Course: SPAN 402. Spanish for Healthcare Professionals (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. This course is appropriate for beginning-level Spanish learners pursuing a career in the medical healthcare profession who want to increase their effectiveness in communicating with the Spanish speaking communities. The course includes how to greet patients, brief conversations, preliminary patient information, checking into the hospital, at the pediatrician office, at the gynecologist office, and other general health subjects. The course includes: medical terminology, grammar lessons that include gender and numbers, articles, subject pronouns, present indicative of the verbs ser and estar, present indicative of regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs, adjectives, and more. This course is of interest to a wide range of health professionals such as nurses, physicians, psychologists, counselors, and administrative staff. Conducted in Spanish. Available for graduate credit.