Cultural Presentation No. 1: Health Care Services in Latin America*

In order to better anticipate the expectations of Spanish speaking patients from diverse cultural backgrounds regarding the doctor/ patient relationship and available health care services, students will be assigned a Latin American country and research differences and similarities in that country’s national health care system and medical services in order to compare and contrast these differences with the health care services available in the United States.

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21st Century Skills applied

National Standards for Foreign Languages: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, Communities

Modes of Communication: Presentational

Information, Media, and Technology Skills: Communication, Information Literacy, Technology Literacy

Life and Career Skills: Social and Cross-Cultural Skills

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