Wanted to share this project with anyone who practices medicine in the field. It’s a great resources.

Hesperian, a publisher in Oakland, CA collaborated with Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) to produce an English edition of their Health For All Medical Glossary, originally published by MEDICC Review in Spanish, French and Creole. Developed for the Haitian graduates of Cuba’s Latin American Medical School in Cuba; the glossary assists these committed young doctors on their return to Haiti–since they learned medicine in Spanish, speak with their patients in Creole, and compose clinical records in French.

Crazy.

Download the glossary as a PDF organized alphabetically by:

• Español
• Kreyòl
• Français
• English

I have copies of each on my thumb drive so I can access it on a laptop of hand held when I’m in the field. I’m seriously thinking about making a derivative work out of it for BOTG volunteers in the form of a printed field manual. Will let everyone know if I do that. Would take me a few weeks to lay it out, but I think it’s a worthy project.