Spanish for Medicine and Health

4-0-8 units · Graduate

Develops the linguistic skills needed and builds specialized medical terminology to effectively communicate with, assess, and care for Spanish-speaking patients in clinical settings. Develops cross-cultural competence and awareness by considering relevant cultural differences and their impact on the doctor-patient relationship. Also discusses major health issues that affect Latinx communities in the United States. Offers extensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing using authentic materials (news articles, public health information sites, videos, etc.) and communicative activities (group work, simulations, debates, oral presentations) to develop the proficiency needed to pursue further language study at the advanced level. Same as 21G.706 , but for graduate credit. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.