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About the Author Martha Griswold-Quijano, PT, MPT, CSCS received her BA in exercise physiology from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, where the study of a foreign language was a requirement. She fulfilled this and developed her affection for the Spanish language through a semester spent in Sevilla, Spain. She earned her graduate degree in physical therapy at Temple University. Since graduation she has worked as a physical therapist in outpatient, community settings. Currently, she is the center manager of a Kessler Rehabilitation Center and enjoys the opportunity to both treat patients and contribute to the physical therapy profession through education on many levels. To date, she has authored a laboratory curriculum in biomechanics for PT students, acted as a clinical instructor and a center coordinator of clinical education, and coordinated in-house education opportunities. Her latest endeavor is to establish a community education series. Judith Gonzalez-Lamendola, PTA, graduated with an associate s degree in applied science from Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey. She has been a licensed physical therapist assistant since 1999. The majority of her work experience has been in the field of occupational medicine. Given her Spanish heritage, she was pleased to be given the opportunity to use her bilingual abilities to communicate with the large population of Spanish-speaking patients she encountered in practice. However, she discovered that only a small percentage of physical therapy clinicians spoke the language. Having watched her co-workers struggle with the language barrier and realizing how this affected outcomes and job satisfaction, she was inspired to create a way for her colleagues to bridge this gap with their Spanish-speaking patients. Read more
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Needs some serious EDITING
I was really excited about this book because it is Spanish vocabulary that is specific to physical therapy. It has a nice quick anatomy guide and reference card that you can take out and use as a quick reference tool. However, I am appalled by the number of mistakes that I am finding in this book. Accent marks are misplaced or completely left out, there are even misspelled words (ex: "inchado" instead of the correct spelling of "hinchado"). Although this book is okay for a simple vocabulary reference, it will be frustrating for anyone with a moderate amount of Spanish background due to all of the Spanish mistakes. To be honest, I am wondering if it was edited at all. Also, it has a CD so that you can listen to native speakers use the vocab and practice some listening comprehension dialogue. This is a great feature, however not well edited, again. For example, there is a listening phrase in chapter 7 that is supposed to be a statement: you can not put pressure on your armpits. However, the native speaker asks it as a question instead. Overall the book is a great idea, but a terrible let down due to the poor editing. If they re-release an edited version, it would be a fantastic purchase and I would not hesitate to recommend it.
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