Learn to interact with medical Spanish speakers with confidence and competence!

Our CCLS two-level Medical Spanish Program is designed for professionals in the field of medicine, such as doctors, nurses, caregivers, etc., allowing them to improve their communication with the Spanish-speaking community that seeks health care services. A geared program toward medical professionals with lower-intermediate Spanish language level.

Medical Spanish is an elective program with the extensive focus on medical vocabulary, linguistics, and cultural matters to help them provide medical care to their Spanish-speaking patients more effectively and friendly approach. Induced grammatical structures will help learners deal with patients when asking questions, giving commands, and reporting present and past events.

Our Method

Taught one-on-one or in small groups, students will develop working language skills for communication applicable to the field of medicine and healthcare. Students will review grammatical structures needed to interact with patients, such as asking questions, giving commands, and reporting in past, present, and future tense, emphasizing conversational skills through interactive class activities.

The Medical Spanish Program focuses primarily on teacher-student and peer interaction. Tasks and activities in the classroom include communicative activities (role play, question and answer, the practice of natural speech, etc.,) instructor-guided activities (reading, comprehension questions, pronunciation practice, etc.,) and exercise in learning and internalizing specific vocabulary and grammatical structures.

Course Duration

The Medical Spanish Program series is comprised of two levels of instruction. Standard level completion time is 50 hours, taught in 25 sessions of two hours each. The actual program duration will vary depending on individual needs, the level of each student, and the group's size and pace of learning.

Upon completion of program, learners will be able to:

• Gain a strong foundation in Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel.
• Achieve a professional working knowledge of Medical Spanish and cultural awareness of the needs of the Spanish-speaking community.
• Communicate with confidence and competence.
• Add a new skill to your professional profile.
• Acquire a specialized Spanish vocabulary appropriate to health care situations.
• Better understand the different cultural approaches to health care and medical services within various Hispanic cultures.

To book a course or learn more about our programs, contact us today!