SPAN 2051 Spanish for Health Professionals (5 credit hours)
The course is intended to introduce you to the practical language skills used in clinical settings and help you learn enough Spanish to interact with Spanish-speaking patients. This includes an emphasis on the common medical vocabulary that health care workers may encounter in the workplace.
The course also addresses colloquialisms and cultural competency in the health care settings.
This course is of interest to a wide range of health professionals such as nurses, physicians, psychologists, counselors, and administrative staff.
Both current health care professionals and students wishing to expand their skill set before entering the field are encouraged to take this course.
Clinical Practicum
Program Components
Clinical Practicum class is an observational clerkship and it is developed through the work at practicum sites, during each morning and complemented with the interaction with the supervising professionals and with presentations by experts. The clinical practicum will be 4-5 hours daily.
Additional presentations given by leaders in health care will provided the needed introductory background for the program during the first week such as "Costa Rican Health Care System" and "Common Health Issues & Disparities Between USA and CR. The accompanying faculty may also present to students. Invited guests include: the Minister of Health, Representatives from World Health Organization, Executives from Social Security System, former minister of health, hospital directors, policy health makers