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The DO

The language of care: Resources for treating patients with limited English proficiency

By The DO Staff

10.02.25

There are so many things I loved about my residency program. One of my favorite things, though, was its location. Located in the heart of New York City, the family medicine residency program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NYP-Columbia) offered me the diverse patient population that I desired in a residency program. As a Spanish major, being able to use my Spanish was important to me. Even though I didn’t speak any additional non-English languages, being able to care for patients with limited English proficiency was important to me.