tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56416354918512214422012-03-17T22:24:22.999-06:00Learn spanish, learn medical spanish, learn about latin america, listen to podcasts of latin american spanish conversations, learn typical latin american phrases...Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-7792180974833582782010-12-22T13:02:00.001-06:002010-02-06T16:06:40.004-06:002010-02-06T16:06:40.004-06:00

Welcome to LatinElective.blogspot.com a resource for medical electives in latin america. Click on one of the links below to learn spanish with podcasts and real latin american spanish and other useful information for those undertaking an elective in latin america. Download our podcasts from itunes here or search itunes for latinelective.

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-21698053523754592142010-11-30T14:44:00.025-06:002010-11-30T15:04:19.490-06:002010-11-30T15:04:19.490-06:00

We have compiled some of our favourite photos from our “out of program experience” to create a calendar to raise funds to support the hospital in Mexico where we worked this Summer. (Email us for information on how to order one.) Hospital San Carlos is located in the village of Altamirano, remotely located in the agricultural region of Chiapas in the southernmost tip of Mexico, bordered by

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Non governmental organisation with a number of volunteering opportunities in Latin America.  See website below for more information. "Doctors for Global Health (DGH) is a private, not-for-profit organization promoting health, education, art and other human rights throughout the world. DGH is comprised of hundreds of health professionals, students, educators, artists, attorneys,

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-67905245374782594492010-06-18T16:24:00.004-05:002010-06-18T16:36:52.931-05:002010-06-18T16:36:52.931-05:00

Delightful rural clinic/hospital in remote village of Altamirano, Chiapas. Approx 30 adult medical/surgical inpatient beds, 30 paediatric beds, 20 obstetric & gynaecology beds and a Tuberculosis project.  A host of interesting cases from infections present to the outpatient "consultas" such as Typhoid fever and dysentery to other common general medical and surgical presentations often presenting

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-83188556299655852012010-06-18T16:03:00.000-05:002010-06-18T16:03:44.512-05:002010-06-18T16:03:44.512-05:00

English speaking rural poly-clinic serving the small town of Independence with its Creole population and the surrounding Mayan villages. Mostly primary care and preventative medicine with outreach health visits into the community for vaccinations etc. Please email us with any details if you work or did your elective here.

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-62658997809698845072010-06-18T15:58:00.000-05:002010-06-18T15:58:00.352-05:002010-06-18T15:58:00.352-05:00

University Hospital in Monterrey, Mexico.  Spanish Speaking with a number of English-Speaking staff. Details below, please email us with any details if you work or did your elective here.  Medical Student Society Elective website: http://sinesp.org/incoming.php  University Website: http://www.medicina.uanl.mx/ Welcome documents

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-50104378700689881622010-06-01T16:55:00.000-05:002010-06-01T16:55:50.674-05:002010-06-01T16:55:50.674-05:00

Hostel based in remote village near Quilotoa with opportunities ranging from providing basic healthcare to local indigenous children to helping to run the hostal, assisting at the local school, (primary or secondary) and reading books to the children in the village and from the surrounding communities. Read reports here: OOPE Volunteering (Sophie Hampson - Medical SHO London 2010) For more

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-85974077800634718372010-05-31T22:51:00.001-05:002010-06-01T16:32:46.790-05:002010-06-01T16:32:46.790-05:00

A well resourced private hospital in Buenos Aires gives a good insight into health care in Argentina with readily available resources that allows learning in a manor similar to a typical "western" hospital such as in the UK or USA. Teaching Fellows exist in a number of specialties (e.g. Rheumatology, Respiratory Medicine, Urology and Paediatrics - see below) and hence regular seminars and

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Below is a list of electives, volunteer projects and other organisations that may help you organise an elective project.  We will be continuously updating this page.  Email us at latinelective@gmail.com if you have any medical or voluntary placements to recommend or any updted details! Hospital Britanico De Buenos Aires Conveniently located in the Tango capital of the world, this western style

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-20469093608248315822010-03-19T09:28:00.001-06:002010-05-31T16:42:59.224-05:002010-05-31T16:42:59.224-05:00

DOWNLOAD ARTICLE IN PDF FORMAT HERE What is vos? Arriving in Argentina with some previous Spanish experience, we were quickly thrown off guard by the phenomenon of “el Voseo”.  “Como te vas?” [We asked our new friends in the first week.] “Bien, gracias...” [Great. We were understood.]    “…Y vos? ”   “Que??! ““Me entendés?” [No

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-35594498464784585282010-02-06T13:27:00.002-06:002010-02-06T13:30:52.349-06:002010-02-06T13:30:52.349-06:00

Here we hear about "El Programa Asistencia Medica Thomas Elkins", a voluntary program led twice a year in a remote village near to Salta in the North of Argentina in which a group of doctors from Buenos Aires bring medical resources and set up a basic clinic helping impoverished patients have access to basic medical care. Email us to find out more about making a donation to this program.

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-10569383718220826852010-02-06T12:51:00.000-06:002010-02-06T13:53:48.069-06:002010-02-06T13:53:48.069-06:00

Santiago our amigo from Buenos Aires met up with us on the "Ruta 7 Lagos", one of Argentinian Patagonia's best known regions for an active holiday.  We hence decided to drag Santiago up to 2400m of steep ascent to get a better view of the scenery.  Listen to the words that he uses to describe the route and the places nearby such as el Parque Nacional and the methods of transport you can use

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-34371209863421832892010-01-21T22:32:00.002-06:002010-04-03T09:08:34.412-06:002010-04-03T09:08:34.412-06:00

Federico tells us how the Buenos Aires night life really is. Nights here don't finish at 2am - sometimes they haven't even started by then! With so many different areas to see, we let Federico's imagination run wild through the liveliest places in this party city. The only thing we forgot to ask is when they actually sleep...! Free MP3 download here

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-48987921128626805732010-01-21T22:23:00.000-06:002010-01-21T22:23:59.422-06:002010-01-21T22:23:59.422-06:00

Dr Gallagher tells us the fascinating history of the Hospital Britanico de Buenos Aires, including his experiences when he first arrived in the 1960's.  Listen to the examples of the past tense that he uses as he relates his interesting story about the staff at the hospital at that time and the kind of patients that were most commonly encountered. It's a relief to hear that they also had the

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-61349672976041091412010-01-21T22:04:00.001-06:002010-04-03T07:35:46.380-06:002010-04-03T07:35:46.380-06:00

Federico tells us about a voluntary project organised by staff at the Hospital Britanico, providing medical care for a deprived village near to Salta. Listen to his use of the past tenses and also the experience he describes of working in an extremely resource limited setting. Download MP3 here

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-36596460264036967332010-01-21T05:23:00.000-06:002010-01-21T05:23:43.674-06:002010-01-21T05:23:43.674-06:00

Mauricio one of the urology residents at Hospital Britanico in Buenos Aires teaches how to interview a patient with a Urological complaint. Listen to the urology vocab he uses and the terms you would need in the clinical examination. Download MP3 here or search for latinelective in itunes

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-75562262467848589862010-01-13T21:39:00.000-06:002010-01-13T21:39:21.492-06:002010-01-13T21:39:21.492-06:00

Damian, one of the "Staff" (consultant) talks to us about diseases and treatments in "Reumatologia".  He includes different types of arthritis ("artritis"), systemic lupus erythematosus and number of other systemic rheumatological conditions.  Watch this space for the vocab list, coming soon. Damian nos conta sobre las enfermedades reumaticas y las palabras que necessitamos. Download mp3

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-49300979948387211572010-01-10T05:32:00.000-06:002010-01-12T07:59:12.697-06:002010-01-12T07:59:12.697-06:00

Dr Barreira, jefe del servicio de reumatología y director de docencia y investigacion, quien nos invitó a trabajar en el hospital de Buenos Aires, habla sobre el hospital y que ofrece a los estudiantes y los medicos que se quieren formar allí. Learn about teaching and research at Hospital Britanico and what's on offer for medical students and doctors who want to rotate there. Note the formal

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-26675236920202453672010-01-09T09:20:00.002-06:002010-04-03T07:30:11.762-06:002010-04-03T07:30:11.762-06:00

Tomas de Colombia da una cuenta de su país y como son las fiestas de este país. Incluye La Pascua, La Navidad y muchas más.  Así puedes aprender muchas palabras que necesitas para describir un lugar y tambíen la cultura! download mp3

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-27564628926910744482010-01-09T08:05:00.001-06:002010-01-12T07:56:44.783-06:002010-01-12T07:56:44.783-06:00

En este podcast Tomas nos contó en detalle como es la vida como fellow de Reumatologia en el Hospital Britanico.  Escucha vos las actividades que podrias hacer si eliges a formarse aqui. See our contacts page for more information about arranging an elective at the Hospital Britanico. Download MP3 here or search for "LatinElective"in iTunes.

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-8863977316332782912010-01-06T06:41:00.001-06:002010-04-03T07:27:48.128-06:002010-04-03T07:27:48.128-06:00

Hablamos con Diego, un ingeniero de Argentina quien nos ayuda a aprender como hablamos sobre el trabajo. Por ejemplo, nos ensena como a decir: A que te dedicas (what is your job)? Como eligiste (how did you decide)? y como es un dia tipical (how is a typical day?  See the free transcript of questions here.

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-39196432781083982302010-01-05T05:41:00.002-06:002010-04-03T07:23:05.515-06:002010-04-03T07:23:05.515-06:00

Si quedas en un país LatinoAmericano por mas que unas semanas, probablemente necessitarás ir de shopping. Marina de Argentina explique a Naomi como se llaman las ropas que llevan los hombres y las mujeres.  Nos ensena unas frases util a usar en la tienda y tambíen nos conta donde estan las tiendas mejores en Buenos Aires.

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-26510275005208808692009-12-12T13:25:00.006-06:002010-01-10T07:06:59.132-06:002010-01-10T07:06:59.132-06:00

Argentina, su regiones, sus accentos, sus rituales, Lunfardos y el Maté! Leandro de Buenos Aires gives us some fascinating insights into Argentinian life and how the language and rituals vary throughout the country.  "El che es una palabra que nos ha charactizerado en el nivel mundial por un personaje que fue che guavara" he tells us as he reels off a list of useful "Lunfardos" or slang words

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-15627426392167518372009-12-11T04:19:00.001-06:002009-12-11T08:44:17.795-06:002009-12-11T08:44:17.795-06:00

Leandro, un reumatologo en Buenos Aires, Argentina, nos cuenta sobre el consultorio del reumatologia. Leandro - a Rheumatology fellow in Buenos Aires, teaches us about how to take a history from a patient with a rheumatological complaint and useful phrases for the clinical examination.

Latin Electivenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641635491851221442.post-32012362521966097532009-12-10T14:28:00.002-06:002010-04-02T11:56:43.826-06:002010-04-02T11:56:43.826-06:00

Este fin de semana, fuimos al camping y aprendimos sobre el asado... In Mar de las Pampas, just north of Mar del Plata in Argentina we found a string of pleasant beaches with a relaxed atmosphere where we spent the weekend camping.  Everyone else at the campside was cooking on the "parilla" or "asado" (barbeque) so we asked one of our fellow campers (Miguel - muchas gracias!) to teach us about

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