Medical Spanish

Catalog description

Increase opportunities to speak with patient with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and who speak Spanish in order to: ¥ Improve patient care ¥ Enhance patient outcomes and satisfaction ¥ Enhance provider satisfaction Note: using basic medical Spanish skills is not meant to replace the use of interpreter services; rather, it should augment them. Used by many medical schools across the country, this is an NIH-funded, self-paced, fully online medical Spanish course developed specifically for health care professionals. Instructional content broken down into 15-minute modules, learn by active participation (learning-by-speaking methodology), with role plays with real patient scenarios.