[Yona Souza]

Cristina, great use of all the medical interpreter terms we learned through this course. I like how you mentioned the CEFF protocol, the 20-second rule, triadic positioning, and the patient advocate role!

[Yona Souza]

Leonisa, I like how you describe how the errors may create other problems. In the case of the provider speaking in Spanish, you mentioned that it could create miscommunication, and I agree with you.

[Yona Souza]

Scene 1:
-The pre-session wasn’t done
-The patient is focused on talking to the interpreter rather than the provider
– The interpreter used the third-person instead of the first-person

scene 2:
-Triadic positioning wasn’t used
-The interpreter started to interpret in the first person
-She used an alternative English word to convey the message, which was good

Scene 3:
-The interpreter didn’t translate “CAT scan”, which would be “tomografia”

scene 4:
-The interpreter didn’t convey the information correctly; she said stomach problems and ulcers, rather than ulcers.

scene 5:
-She didn’t translate every bit of information, especially when the phone started ringing and the provider said something.
-The interpreter asked for clarification on a word, which was good.

Scene 7:
-The interpreter was socializing and sharing personal details with the patient and vice versa

scene 8#
-The interpreter omitted information and promised not to tell the provider about the blood.

Scene 9:
– The interpreter described the procedure since the patient was unfamiliar with it.

scene 10:
-The interpreter omitted a lot of details because she let the provider talk for too long.

scene 11:
-The provider started to speak Spanish, disregarding the interpreter
-Interpreter advocated for the patient by asking the doctor if he needed her to schedule the next appointment with the patient
-Interpreter requested the transportation agency to give the patient a ride home.

[Yona Souza]

Lesly, I like that you mention we should always be culturally aware, especially in the areas you mentioned.

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[Yona Souza]

Leonisa, your description of each medical area is very accurate, and I agree with you that such areas demand both high linguistics but also emotional stability!

[Yona Souza]

Leonisa, breaking down the terms into prefixes, roots, and suffixes sounds very useful!

[Yona Souza]

Lesly, I really like the strategies you mentioned, especially the flashcards one. Starting from a solid foundation and then building on it sounds very effective and smart!

[Yona Souza]

When approaching the vast world of medicine and trying to learn more about all that is involved, I plan to start with the basic knowledge I attained from this course when focusing on learning the terminology associated with the most common areas for interpreters to work with. I think that these common medical areas are: primary care, family medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and oncology. Once I get the hang of most of their terminology and vocabulary, I’ll be comfortable accessing other medical areas that aren’t that common for interpreters to be used, but still important, and an interpreter might be needed as well, it just won’t be my priority.

I plan to practice and use the techniques Art presented in the strategies video whenever interpreting, especially my favorite one—the backwards drill technique, so that I may reverse the order of information when interpreting, that way I can be efficient wherever place or area I’m interpreting. I’ll also rely on the translation of many words provided in the program manual by always coming back to them and testing my knowledge.

When starting my job as an interpreter, I know I’ll keep learning no matter how much I try to learn or memorize terminology. There’ll always be something new to learn as I keep interpreting.

[Yona Souza]

Two areas of medicine that I find to be particularly interesting and at the same time challenging are dermatology and ophthalmology

Dermatology is an area of medicine that focuses on diagnosing and treating diseases of the skin, hair, nails, and mucous membranes. It’s a fascinating area for me because it deals with a large variety of conditions or diseases for an organ that may seem so simple or easy to take care of—the skin, while also focusing on hair, nails, and mucous areas. The skin is the largest organ in the human body, and it has a very complex structure. Our skin, hair, and nails can hint at other problems within the human body, since many diseases have a close relation with hair loss, itching of the skin, changing of color of skin color, marks on nails, etc. I believe that it would be challenging to memorize the names of diseases and conditions in the dermatology field, because this kind of terminology isn’t talked about in one’s daily life.

Ophthalmology is the area that focuses on the medical and surgical care of the eyes, and it’s interesting to me because the eyes are a part of our body that is very sensitive and complex, especially as we age. I believe that the challenging terminology presented by this medical area would be the specific parts inside the eye; there are many small structures behind what we see, and an interpreter would have to know such names to successfully interpret during an encounter.

[Yona Souza]

lesly, I like how you connected the subject to the medical interpretation field, since understanding such layers allow us to also understand medical conditions related to the skin.

[Yona Souza]

Milleny, great breakdown of the functions and characteristics of each skin layer!

[Yona Souza]

The skin is the largest organ in the entire body, and there are three main layers. It’s extremely important to learn and differentiate their function to better address the patient and provider during an encounter.

Epidermis: This is the outermost layer of our body, the one we see with the naked eye. It acts as the body’s shield, since it’s the outermost layer for protection and defense against viruses, bacteria, and UV radiation. The epidermis is also very selective about what enters the body, since it would be very detrimental if we as humans absorbed every molecule we touch. Imagine being in a pool and absorbing most of the water there, it would disrupt our body’s pH, and water regulation, digestion, every single process that requires balance, as we learned through this course, everything in our body requires homeostasis. The epidermis also possesses melanocytes, the cells responsible for giving skin tone, melanin.
Dermis: This is the thickest layer, and it possesses collagen, blood vessels, and elastin fibers that aid in strength and flexibility of the skin and allow for the transport of vital nutrients. This section also contains the nerve endings that allow for us to feel and sense pain and movement, and temperature.
Hypodermis: This is the deepest layer of skin, and it contains fat and connective tissue. It helps the body maintain its temperature while also protecting it against colder temperatures, depending on how much fat there is. This layer also serves as a storage of energy for metabolic use

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[Yona Souza]

Leonisa, I like how you explained the shape, structure, function, and significance of alveoli. It helped me learn the main important things about these tiny structures. Thank you ;D

[Yona Souza]

Milleny, you did a great job at providing many ways in which alveoli function and are extremely needed for our well-being. Good job!

[Yona Souza]

Each lung contains millions of alveoli located at the end of bronchioles in the lungs. It’s important to understand how their shape allows for their function. Alveoli play an important role in respiration as well as gas exchange since they have a sac structure that fills up when we take air into our lungs, allowing oxygen to pass through so that it can diffuse into blood vessels, and lets carbon dioxide out when we breathe out, emptying the alveoli.

These structures are called the powerhouse of the lungs for a reason; they do the same process over and over, without any breaks, otherwise organisms would die. They fill and empty themselves so that respiration and gas exchange processes can successfully occur.

Although very tiny, alveoli are extremely important for many processes in our body, including:
Oxygen transport: After the oxygen is absorbed through the alveoli‘s thin walls, it’s able to diffuse into the bloodstream and bind with hemoglobin, allowing for massive oxygen transport to the rest of the body, in the other hand, carbon dioxide has more complex structure that isn’t able to diffuse into the alveoli walls, so it’s excreted out of the body when we breath out.
Regulation of pH: Changes in carbon dioxide levels within the body can impact the bloodstream’s pH, but alveoli do a great job at filtering the oxygen and carbon dioxide entrance to the bloodstream, since only oxygen can diffuse.
Immune defense: they possess macrophages, which are immune cells that engulf bacteria and other things, such as dust, pollen, and pollutants, that may cause harm to our body.

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