Jessica Galarraga, MPH
Founder of AMSP
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