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Medical Spanish Classes in Colorado
Common Ground's Medical Spanish classes give you immediate communication skills!
The perfect Medical Spanish classes for physicians, nurses, students and other health care specialties.
Medical Spanish course descriptions
Beginning I Medical Spanish Course
Usual Class Locations: University of Colorado (Anschutz Medical Campus), Denver Health Medical Center, The Medical Center of Aurora, Littleton Adventist Hospital, Swedish Medical Center, Presbyterian St Lukes Medical Center, Lakewood Kaiser Permanente, Rock Creek Kaiser Permanente, Community Hospital (Grand Junction), Medical Center of the Rockies (Loveland)
8-week Format: 12 CME Credits or 12 CE Credits
3-day Weekend Seminar Format: 11 CME Credits or 11 CE Credits
Start using Spanish after your first night of classes! This Beginning I Medical Spanish Course helps you become comfortable with conversational Spanish and medical vocabulary. You will learn 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 Course
Usual Class Locations: University of Colorado (Anschutz Medical Campus), Denver Health Medical Center, The Medical Center of Aurora, Littleton Adventist Hospital, Swedish Medical Center, Presbyterian St Lukes Medical Center, Lakewood Kaiser Permanente, Rock Creek Kaiser Permanente, Community Hospital (Grand Junction), Medical Center of the Rockies (Loveland)
8-week Format: 12 CME Credits or 12 CE credits
3-day Weekend Seminar Format: 11 CME Credits or 11 CE Credits
Take your Spanish to the next level! The Beginning II course is a continuation of Beginning I or a great place to start if you already have some experience with Spanish. We will bring you to a point of further knowledge and comfort with the Spanish language in the medical context. You will begin with a review of Beginning I material such as common cold and flu symptoms and how to talk about pain and body parts using present tense verbs. Then you will learn how to take a family medical history, give pharmacy and dosing instructions for common medications as well as explaining their possible side effects, and learn how to recommend lifestyle changes regarding diet and nutrition, including special diets for patients. You will review regular and irregular present tense verb conjugations, learn preterit 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 Course
Usual Class Locations: University of Colorado (Anschutz Medical Campus), Denver Health Medical Center
8-week Format: 12 CE credits
3-day Weekend Seminar Format: 11 CE
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Increase your Medical Spanish proficiency! The Intermediate I course is appropriate for students with some significant Spanish experience. We assume you are comfortable with present tense verbs, and have studied the past tense before. For the first few weeks we will review 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 then learn how to conduct a physical exam in Spanish, how to explain tests and procedures to patients, and how to take a detailed medical history. Grammar topics will include strengthening how you 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
Usual Class Locations: University of Colorado (Anschutz Medical Campus)
8-week Format: 12 CE credits
Fine tune your Spanish! The Intermediate II course is a continuation of Intermediate I or a great place to start if you already feel comfortable with general medical vocabulary and can express yourself using present, past tense, and the command form of verbs. Course content will include a comprehensive review of medical vocabulary, patient interviewing skills, and verbs. You will focus in on 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. You will also have the opportunity to give a presentation in Spanish to the class about a specific topic that relates to your patients and/or specialization.
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 Course
Usual Class Locations: University of Colorado (Anschutz Medical Campus)
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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