The stress of the coronavirus widens existing health inequities for Spanish-speaking patients. Medical schools and residency programs across America are rising to the challenge to educate healthcare professionals to give more culturally competent care to address this problem, and some healthcare professionals are taking matters into their own hands to learn medical Spanish.
96% of U.S. millennial healthcare providers believe Spanish-speaking patients receive inferior care to English-speaking patients
The stress of the coronavirus widens existing health inequities for Spanish-speaking patients. Medical schools and residency programs across America are rising to the challenge to educate healthcare professionals to give more culturally competent care to address this problem, and some healthcare professionals are taking matters into their own hands to learn medical Spanish.