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Medical Spanish

A Spanish course for health care professionals

This course takes place in our school in Guanajuato, Mexico. It is designed for doctors, registered nurses and others who work (or intend to work) in the medical sector.

Structure and content: you will have 20 lessons during the first week to improve your knowledge of Spanish and 10 additional classes consisting of terminology and phrases appropriate to this field, which will increase to 20 classes in the second week.

Objective: improve your Spanish and develop skills and knowledge to improve communication with Spanish-speaking patients. The program also includes a hospital visit.

Course content:

  • Essential grammar (reflexive verbs, “to hurt” and “to like”, comparison of adjectives, pronouns, imperatives, verb + infinitive, key verbs.)
  • Alphabet, numbers, dimensions, colors, time expressions, useful greetings / expressions.
  • Spanish for Nurses and Laboratory Technicians (blood test, etc)
  • Orthopaedics and rehabilitation.
  • Conversation with patients.
  • Parts of the human body.
  • Laboratory procedures.
  • Admission data.
  • Medical history.
  • Physical terminology.
Pricelist
2 Weeks
Medical Spanish $680

Start dates

JAN 26; APR 20; JUN 8; JUL 6; OCT 5

Practical Information
Duration
2 weeks
Frequency per week
Week I: 20 hours intensive course + 10 specialization classes.
Week II: 20 specialization classes + hospital visit.
Classes
Intensive Spanish course: maximum of 8 students per group
Medical Spanish classes: maximum of 16 students per group
Level
B1 (Intermediate)
Age Range
+18
The School

This program is recognized by the Utah Nurses Association (UNA), an organization accredited as a professional development center for nursing by the 'American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission'. Equal to 30 hours/credits. The UNA number for this course is 03-05-002.

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