Intercultural Medical Experience Abroad/Away

Catalog description

This course is designed for future healthcare providers who want to increase their intercultural competence in the world of healthcare. The goal is to provide the student with the necessary linguistic competence and confidence to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients, and to develop intercultural competence that complements the student's existing discipline knowledge. Through daily language classes, cultural excursions, hands-on service-learning activities, home-stay living, and invited talks, students further develop their linguistic and intercultural skills, thus providing more humane treatment to patients with limited English proficiency. If this course is to be part of a faculty-led study abroad/away program in a Spanish-speaking location, it is expected that students use the second language at all times throughout the experience. Consent of instructor. Offered Summer.