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NAMS 2026 Conference
Golden West College · Huntington Beach, California
November 12–14, 2026
Subject: Español o bilingüe clear filter
Thursday, November 12
 

3:30pm PST

O1 — Teaching the Physical Exam Across Spanish Language Proficiency Levels: A Student-Led, Curriculum-Integrated Approach
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 3:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
CM
KH
AZ
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 3:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:55pm PST

O3 — Enhancing Spanish OSCE Authenticity: Integrating Bilingual Community Health Workers as Standardized Patients
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
VP
KI
LR
MC
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

4:20pm PST

O5 — Simulation-Based Assessment of Communication in Medical Spanish: An OSCE Approach to Language Access
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
DR
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation
 
Friday, November 13
 

10:25am PST

O7 — El familismo y la salud latina
Friday November 13, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION

Speakers
GM
AM
Friday November 13, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

10:50am PST

O10 — Developing a Medical Spanish Concentration within a PharmD Program
Friday November 13, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
RM
Friday November 13, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

11:15am PST

O12 — More Than an Elective: Building a Longitudinal Medical Spanish Curriculum
Friday November 13, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Brittany Almaraz
CC
GJ
LD
Friday November 13, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

11:40am PST

O13 — Más que Palabras: The Impact of Student Spanish Proficiency on Patient Experience
Friday November 13, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
PO
LD
MI
Friday November 13, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

1:45pm PST

O17 — Implementing Language-Congruent Medical Training Pathways in California Medical Training Programs
Friday November 13, 2026 1:45pm - 2:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Margarita Loeza
RR
Friday November 13, 2026 1:45pm - 2:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

2:10pm PST

Beyond Compliance: Language Access and Justice Initiatives as Tools to Dismantle Barriers, Counter Xenophobia, and Improve Community Trust
Friday November 13, 2026 2:10pm - 2:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
DM
UN
Friday November 13, 2026 2:10pm - 2:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

2:35pm PST

O21 — Preparación para la comunicación en salud: un enfoque comunitario y crítico en la enseñanza del español
Friday November 13, 2026 2:35pm - 2:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
AA
Friday November 13, 2026 2:35pm - 2:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:00pm PST

O23 — Los registros en interpretación médica: adaptar el lenguaje para lograr accesibilidad sin pérdida de precisión técnica
Friday November 13, 2026 3:00pm - 3:20pm PST
Language Arts – Room 104
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Milly Golia

Milly Golia

PhD candidate specializing in research-driven translation, Bureaucom LLC dba Take5steps(c)
Milly Golia is a Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics and Translation at Jaume I University in Valencia, Spain. After earning her Master’s in Legal Translation with a double major in Interpreting and Language Instruction from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina, she also... Read More →
Friday November 13, 2026 3:00pm - 3:20pm PST
Language Arts – Room 104
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:25pm PST

O26 — The Confidence Illusion: AI Interpreting, Patient Safety, and Language Access in Clinical Care
Friday November 13, 2026 3:25pm - 3:45pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
avatar for Silvina de la Iglesia

Silvina de la Iglesia

Center for Clinician Multilingualism
Silvina de la Iglesia is an Authorized POLOM Educator and supports administrative operations at the Center for Clinician Multilingualism. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Medical Spanish. With over 15 years of experience as a language access and... Read More →
avatar for Alexandra Lopez Vera, PhD, MPH

Alexandra Lopez Vera, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medical Education, California University of Science and Medicine
I am an Assistant Professor of Medical Education at the California University of Science and Medicine, where I serve as Director of the Medical Spanish Program. In this role, I designed and implemented a longitudinal, systems-based curriculum that integrates linguistic proficiency... Read More →
Friday November 13, 2026 3:25pm - 3:45pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

3:50pm PST

O27 — Storytelling as Pedagogy: Student-Produced Podcasting in Medical Spanish Education
Friday November 13, 2026 3:50pm - 4:10pm PST
Language Arts – Room 104
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
DG
Friday November 13, 2026 3:50pm - 4:10pm PST
Language Arts – Room 104
  ACTION, Oral presentation

4:30pm PST

O29 — Humanización, justicia y equidad lingüística en oncología: impacto y resultados de la Cátedra «¿En qué te puedo ayudar?»
Friday November 13, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
IC
Friday November 13, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

4:55pm PST

O32 — Language Barriers in Maternal Healthcare
Friday November 13, 2026 4:55pm - 5:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
LM
AA
BC
Friday November 13, 2026 4:55pm - 5:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

5:20pm PST

O33 — "They Didn't Tell You Everything": Spanish-Speaking Caregivers' Experiences with Interpretation at Childhood Cancer Diagnosis
Friday November 13, 2026 5:20pm - 5:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
JR

Jenny Ruiz

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Friday November 13, 2026 5:20pm - 5:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation
 
Saturday, November 14
 

10:25am PST

O35 — Do Medical Students Actually Improve? Evidence from an 18-Month Required Medical Spanish Curriculum
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
AL
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

10:50am PST

O38 — State Appropriation as a Protective Factor for Clinical Communication Skills in Spanish Education: A Case Study at a Hispanic-Serving Medical School
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
VP
KI
LL
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

11:15am PST

O39 — Realidad virtual en clases de español médico: innovación para la comunicación clínica
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 104
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
JC
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 104
  ACTION, Oral presentation

11:40am PST

O42 — More Than Words: Building Intercultural Competence and Empathy in the Spanish for Health Professions Classroom
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
JS
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

12:05pm PST

O44 — Plain Language Spanish: Testing Simplified Explanatory Scripts for Low-Literacy Patients
Saturday November 14, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
avatar for Milly Golia

Milly Golia

PhD candidate specializing in research-driven translation, Bureaucom LLC dba Take5steps(c)
Milly Golia is a Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics and Translation at Jaume I University in Valencia, Spain. After earning her Master’s in Legal Translation with a double major in Interpreting and Language Instruction from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina, she also... Read More →
Saturday November 14, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

1:30pm PST

O46 — From Difference to Disorder: Dialect-Informed Diagnosis in Spanish–English Bilingual Children
Saturday November 14, 2026 1:30pm - 1:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 104
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Reinaldo Cabrera Perez
Saturday November 14, 2026 1:30pm - 1:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 104
  ACTION, Oral presentation

1:55pm PST

O48 — Evidencia desde la perspectiva de estudiantes de medicina y odontología al servicio de una comunidad bilingüe sobre el impacto de la instrucción de español en la formación en salud
Saturday November 14, 2026 1:55pm - 2:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
AR
GG
NM
JN
Saturday November 14, 2026 1:55pm - 2:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

2:20pm PST

O49 — Más allá de la enseñanza del idioma: Aplicación de la pedagogía basada en la neurociencia para mejorar la memoria, la motivación y el aprendizaje del lenguaje en la enseñanza del español médico
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:20pm - 2:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 104
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
CT
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:20pm - 2:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 104
  ACTION, Oral presentation

2:45pm PST

O51 — Kidney Screenings and Medical Spanish: A Unique Community-Engaged Collaboration
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:45pm - 3:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Shria Ajay
PM
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:45pm - 3:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:10pm PST

O53 — Wellness While Waiting: Transformando la Espera en Bienestar
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:10pm - 3:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
JA
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:10pm - 3:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:35pm PST

O54 — Communication in Critical Moments: Pregnancy, Childhood, Chronic Illness, and End-of-Life Care
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:35pm - 3:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
avatar for Juana Lucio González

Juana Lucio González

Family Medicine, MD, Clínica de Salud del Valle de Salinas
EM
OM
NC
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:35pm - 3:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation
 
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