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Spanish for the Medical Professional

Spanish for Healthcare Workers (SPAN 5018)

Dates: Tuesdays, April 9 - June 18, 2024 (No class on May 28, 2024)
Times: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Delivery: Live instruction via Zoom classroom
Textbook: Access to an eBook and four months of unlimited access to online educational materials are included with the registration fee
Cost: $495
Registration: Register for SPAN 5018

Optional Student Resource (not included in registration fee):
Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel: 2nd Enhanced Edition by Ana C. Jarvis Houghton Mifflin Company. 2011. ISBN-13: 9781285052188

Hola, me llamo Pat y soy su enfermera (o)
(Hello, my name is Pat and I will be your nurse)

Spanish for the Medical Professional is a course designed to help medical professionals to communicate effectively through conversational competence at a basic level with Spanish-speaking patients in a medical setting.

By the end of the course, students will learn how to:

  • Apply medical vocabulary in routine medical situations.
  • Write simple memos and health related reports.
  • Demonstrate basic understanding of some Hispanic/Latino cultural medical practices and the patient-doctor dynamic and relationship.
  • Describe signs and symptoms from the most common diseases in the United States
  • Demonstrate basic skills to conduct a patient interview in Spanish.

Personal Care Home Administrators, Assisted Living Administrators

The Bureau of Human Services Licensing has approved this course for 6 CEU’s (6 hours) toward the annual 24 CEU’s of training. (You must provide a copy of your PCHA and/or your ALA certificate, and completed evaluation prior to awarding your certificate of completion)

If you have any questions, please contact ce@york.psu.edu.

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