"My strength is getting bigger!" my 6-year-old patient exclaims, proudly beaming and admiring her own hands. Behind her, a small child is toddling up a play hill that has been painted to look like a winding road using a modified walker, and another child is shooting baskets on one foot from a balance beam. My patient... Continue Reading →
Discussing disabilities with Spanish-speaking families and patients
This week I've spent countless hours poring over English-Spanish dictionaries and Medical Spanish for Pediatric Medicine as I prepare to take the Bilingual Fluency Assessment for Clinicians (eBFAC). As a pediatric neurology resident, I paid particular attention to the neurodevelopment and neurologic vocabulary as these are the words I anticipate needing most often. To my... Continue Reading →
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