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Basic Spanish for Health Care Professionals I SPAN 161
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BASIC SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS I SPAN 161
Course Syllabus
I.
REQUIRED MATERIALS
“Spanish for Health Care
Author: Kukulcan
Professionals”.
II.
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
“Pido la palabra I y II”
Authors: Erica E. Duhne, Elin Emilsson, Ma.
Teresa Montoya, Rosalía del Río; Martha Elena
Cortés, Laura Galindo Islas, Ma. Teresa
Montoya. (UNAM)
“An Introduction to Spanish
for Health Care Workers”
Author: Robert O. Chase and Clarisa B.
Medina de Chase.
III. COURSE OBJECTIVE
Students will learn basic communicative tools in Spanish to resolve typical problems related to
their profession. Students will learn useful phrases within a medical context, as well as acquire
vocabulary and grammatical knowledge via exercises, communicative activities and reading of
real-life dialogues.
At the end of course, the student will have acquired skills and will have reinforced learned
structures via practice and role playing activities with his/her classmates. By the completion of this
course the student will be able to greet and introduce him/herself, will be familiar with vocabulary
relating to body parts, injuries, and basic commands, will be able to conduct consultations with
patients, conduct basic examinations, obtain clinical information and will be able to inform the
patient about prescribed medications and their potential side effects.
IV.
EVALUATION
Weekly and final evaluation
Participation/homework
Oral expression
V.
40 %
30 %
30 %
100 %
LENGTH COURSE
Two weeks in a weekly schedule of 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
VI.
CONTACT HOURS
Hours per day
1.5 Functional Spanish Topics
1 Practical vocabulary for healthcare
professionals
2 Situational conversation1
1.5 Culture
5.5 hours/day
1
Hours per week
8 Functional Spanish Topics
5 Practical vocabulary for healthcare
professionals
10 Situational conversation
5 Culture
28 hours/week
One day a week a conversation class is replaced by a cultural excursion in or around Cuernavaca, as well as by visits to
hospitals or healthcare centers.
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VII. COURSE DESCRIPTION
LESSON 1
Communication Objectives
- Greetings
- Introductions
- Asking and providing name and profession
Linguistic Content
- Greetings
- Personal pronouns
- The verb ser (nationality, origin, professions and descriptions)
- Definite/indefinite articles
- Nouns
- Gender and number
- Noun and adjective agreement
Vocabulary
- The professions
- Medical specializations
LESSON 2
Communication Objectives
- Asking the patient about his/her condition
- Learning the difference between and uses of ser and estar
- Expressing possession
Linguistic Content
- The verb estar (temporal condition, emotions)
- Possessive adjectives
- The differences between ser and estar
Vocabulary
- Days of the week
- Emotions
LESSON 3
Communication Objectives
- Asking about symptoms
- Becoming familiar with body parts
- Asking about injuries and accidents
- Expressing feelings, age, obligation and possession
Linguistic Content
- The verb tener (possession, idiomatic expressions, obligation)
- Verbs with inverted construction (i.e. doler)
-The verb ser (date, time, event)
- Interrogative words
Vocabulary
- Body parts
- Flu symptoms
- Injuries
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LESSON 4
Communication Objectives
- Asking the patient for general information (name, address, age, phone number, etc.)
- Telling the patient dates and times of appointments
- Expressing habitual actions
- Expressing present actions
Linguistic Content
- Present indicative of regular verbs
- The personal a
- Direct object pronouns
- Hay (existence)
Vocabulary
- Months of the year
- Numbers
- Time
LESSON 5
Communication Objectives
- Expressing possession
- Asking for the patient’s family history
- Speaking about illnesses
- Giving instructions on taking medications
Linguistic Content
- Indirect object pronouns
- The verb tomar
- Expressions with deber, tener and haber
Vocabulary
- Family
- First and last names
- Family histories
LESSON 6
Communication Objectives
- Prescribing medications
- Talking about the side effects of medications
- Expressing friendly requests
- Explaining different types of medicine and their uses
Linguistic Content
- Friendly requests
- Demonstrative adjectives
- Indefinite adjectives and pronouns
Vocabulary
-The pharmacy
-Side effects of drugs (allergic reactions)
- Drugs
Revised: September 2005