Mi Doctor/a Habla Español: Raising the Bar for Language Equity Health Care

Language is a social driver of health. Conducting language equity research requires expanding beyond the historically static "limited English proficient" variable to a multidimensional construct that is dynamic and relational. To do this, we must account for clinician language skills as well as patient language preferences. This presentation will discuss a novel language equity framework as well as recent advancements in language proficiency assessment through the Physician Oral Language Observation Matrix (POLOM) for medical Spanish certification. 

Presenter: 

Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM 

Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

A Cosponsorship from the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture and the DGSOM Office for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion