Spanish for Health Care Workers

Catalog description

This course provides students with the linguistic and cultural competencies necessary to communicate and help treat Spanish speaking patients with limited English. It includes a general review of pertinent grammar and vocabulary relating to health care professions, assessment, and vocabulary useful for establishing patient rapport. Students will practice communicating in common medical situations, conducting patient interviews, and increase their understanding of possible responses from patients. We will broaden knowledge of different cultures, explore health care systems/ professions in a variety of settings, and have pertinent speakers invited to class. This course does not qualify as a pre-requisite for study abroad or for HISP 0600 . Students who complete 0490A successfully can continue with HISP 0500 as the next level. This is an intermediate level language course so if you have taken a 600 course or above, you will be too advanced.