The Bilingual Physician: Seamless Switching From Medicalese to Plain Language

Hadden, Kristie; Coleman, Clifford A.; Scott, Angela

doi:10.4300/jgme-d-17-00473.1

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“…Since the survey was a mental health study, the respondent was noninstitutionalized in the contiguous United States and Hawaii. The NLAAS survey was also administered in the respondent's choice of language (English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog) by fully bilingual lay interviewers to account for any mistranslations happening between medical‐specific language and language barriers (Hadden, Coleman, and Scott 2018). The primary purpose of this study was to examine these experiences on psychological disorders and behaviors, such as drug abuse and posttraumatic stress, suicidal tendencies, and criminality.…”

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confidence: 99%

Premigratory experiences with Civil War violence and social trust

Okundaye,

Ishiyama

2024

Social Science Quarterly

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Do experiences with civil war violence affect an individual's level of social trust? The literature on this topic suggests that being a victim of violence or being involved in violence has a profound effect on an individual's political behavior in the new host country. However, what has not been explored is how experiences with civil war and violence impact levels of social trust among immigrants. Building on prior research on premigratory experience and literature on experience with violence, we intend to determine if the premigratory experiences with violence in an immigrant's country of origin affect whether social trust is increased or decreased in an immigrant's country of residence. We investigate this question using the National Latino and Asian American Study. We find that immigrants who had experienced civil war as unarmed civilians and were persecuted due to their political beliefs were less likely to acculturate to the host country. Participation in combat also tended to reduce acculturation but did not affect social trust.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Premigratory experiences with Civil War violence and social trust

Okundaye,

Ishiyama

2024

Social Science Quarterly

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“…Whereas medical school educates medical students in the language of medicine, it must also help students to translate complex medical concepts and terminology into words that patients can understand by accounting for variables such as health literacy, cultural norms, and language preferences. Patient-physician communication must be about effectively conveying meaning, an approach that requires re-formulating and often de-jargonizing medical rhetoric in order to focus on “patient-centered language” [ 15 ]. In its essence, this re-formulation of medical language is one way in which physicians must routinely translanguage in order to be understood.…”

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confidence: 99%

Words matter: Translanguaging in medical communication skills training

Ortega¹,

Prada

2020

Perspect Med Educ

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Medical communication across languages is gaining attention as the multilingual character of local, regional, and national populations across the world continues to grow. Effectively communicating with patients involves not only learning medical terminology, but also understanding the community's linguistic practices, and gaining the ability to explain health concepts in patient-centered language. Language concordance between physicians and patients improves patient outcomes, but methods to teach communication skills for physicians are usually limited to the majority or official language. For example, in U.S. medical schools increased demand for physician skills in other languages, such as Spanish, has resulted in renewed academic discourse about best practices in teaching practical communication skills for physicians. In language education, translanguaging is an approach that integrates and validates multilingual individuals' real use of language, which often includes non-standard words, regionalisms, and mixed influences from multiple languages, such as Spanglish or Chinglish. Efforts to improve medical language concordance by teaching a second language to medical students would benefit from an understanding of patient-centered communication strategies, such as is supported by translanguaging. Teaching effective communication skills to physicians should evolve and engage with the fluid linguistic at

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“…For the benefit of patients, physicians usually translate medical jargon into plain language. Yet some physicians, wanting to maintain a certain professional identity, can be reluctant to code‐switch, lest patients perceive their use of plain language as a direct indication of professional inadequacy …”

Section: Language Incorporation Recommendations In Response To Existimentioning

confidence: 99%