Redirecting a Specialist Report
Medical secretary (speaking English) and Patient (speaking Spanish) talk through “Redirecting a Specialist Report”. 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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Before we send your specialist's report, Mr Valdés, could you confirm your current general practice? Our records list two clinics with very similar names.
Model answer and marking points
Antes de enviar el informe de su especialista, señor Valdés, ¿podría confirmarme a qué clínica de medicina general acude actualmente? En nuestros registros figuran dos clínicas con nombres muy parecidos.
What an examiner checks here:
- Before sending the specialist's report
- Patient addressed as Mr Valdés
- question: confirm current general practice
- Records list two clinics with very similar names
Easy to miss: The question asks for the current general practice, not the specialist's clinic.
Sí, ahora voy a Cedar Grove Family Practice. Antes iba a Cedar Grove Medical, pero cambié de clínica el primero de septiembre. Los nombres se parecen muchísimo.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, I now go to Cedar Grove Family Practice. I used to go to Cedar Grove Medical, but I changed clinics on the first of September. The names are very similar.
What an examiner checks here:
- Current clinic is Cedar Grove Family Practice
- Former clinic was Cedar Grove Medical
- Changed clinics on 1 September
- Clinic names are very similar
Easy to miss: Do not reverse the current and former clinics.
Thank you. The report dated 12 October is addressed to your former doctor. Do you want that existing report sent to your current doctor instead?
Model answer and marking points
Gracias. El informe del 12 de octubre está dirigido a su médico anterior. ¿Quiere que enviemos ese mismo informe a su médica actual en su lugar?
What an examiner checks here:
- Report dated 12 October
- Report addressed to former doctor
- question: send the existing report to current doctor instead
Easy to miss: The request concerns redirecting the existing report, not preparing a new one.
Sí, el del doce de octubre, por favor. Me cambié antes de esa fecha, pero olvidé avisarles. Mi médica actual es la doctora Lucía Cabrera, de Cedar Grove Family Practice.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, the one dated the twelfth of October, please. I changed clinics before that date, but I forgot to let you know. My current doctor is Dr Lucía Cabrera at Cedar Grove Family Practice.
What an examiner checks here:
- Requests report dated 12 October
- Changed clinics before the report date
- Forgot to notify the service
- Current doctor is Dr Lucía Cabrera
- Current clinic is Cedar Grove Family Practice
Easy to miss: The clinic change happened before 12 October, not on that date.
I have Doctor Cabrera at Cedar Grove Family Practice in Strathfield. Could you confirm the address? The other clinic on your file is Cedar Grove Medical.
Model answer and marking points
Tengo registrada a la doctora Cabrera en Cedar Grove Family Practice, en Strathfield. ¿Podría confirmar la dirección? La otra clínica que figura en su expediente es Cedar Grove Medical.
What an examiner checks here:
- Dr Cabrera listed at Cedar Grove Family Practice
- Practice located in Strathfield
- question: confirm the address
- Other clinic on file is Cedar Grove Medical
Easy to miss: Keep Strathfield attached to Cedar Grove Family Practice.
Sí, la consulta de la doctora Cabrera está en el número catorce de Albert Road. Cedar Grove Medical era mi clínica anterior.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, Dr Cabrera's practice is at 14 Albert Road. Cedar Grove Medical was my previous clinic.
What an examiner checks here:
- Confirms Dr Cabrera's practice address
- Street number is 14
- Street is Albert Road
- Cedar Grove Medical was the previous clinic
Easy to miss: The street number is fourteen, not forty.
That matches the details here. To confirm your consent, may we send the report dated 12 October to Doctor Cabrera, using the practice's secure messaging address?
Model answer and marking points
Eso coincide con los datos que tenemos aquí. Para confirmar su consentimiento, ¿nos autoriza a enviar el informe del 12 de octubre a la doctora Cabrera a través de la dirección de mensajería segura de la clínica?
What an examiner checks here:
- Details match the records
- question: consent to send the report
- Report dated 12 October
- Recipient is Dr Cabrera
- Use the practice's secure messaging address
Easy to miss: Preserve the consent question and the secure messaging method.
Sí, autorizo que le envíen ese informe a la doctora Cabrera. No quiero que manden una copia adicional a la clínica anterior.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, I authorise you to send that report to Dr Cabrera. I don't want you to send an additional copy to my previous clinic.
What an examiner checks here:
- Explicit consent to send that report
- Recipient is Dr Cabrera
- Does not want an additional copy sent
- Previous clinic must not receive the additional copy
Easy to miss: Do not lose the refusal to send an additional copy to the former clinic.
Understood. I'll record your consent and update your general practice details. This changes where we send the report; it does not change the report's clinical content.
Model answer and marking points
Entendido. Registraré su consentimiento y actualizaré los datos de su clínica de medicina general. Esto cambia el destino al que enviamos el informe; no cambia su contenido clínico.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will record consent
- Will update general practice details
- Change affects where the report is sent
- Clinical content of the report does not change
Easy to miss: Only the destination changes; the clinical content does not.
Me quedo más tranquilo. ¿Podrían avisarme cuando lo hayan enviado? Tengo una consulta con ella el jueves y quisiera asegurarme de que lo tenga.
Model answer and marking points
That's a relief. Could you let me know once you've sent it? I have an appointment with her on Thursday, and I'd like to make sure she has it.
What an examiner checks here:
- Patient feels reassured
- question: notify patient once the report has been sent
- Appointment with the doctor on Thursday
- Wants to ensure the doctor has the report
Easy to miss: The patient asks for notification after sending, not confirmation that the doctor has read it.
We can text you once it has been sent. If the message fails, we'll call. Please confirm the mobile number we should use for that notification.
Model answer and marking points
Podemos enviarle un mensaje de texto una vez que hayamos enviado el informe. Si falla el envío del mensaje, le llamaremos. Por favor, confirme el número de móvil que debemos usar para esa notificación.
What an examiner checks here:
- Can notify patient by text
- Text sent after the report has been sent
- Will call if the text message fails
- question: confirm mobile number for the notification
Easy to miss: The phone call is the fallback if the text message fails.
El número que tienen sigue siendo el mío; termina en seis, dos, ocho, cinco. Un mensaje de texto me viene bien, porque mientras trabajo no siempre puedo atender.
Model answer and marking points
The number you have is still mine; it ends in six, two, eight, five. A text message works well for me because I can't always answer calls while I'm working.
What an examiner checks here:
- Number on file is still the patient's
- Last four digits are 6285
- Text message is suitable
- Cannot always answer calls while working
Easy to miss: Keep the final digits in the order 6, 2, 8, 5, and preserve 'not always'.
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