Clarifying a Past Medicine Reaction
Practice nurse (speaking English) and Patient (speaking Spanish) talk through “Clarifying a Past Medicine Reaction”. You interpret both ways — English into Spanish, and Spanish into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Mr Salcedo, could you tell me what needs correcting in the medicine reaction recorded on 9 September? I have your Ryde clinic record open.
Model answer and marking points
Señor Salcedo, ¿podría decirme qué hay que corregir sobre la reacción al medicamento registrada el 9 de septiembre? Tengo abierto su historial de la clínica de Ryde.
What an examiner checks here:
- question: what needs correcting in the recorded medicine reaction
- Reaction recorded on 9 September
- Mr Salcedo addressed
- Ryde clinic record open
Easy to miss: Keep 9 September as the date of the recorded reaction.
Sí. Aparece como una alergia con erupción, pero tuve náuseas y mareo. No me salió ninguna mancha.
Model answer and marking points
Yes. It's listed as an allergy with a rash, but I had nausea and dizziness. I didn't get any spots on my skin.
What an examiner checks here:
- Record lists an allergy with a rash
- Experienced nausea
- Experienced dizziness
- No spots appeared on the skin
Easy to miss: Do not turn the recorded rash into a symptom he actually experienced.
Thank you for explaining that. How long did those symptoms last, and do you remember the medicine's name or have its packaging with you?
Model answer and marking points
Gracias por aclararlo. ¿Cuánto tiempo le duraron esos síntomas? ¿Recuerda el nombre del medicamento o lleva el envase consigo?
What an examiner checks here:
- Thanks for the explanation
- question: how long the symptoms lasted
- question: whether he remembers the medicine's name
- question: whether he has its packaging with him
Easy to miss: Having the packaging with him is a question, not an established fact.
Me duraron dos horas. Fue el nueve de septiembre, cuando tomé esa medicina. No recuerdo el nombre, pero tengo la caja en casa.
Model answer and marking points
They lasted two hours. It was on the ninth of September, when I took that medicine. I don't remember the name, but I have the box at home.
What an examiner checks here:
- Symptoms lasted two hours
- Took the medicine on 9 September
- Does not remember the medicine's name
- Box is at home
Easy to miss: Distinguish the two-hour duration from the date of 9 September.
I can add your account to the record and flag the existing description for the doctor's review. I cannot confirm a diagnosis or change treatment.
Model answer and marking points
Puedo añadir su versión al historial y señalar la descripción que ya figura para que el médico la revise. No puedo confirmar un diagnóstico ni cambiar el tratamiento.
What an examiner checks here:
- Can add his account to the record
- Can flag the existing description for the doctor's review
- Cannot confirm a diagnosis
- Cannot change treatment
Easy to miss: Flagging the description for review does not mean changing or confirming a diagnosis.
Claro. No quiero que borren nada sin revisarlo. Solo quiero que el médico tenga mi versión, porque estoy preocupado por esa etiqueta de alergia.
Model answer and marking points
Of course. I don't want anything deleted without it being reviewed. I just want the doctor to have my account, because I'm worried about that allergy label.
What an examiner checks here:
- Does not want anything deleted without review
- Wants the doctor to have his account
- Concerned about the allergy label
Easy to miss: Preserve the condition 'without review' rather than saying he opposes any deletion.
Your review is booked for 5 November. Would you like me to note that you want the doctor to check whether the allergy label is accurate?
Model answer and marking points
Tiene la cita de revisión para el 5 de noviembre. ¿Quiere que deje anotado que desea que el médico compruebe si la clasificación como alergia es correcta?
What an examiner checks here:
- Review booked for 5 November
- question: whether he wants his request noted
- Wants the doctor to check the accuracy of the allergy label
Easy to miss: The question concerns checking whether the allergy label is accurate, not removing it.
Sí, por favor. El cinco de noviembre me viene bien. ¿El médico podrá ver la anotación original junto con lo que le estoy contando ahora?
Model answer and marking points
Yes, please. The fifth of November suits me. Will the doctor be able to see the original entry alongside what I'm telling you now?
What an examiner checks here:
- Agrees to have the request noted
- 5 November suits him
- question: whether the doctor can see the original entry
- question: whether his current account will be visible alongside it
Easy to miss: Keep the request to see both accounts as a question.
Yes, both will be available for the doctor to review. I'll add your concern about the allergy label to the appointment notes as well.
Model answer and marking points
Sí, el médico podrá consultar las dos versiones para revisarlas. También añadiré a las notas de la cita su preocupación por la clasificación como alergia.
What an examiner checks here:
- Both accounts will be available to the doctor
- Doctor can review both
- Concern about the allergy label will also be added to appointment notes
Easy to miss: Both accounts remain available; the new account does not replace the original.
Gracias. Voy a buscar la caja para comprobar el nombre. Si no la encuentro, ¿puedo traer una foto de la etiqueta que tengo en el móvil?
Model answer and marking points
Thank you. I'll look for the box to check the name. If I can't find it, can I bring a photo of the label that I have on my phone?
What an examiner checks here:
- Will look for the box
- Wants to check the medicine's name
- Photo of the label is on his phone
- question: whether he can bring the photo if he cannot find the box
Easy to miss: Bringing the photo is conditional on not finding the box.
A clear photo would help identify the medicine. If you find the box before the review, please bring it and explain what happened to the doctor.
Model answer and marking points
Una foto nítida ayudaría a identificar el medicamento. Si encuentra la caja antes de la revisión, tráigala, por favor, y explíquele al médico lo que ocurrió.
What an examiner checks here:
- Clear photo would help identify the medicine
- If the box is found before the review, bring it
- Explain what happened to the doctor
Easy to miss: The request to bring the box depends on finding it before the review.
De acuerdo. Revisaré que en la foto se lea bien el nombre y la llevaré a la consulta. Gracias por dejar mi versión anotada; me quedo más tranquilo.
Model answer and marking points
All right. I'll check that the name is clearly readable in the photo and bring it to the appointment. Thank you for recording my account; I feel more reassured.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will check that the name is clearly readable in the photo
- Will bring the photo to the appointment
- Thanks the staff member for recording his account
- Feels more reassured
Easy to miss: He will bring the photo, not necessarily the box.
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