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Medical Spanish Education Initiatives come in all shapes and sizes, and offer a unique  avenue for networking and collaboration both across and outside the United States. 

In our first episode of 2024, we chat with Dr. James Moak, an Associate Professor in the Departmet of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia, and the founder of the 'Spanish Grand Rounds' Seminar Series, a monthly zoom-based Grand Rounds initiative hosted by the University of Virginia Department of Emergency Medicine.

We learn about the structure and goal of these collaborative English-Spanish zoom sessions, and about Dr. Moak's own journey of learning and working with both of these languages. 

If you’re interested in contacting Dr. Moak to follow up on any questions and especially if you’re interested in participating in the monthly Grand Rounds en Español, please email [email protected]

You can find recordings of previous Grand Rounds on Dr. Moak's Youtube Page
https://www.youtube.com/@drjamesmoak/videos  

For more information on NAMS membership benefits, please visit https://www.namspanish.org/resources 
Remember that student memberships are free!

Hosted by: Sinibaldo Romero Arocha

Guests:  Dr. James Moak

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Through NAMS, we’re very lucky that we have a chance to connect with and learn from many of the programs and initiatives from across the United States that already work to teach students and professionals alike about the importance of language concordant care. 

For our last episode of 2023, we interview Dr. Rose Molina and Dr. Silvana Bonilla to learn about the Medical Language Program at Harvard Medical School. Through our conversation, they give us an overview of the history of medical language education and scope at HMS, highlight the work being done with Medical Spanish, and we also learn about their own personal journeys with spanish-language initiatives and related research. 

If you’re interested in learning more about the programs offered at Harvard Medical School, or are considering applying to their institution, please visit their website at https://meded.hms.harvard.edu/medical-languages 

For more information on NAMS membership benefits, please visit https://www.namspanish.org/resources 
Remember that student memberships are free! 

Hosted by: Sinibaldo Romero Arocha

Guests:  Dra. Rose Molina and Dra. Silvana Bonilla

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At NAMS, we are very lucky that we’re able to interview and learn from many of the key individuals who have worked to formalize Medical Spanish educational programs in a number of iterations across the United States, and we are even luckier that many of them are willing to share their life stories and teaching philosophies with us. 

In this episode, we interview Dr. Marco Aleman and Dra. Ana Bermudez, the leaders of CAMPOS, or Comprehensive Advanced Medical Program of Spanish, a case-based medical Spanish program at the University of North Carolina (UNC)  School of Medicine. Through this conversation, we learn about their unique medical Spanish program, the case-based learning model, and the importance of CAMPOS in the UNC community.

If you’re interested in learning more about the CAMPOS program or are considering applying, please visit their website at https://www.med.unc.edu/campos/

For more information on NAMS membership benefits, please visit https://www.namspanish.org/resources 
Remember that student memberships are free! 

Hosted by: Erin Albertini

Guests:  Dr. Marco Aleman and Dra. Ana Bermudez

Produced, Directed, and Edited by: Rafael Ramos

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Part 2 of our special collaborative and inspirational conversation between the leadership of NAMS (National Association for Medical Spanish) and MOLA (the Medical Organization for Latino Advancement), two robust organizations that advocate for the professional and health equity advancement of the Latinx/Hispanic population. We had a chance to sit down with MOLA President Óscar Iván Zambrano, as well as Phillip Sierra and Sabrina Martinez  from MOLA and Rafael Ramos from NAMS to discuss the upcoming collaborative VII Annual MOLA Latinx Health Symposium and IV NAMS Medical Spanish Summit. We reflect on the origins of these two successful organizations and their missions, and discuss at length the role of Spanish language and advancement at a societal level and our ability to shape the culture surrounding language in medicine. Thank you for listening and don't forget to register for the 2023 Summit! 

To sign up for the VII Annual MOLA Latinx Health Symposium please visit.
https://www.chicagomola.com/event/vii-annual-latinx-health-symposium/

For more information on MOLA membership benefits, please visit https://chicagomola.com/membership/
Remember that student memberships are free!


For more information on NAMS membership benefits, please visit https://www.namspanish.org/resources 
Remember that student memberships are free! 

Hosted by: Elise Edwards and Bahareh Sharafi

Guests: Phillip Sierra (MOLA), Óscar Iván Zambrano (MOLA), Sabrina Martinez (MOLA), Rafael Ramos (MOLA/NAMS)

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This special episode is a collaborative and inspirational conversation between the leadership of NAMS (National Association for Medical Spanish) and MOLA (the Medical Organization for Latino Advancement), two robust organizations that advocate for the professional and health equity advancement of the Latinx/Hispanic population. We had a chance to sit down with MOLA President Óscar Iván Zambrano, as well as Phillip Sierra and Sabrina Martinez  from MOLA and Rafael Ramos from NAMS to discuss the upcoming collaborative VII Annual MOLA Latinx Health Symposium and IV NAMS Medical Spanish Summit. We reflect on the origins of these two successful organizations and their missions, and discuss at length the role of Spanish language and advancement at a societal level and our ability to shape the culture surrounding language in medicine. Stay tuned for the second episode in this series, and don't forget to register for 2023 Summit! 

To sign up for the VII Annual MOLA Latinx Health Symposium please visit.
https://www.chicagomola.com/event/vii-annual-latinx-health-symposium/

For more information on MOLA membership benefits, please visit https://chicagomola.com/membership/
Remember that student memberships are free!


For more information on NAMS membership benefits, please visit https://www.namspanish.org/resources 
Remember that student memberships are free! 

Hosted by: Elise Edwards and Bahareh Sharafi

Guests: Phillip Sierra (MOLA), Óscar Iván Zambrano (MOLA), Sabrina Martinez (MOLA), Rafael Ramos (MOLA/NAMS)

Produced, Directed, and Edited by: Rafael Ramos

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Even though many of our initiatives are only a few years old, we owe a lot to the student leaders who took it upon themselves to find a niche for student-led initiatives, projects, and tools when the NAMS was first established.

In our fourth episode, we have the pleasure of chatting with la Dra. Michelle Disher and Dr. Alec Contag, the two founders of the Student Coalition when it was first developed in 2019.  They formalized many of our goals and community training sessions we've provided over the years, and la Dra. Disher worked closely with la Dra. Pilar Ortega to develop the toolkit that the NAMS Student Coalition uses to train on membership on the importance of Medical Spanish Ambassadorship and Language Concordant care.

They provided some fantastic insight on how and why they got involved in these initiatives as Medical Students, how Medical Spanish has followed them during their Residency and Fellowship training, and their thoughts on the importance and power of language concordant care.

Since finishing Medical School at Case Western Reserve University SOM, Dr. Disher completed her Residency at North Colorado Family Medicine and is a current Emergency Medicine Fellow at St. Anthony North Family Medicine. Likewise, Dr. Contag finished Medical School at Oregon Health & Science University and his Residency at Scripps Family Medicine in Chula Vista, and is a current Sports Medicine Fellow at UC San Diego. The thoughts and opinion expressed by both of these physicians in this podcast are thier own.
 
 For more information on NAMS membership benefits, please visit https://www.namspanish.org/resources and remember that student memberships are free!
 
  Hosted by: Rafael Ramos and Bahareh Sharafi
  Guest: Dr. Michelle Disher MD/MPH and Dr. Alec Gabriel Contag MD
 
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NAMS aims to formalize a plethora of projects to measure Spanish-language concordant care initiatives, and we’re very lucky that so many of the members of the NAMS National Board are happy and excited to share their work!
 
 In our third episode, we chat with la Dra. Cristina Pérez-Cordón, a Language and Communications Specialist at the United Nations and founding member of NAMS, and with now Dr. Reniell Iñiguez, a first year Internal Medicine Resident at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (4th year medical student at the  University of Illinois College of Human Medicine at the time of recording). 

Disclaimer: Dr. Pérez-Cordón’s participation in this podcast episode should be considered her own professional contribution and thoughts as an expert in her field and does not represent the United Nations’ views or sponsorships.  

They elaborate on their work in language equity in healthcare and research through the implementation of the POLOM (Physician Oral Language Observation Matrix) tool, which offers an improved approach in the  development of learning programs  with a focus on Medical Spanish in medical education. 
 
 For more information on NAMS membership benefits, please visit https://www.namspanish.org/resources and remember that student memberships are free!
 
  Hosted by: Maria Valle Coto and Cynthia Rodriguez
  Guest: Dra. Cristina Pérez-Cordón and Dr. Reniell Iñiguez
 
  Produced by: Sofia Espinosa Marazita and Maria Valle Coto
  Directed and Edited by: Rafael Ramos
 
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It's always a pleasure to chat with students and future medical professionals who are doing amazing things, asi que sean ustedes bienvenidos al nuestro primer 'Student Spotlight'!

In our second episode, we chat with Aldana Garcia and Enrique Cazares, current students at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (MSU CHM), who designed and implemented their institution's first Medical Spanish Elective course! We talk about how and why they worked to establish this course, how they designed their curriculum, how they found institutional support , and how they ensured this course stayed adaptable and self-sustaining across multiple cohorts now that they've transitioned to continuing their studies. 

For more information and updates on this program, please follow the MSUCHM Latin American and Native American Medical Student Associations (LANAMA) chapter on social media at: https://www.instagram.com/lmsamsuchm/

For more information on NAMS membership benefits, please visit https://www.namspanish.org/resources and remember that student memberships are free!

 Hosted by: Kally Day and Rafael Ramos
 Guest: Aldana Garcia and Enrique Cazares
 
 Produced by: Sofia Espinosa Marazita and Maria Valle Coto
 Directed and Edited by: Rafael Ramos
 
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¡Nuestro primer capítulo!

For our pilot episode, we have the priviledge of interviewing Dra. Pilar Ortega, founding member of the Medical Organization for Latino Advancement (MOLA) and the first President of the National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS), where she shares her insights on the origins of NAMS, the key stakeholders in our organization, the scope of our membership, and our overall goals. Dra. Ortega also helps shed some light into the organizations present and future, and how the student leadership drives our language equity work.

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 Hosted by: Kally Day and Rafael Ramos
 Guest: Pilar Ortega, MD
 
 Produced by: Sofia Espinosa Marazita and Maria Valle Coto
 Directed and Edited by: Rafael Ramos
 
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