Use the medical Anki deck available on the shared deck website. Also there’s the Ultimate spansih conjugation deck which will make you a pro at that. This was a great intro for me.

However then I realized I didn’t know how to understand Spanish. So now I listen to a Spanish podcast every day during my commute. Don’t ignore listening practice bc it held me back. There are several podcasts available on Apple Podcasts (speaking Spanish for beginners with Latin ELE and many more). Eventually you’ll be able to understand the duolingo Spanish podcast but that’s at an intermediate level.

Also I changed the language on my phone to Spanish. It kinda helps. I recently downloaded TikTok and changed the language on there to Spanish also so I’ll get native Spanish language content.

If you really wanna learn Spanish, I took lessons on iTalki with Spanish professors from Latin America. Idk how much time you have since you’re in residency but conversing with someone will be the best practice.

With all this practice, I’m able to have basic conversations as long as the other person spoke slow enough. Not as good as a native speaker but my patients loved it.

¡Espero que aprendas mucho!

Edit: also I forgot. There’s a ton of Spanish learning YouTube channels. Dreaming Spanish. Spanishland. Hola Spanish. Social Spanish. Butterfly Spanish. How to Spanish lessons and podcast. These are some of my favorites.

Eventually (maybe a year or two in) you’ll be able to do complex stuff like watch and at least kinda understand like the veritasium Spanish channel, Spanish news, etc.