As a student with the goal of eventually going to medical school, one of the most important aspects of the preparation is job shadowing. Seeing medical professionals do their jobs may be too much for some people, but for people like me, it just makes us more excited for the future. I began shadowing doctors while I was in high school with a family practice physician in my home town of Grand Island. The city, which is the third largest in Nebraska, has a large and still growing Hispanic population. While I was shadowing for this doctor, I noticed that on any given day I would be there he needed a translator for anywhere from one-third to one-half of his patients. These patients seemed less trusting and more timid to speak up about their
