[Shannelys Guzman]

You did a wonderful job breaking it down!

[Shannelys Guzman]

Great job explaining in such detail!

[Shannelys Guzman]

The video showed the interpreter committing several mistakes. She did not speak in first person. She changed the amount of episodes. She interpreted incorrect information to the provider changing the context of patients medical history. She did not interpret information about the providers page or his excusing himself to step out of the room. She has a conversation about personal matters. She withheld info from the provider for the patient. She did not interpret all the information. She did not have control of conversation and allowed the provider to provide lots of info without retaining or notes she gave the patient half the information and was not clear with instructions from provider. She left out vital steps for the patient in regards to her procedure hes ordering. She put her personal opinion in her explanation to the provider. The interpreter did not request clarification from the provider about the procedure. She also allowed the provider to attempt to speak Spanish rather than letting the interpreter do her job. She did not have a pre-session with the provider.

The video also shows the interpreter doing things correctly. Introduced herself to the receptionist but kept the privacy of the identity of the patient. The interpreter also did a pre-session with the patient setting clear expectations rules and what to expect in regards to privacy. She denied gifts and was very professional. She denied withholding information from the provider. She moved placement of her chair to hold control of the room. She had a pre-session with the provider. She requested that he explain information. She assisted in f/u appointment booking. She has refused to provide a ride to the patient after the patient requested. She controlled the conversation and explained the patient had more to say still. she used her notebook to take notes.

[Shannelys Guzman]

great job breaking down how you will do it thanks for sharing will also try those

[Shannelys Guzman]

Thank you for sharing those tips!

[Shannelys Guzman]

I plan to do a few things to help me along my journey of joining the medical field as a medical interpreter. I like to keep a notebook where I can write anything down a word, a description, a useful tip I learn after as my knowledge will be growing daily through experience. I also plan to continue using index cards I would like to buy little containers to divide them and keep them stored by the medical category. I also plan to continue role playing and watching videos of interactions and keep learning as I always go, open to learning asking questions always and applying my knowledge.

I feel interpreters are most commonly used for primary care visits, specialist visits, surgeries, a test being performed or a procedure being done. I think the basics of medicine are needed since there are so many different areas as you gain experience in one area you strengthen those studies. Cant really pick one area to study since its broad medical in general is a large data base. Making sure I am confident and comfortable to ask questions always and anytime is most important cause I can never know everything.

[Shannelys Guzman]

YES! I totally agree Neuro and Cardio are going to be challenges because terminology

[Shannelys Guzman]

I am sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing. Yes that is going to be challenging but also a reward we get to help them get that diagnosis or health information with understanding in their language.

[Shannelys Guzman]

I feel the end-of-life care is going to be challenging for me. You have to be very careful and caring when delivering such information, so the cultural understanding is another piece. This can be very challenging info to deliver when the language barrier is involved, and now you have to choose your words wisely with heart. I also am interested in oncology, given my last employer and the connection to the patients going through such a difficult time being there to help. I have lost family members due to age, sickness, and murder but also have lost patients when working in oncology, so I have a special empathy for someone losing a loved one. I have seen it one too many times. I have seen glorious fights against cancer, and it interests me seeing all the different treatments available, as they always change and grow for all the different cancers. I feel the oncology system is going to be the most challenging, just learning the words, the names of treatments, and details about the complex cancer diagnosis and their formation in the body. 

[Shannelys Guzman]

You did such a good job with your research!

[Shannelys Guzman]

Great job explaining!

[Shannelys Guzman]

The human body’s ability to breathe in air, remove what we need from it, and breathe out what we need to get rid of occurs because of the alveoli. The alveoli are where the body exchanges the gases from well within our lungs, where they are located. Air goes from our mouth or nose through the lungs and ending in the alveoli traveling through trachea, then bronchi into even smaller paths the bronchioles to their alveoli at last. The human body contains millions of alveoli. They happen to resemble teeny balloon-shaped air sacs in bunches like cauliflower at the end of each bronchial tube. The alveoli are surrounded by blood vessels, but each alveolus itself is clothed in a dense network of capillaries to always be rapidly taking in that breath. One singular thin wall of cells divides the alveoli and their surrounding capillaries into the bloodstream. Alveoli make it possible for our bloodstream to always be flowing with rich oxygenated blood. This is where it takes place: breathing, where gas is continuously and quickly passed through to the vessels carrying it through, supplying the body with oxygen while at the same time depositing out through our lungs the waste of carbon dioxide we don’t need that can essentially be harmful to our bodies. The alveolus is so important to the human body some people fail to notice how much of a role it plays in our lives daily, involuntarily just working 24/7 to give us life.  The alveolus is made up of different parts. First, it has a wide surface area inside our lungs—you wouldn’t believe it, about 130 square meters—to make sure it performs its job correctly. Our body produces a fluid named surfactant, which lines our alveoli. The production of this fluid comes from the type 2 alveolar cells. This fluid gives our alveoli protection essentially from collapsing while expansion occurs during breathing.

[Shannelys Guzman]

Great job explaining!

[Shannelys Guzman]

Great job separating the three! Very informative

[Shannelys Guzman]

As humans we are made up of organs that are constantly all working together to keep us alive. Not many know the skin is actually our largest organ, occupying about 15% of our weight. The human body’s largest organ is called the skin, which consists of three layers. Those layers are called the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. The epidermis is the surface skin, as I call it; it’s the one closest to the outside with no blood flow passing through it, and it ends up being our thinnest layer. A few strata make up the epidermis layer. It includes some cells that make keratin called keratinocytes. It also has melanocytes, which are what make our skin color. Making up this layer are also Merkel cells that are mechanoreceptors for our bodies’ ability to have sensation to touch. Lastly, Langerhans cells help the body respond via its immune system to certain things affecting the skin level. We then have the dermis layer in the middle. It is where strength lies, where our body can stretch with elasticity via collagen and elastin fibers. This middle layer is where the main things of our bodies live, like our hair follicles. It also is where we have our sweat glands, the sudoriferous glands, which are in charge of releasing excess waste. The oil glands called the sebaceous glands are also part of the dermis layer. A major part of this layer, I think the most important, is the way it holds the ending of nerves and blood vessels that give the body its feeling and pain and even our temperature information via relay sensations. The dermis is broken into two main layers: the papillary and the reticular. These both interlock, working together. One is thinner, containing tissues and our fine-touch receptors, while the other is deeper than the surface and thick, of course, since it’s where things like hair follicles, glands, and different vessels live. Lastly, the hypodermis is the innermost deep layer of skin the human body has. Its main composition is the body’s fat cells, also named adipose tissue, and the connective tissue for our organs to have cushion and warmth building up insulation. Our fat is stored by our body to be used to function and store fat to then convert it to energy when needed.

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