Medical student training to tackle health disparities with language skills program

After studying abroad in Costa Rica as an undergraduate, Jonathan Dowell knew he wanted to work with Spanish-speaking patients as part of his medical career. “When I returned to the United States, I started volunteering at free clinics and saw that sometimes more than half of the patients in these clinics didn't speak English and needed interpreters,” Dowell said. “I found working with Spanish-speaking patients and the underserved Latinx communit y very rewarding but wasn’t sure how to keep…
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