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Actual Medical Spanish
Geography
Actual Medical Spanish II- Medical Interview
Spanish Trivia!
100

Mina Woo is a first-year medical student at Brown University. She is multilingual and very talented. What language, besides Spanish and English, does Mina speak?

What is Korean?

100
Jason turned to his wife, sleeping peacefully beside him. He whispered, "If only she had a good heart, maybe this relationship would last." 


How do you say heart in Spanish? [If needed, accents must be written]


El corazón

100

Which country has the largest population of Spanish speakers?

Mexico.

100
How do you say, "Who is your primary care doctor?" in Spanish?

Doctor de cabecera 

Médico de cabecera

100

What is the most common tortilla for tacos? 

A) Flour

B) Wheat

C) Bulgur

D) Corn
D) Corn!
200

Paloma Garcia-Radice has a very interesting life-story. So interesting that she has a special position at Brown. What is it?

[A] Paloma is a student ambassador for Brown medical school

[B] Paloma is student director of admissions for Brown medical school

[C] Paloma is a student assistant for preclinical curriculum development at Brown 

[D] None of the Above

[A] Paloma is a student ambassador for Brown medical school

200

Justin woke up one morning, drenched in sweat. He had the same nightmare: Paloma had defeated him, again, in an intense game of pick-up basketball. He goes to his doctor, saying "I'm suffering from night-sweats." His doctor, fluent in Spanish, says, oh, "so you're suffering from ___________"

Sudores nocturnos 

Sudores por la noche

200

Justin loves to brag about the trips he went on. What trip did he go on last summer, the country whose capital is Buenos Aires?

Argentina

200

A patient confides in you, "I am very concerned about a heart attack because my father died of one." You want to give a statement of empathy. What's an example of what you could say?

Lo siento a oir eso. 

Gracias por compartir eso. 

**Many answers**

200
Spanish shares 91% lexical similarity with what language?

Portuguese

300

Justin Wyda has a very interesting pathway to medical school- some may even say that it is.. "untraditional." What profession (be as specific as possible) did Justin do in his gap-years before medical school?

He was an ESL teacher!
300

Mental health is just as important as physical health! What is a psychological disorder characterized by recurring, intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors?


[Hint]: This is a multi-word answer.

Trastorno Obsesivo-Compulsivo

300

Spanish is widely spoken across the world, but there are also many indigenous languages concurrently spoken with Spanish. K'iche is an indigenous language also spoken in: 

[A] Panama 

[B] Guatemala 

[C] Mexico 

[D] Peru

Guatemala

300
A patient comes in with severe, severe knee pain. How could you ask them about the severity of their pain, one to ten, in Spanish?

  • “En una escala del cero al diez, diez siendo el peor dolor de su vida,  ¿cuánto dolor tiene?”

300

Q1. On what day does Mexico celebrate Independence Day?

A) September 16th

B) May 5th

C) January 20th


A) September 16th

400

Bazif Bala tends to spend a lot of time in medical school not studying. One thing he likes to do is pre-clinical electives, because it lets him not focus on his work. What other linguistic pre-clinical elective does Bazif run?

Advanced Medical Arabic!

400

You're working in the emergency room when a patient stumbles in. He has slurred speech, the lower half of his face is drooping, he has blurred vision, and he's dizzy. You say, "A-ha! I know what this is, but only in Spanish. It's a _______"

Derrame cerebral 

Ataque cerebral

400

How many Spanish-speaking countries are there?

21

400

A patient presents with radiating pain in their upper chest, a sensation of a "racing heart," and difficulty breathing. You decide to do 3 review of systems, one of which is the respiratory ROS. What is the respiratory ROS, but in Spanish?

  • falta de aliento con descanso/actividad, tos, flema/esputo (color especifico, con/sin sangre), sibilancias

400

MCU has announced their first Latino superhero ‘El Muerto.’ Which famous Latin artist will be portraying this character?

A) J Balvin 

B) Bad Bunny

C) Maluma



B) Bad Bunny

500

Barbara Hernandez has a lot of cultural competency. She is very aware of people and their different identities, which will make her a great physician. Barbara immigrated from what country, and at what age? 

Country: [No Hint] 

Age: 

A) 8

B) 11

C) 12

D) 16

Guatemala, Age 11

500
A patient comes in asking for results of a recent test they had, but they can't remember the name. You ask, "what was it like?" They describe it as the doctor taking a small brush to remove cells from the cervix. The patient only speaks Spanish, so you say "Oh, of course! The test they had was a ______"

Papanicolau 


500

Which state [by millions of people] has the highest Spanish population?

California

500

A patient presents with severe vomiting and diarrhea. You decide to do the GI ROS, but in Spanish. Here are a list of 5 symptoms. How do you say them in Spanish (only 4 need to be correct!)

nausea

vomiting

heartburn

diarrhea
constipation



1) nausea

2) vómito

3) acidez

4) diarrhea 

5) estreñimiento 



500

What is the name of the astronaut who made history by being the first Latina to go to space?

Ellen Ochoa

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