Medical Spanish

Class designed for students with some previous knowledge of Spanish (SPA Beginner 2A from our program  equivalent to 1 year college approx.), for whom success in the field is vitally important, this class prepares students to use “real-life language” on the job. A focus on practical language learned in context makes Spanish accessible for the health professional.

Course contents

• Giving personal information and writing a clinical record.
• Having a conversation in the doctor’s office.
• Describing symptoms.
• Vocabulary: parts of the body, organs, verbs to express medical conditions.
• Speaking about diseases and their treatments.
• Medical emergencies.
• Food and nutrition.
• Pregnancy and pediatrics.
• Other health problems: drugs and psychiatry.
• At the hospital: surgeries and medical studies.
• Going to the pharmacy.
• Other medical treatments: dentist, optometrist, physiotherapy.
• Cultural approach: respect and trust in the Hispanic culture, medicine of native cultures, sexual health, the doctor-patient relationship.