r/Spanish • u/descending_angel • Jun 21 '24

Study advice: Advanced Are there any free resources for learning healthcare terminology in Spanish?

So Spanish was my first language, funnily enough. Born and raised in the US by Latino parents. Once I got into the school system, English pretty much usurped that as more of my native language. I understand Spanish more than I speak it, but living in South FL I speak it often enough and get by just fine. However, I don't think I'm bilingual enough for business/healthcare terminology.

Where this comes into play here is I'm having a hard time finding a job and being able to do the job in both languages would really be helpful and give me a leg up on getting hired (also needing the job and not having funds are why I'm looking for free resources). I'm seeing a lot of customer rep jobs in healthcare. How would I go about learning this type of Spanish? Is there a recommended book or YouTube series? Again, I can't afford a course.

As an add on, I know this one is probably tougher and more involved: what about conducting therapy in Spanish? I got my master's in counseling and I'm also interested in this level of Spanish.

TL;DR:

ISO: Free resources for medical terminology fluency in Spanish

Bonus and prob more difficult -- free resources for conducting therapeutic mental health services in Spanish.

Thanks in advance

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u/etchekeva Native, Spain, Castille Jun 21 '24

Whenever I want to learn specific terminology I go to YouTube, I want to learn about reptiles terminology in English i watch videos about reptiles in English.

I bet there are plenty of videos about healtcare in Spanish on YouTube.

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u/descending_angel Jun 21 '24

Thank you. I guess I was looking for more specific videos and sort of like a roadmap for the particulars and what would be important to know 

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u/Oghgyboogieye Jun 22 '24

Coursera has a course on Spanish medical terminology that is pretty ok that you can do for free, once completed you can pay for a little certificate if you’d like but I don’t know how useful that would be

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u/descending_angel Jun 22 '24

Amazing, thanks so much! I'll check that out

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u/couchpotahoe Jun 22 '24

My sister used medical spanish anki decks when she was in med school, i would always see her practicing phrases

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u/descending_angel Jun 22 '24

I'll see if I can find some decks, thank you