Medical Spanish
Practical and productive courses designed to give you immediate communication skills in Spanish for use as a healthcare professional!
Customized courses designed for the physicians, nurses and other health care providers, as well as students in health care related professions. Check out our course descriptions and remember we can design a specific course for your needs.
Beginning I Medical Spanish
8-week Format: 12 CME Credits or 12 CE Credits
3-day Weekend Seminar Format: 11 CME Credits or 11 CE Credits
The Beginning I Medical Spanish course is an opportunity to become comfortable with conversational Spanish and medical vocabulary. The class
will cover greetings and goodbyes, patient introductions, basic interview skills, common cold and flu symptoms, body parts, pain and injuries,
vital signs, basic medical vocabulary, numbers, telling time and units of measure. A great place to start learning!
Great for students who…
- Have little or no experience with Spanish–OR
- Aren’t currently using their Spanish because they have never been comfortable enough to try and use the Spanish they know.
- Know a little general Spanish, but would like to start slow with Medical terms and review grammar.
Beginning II Medical Spanish
8-week Format: 12 CME Credits or 12 CE credits
3-day Weekend Seminar Format: 11 CME Credits or 11 CE Credits
The Beginning II Medical Spanish course is a continuation
of the Beginning I Medical Spanish course or a great
place to start if you have some experience with the
Spanish language. We will bring you to a point of further
knowledge and comfort with the Spanish language in the
medical context. This course will begin with a review
of Beginning I material such as common cold and flu
symptoms, how to talk about pain and body parts. New
information will cover: taking a family medical history,
the pharmacy and giving patient instruction about medications
as well as explaining possible side effects to medication,
diet and nutrition and being able to recommend special
diets to patients. You will also be introduced to regular
and irregular present tense verb conjugations, preterite (past)
tense verbs, and speaking about the future.
Great for students who…
- Maybe have some high school experience with Spanish –OR-
- Can get through a basic interaction with patients, but really need to focus on some grammar and specific medical vocabulary to help be more efficient.
- Know the present tense and are able to use it, but get lost when it comes to past tense.
- Completed Beginning I
Intermediate I Medical Spanish
8-week Format: 12 CE credits
3-day Weekend Seminar Format: 11 CME Credits or 11 CE
Credits
The Intermediate I Medical Spanish course is appropriate
for individuals with some Spanish experience. We will
bring you to a point of further knowledge and comfort
with the Spanish language in the medical context. Specifically,
the following items will be covered: a review of basic
body parts and internal organs, symptoms and pain, the
pharmacy (giving patient instructions and side effects),
and diet and nutrition (recommending certain diets).
You will also learn how to do a physical exam in Spanish,
how to explain tests and procedures to patients, and
how to take a medical history. Grammar topics will include
learning how to communicate in the past tense with patients,
learning how to give commands, and learning how to use
direct and indirect object pronouns.
Great for students who…
- Are very comfortable with the present tense, are pretty comfortable with the past tense. Maybe had a few years in high school.
- Currently use Spanish as much as possible.
- Want to focus on medical vocabulary & get a lot of time to practice in the classroom setting.
- Completed Beginning II
Intermediate II Medical Spanish
8-week Format: 12 CE credits
The Intermediate II Medical Spanish course is a continuation
of the Intermediate I Medical Spanish course, or a great
place to start if you already feel comfortable with
general medical vocabulary and can express yourself
using present and past tense verbs. Course content will
include a review of body parts, symptoms, patient interviewing
skills and verbs. It will also include vocabulary topics
such as the physical exam, learning how to take a complete
medical history, talking about hospitalizations, dentistry
and mental health, as well as pediatrics and maternity.
Grammar topics included are an introduction to the
subjunctive, using direct and indirect object pronouns,
commands and the imperfect and preterit verb tenses.
Great for students who…
- Consider themselves very proficient with Spanish, but need to focus on more medical terminology
- Currently use Spanish all the time with patients.
- Want to focus on medical vocabulary & get a lot of time to practice in the classroom setting.
- Completed Intermediate I
Advanced Conversational Medical Spanish
8-week Format: 12 CE credits
Este curso es de estilo conversacional y propone motivar a los estudiantes a practicar y mejorar en la comunicación con los pacientes hispano-hablantes. En este curs0 los estudiantes van a repasar diversos tópicos gramaticales que normalmente ofrecen dificultad (por ejemplo, uso de modo subjuntivo, el modo condicional, los mandatos, las diferencias entre el pretérito y el imperfecto, entre otros) y los estudiantes desarrollarán aún más la expresión oral en un contexto médico. Los tópicos de conversación en este curso dependen de las necesidades de los estudiantes. Una gran parte de la clase es la contribución de los participantes. El curso requiere su energía y participación.
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