About
Help clinicians find the words when a patient needs them.
I'm Copeland Lachapelle, a dental student at UNC Adams School of Dentistry. I started Consultorio because I wanted to communicate better with my Spanish-speaking patients.
That pause at the chair — when a patient is waiting and the next Spanish line is not there yet — is what pushed me to build this. I wanted practical spoken Spanish for real patient conversations: words I could practice out loud on the commute, so they would be ready when someone needed to feel heard.
Why Consultorio exists
Language distance should not be the loudest thing in the room. Consultorio is audio-first on purpose: you play the clinician, answer in formal usted, and speak in the pauses before you need those lines with a real patient. A readable script stays hidden until you want it. The goal is simple — help clinicians find the words when a patient needs them.
What this is not
Consultorio is not medical interpreting, not CE credit, and not a fluency guarantee. For consent, diagnosis, medications, or anything where a misunderstanding could cause harm, use a qualified medical interpreter.