Overcoming the language barrier: a novel curriculum for training medical students as volunteer medical interpreters
Abstract Background Over 41 million people in the United States speak Spanish as their primary language, of which 16 million have limited English proficiency (LEP). It is well-established that language barriers contribute to health disparities and that the use of ad-hoc interpretation by untrained f...
Main Authors: | Erik S Carlson, Tatiana M Barriga, Dale Lobo, Guadalupe Garcia, Dayana Sanchez, Matthew Fitz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-01-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Education |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-03081-0 |
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