COURSE SYLLABUS
MEDICAL SPANISH
(pdf Course Syllabus Medical Spanish)
INSTRUCTOR Dr. Jennifer Formwalt
E-MAIL ADDRESS jmformwalt@ung.edu
CELL PHONE 706-429-4962
OFFICE 305A Dunlap Hall
REQUIRED TEXTS: Ortega, Pilar. Spanish and the Medical Interview. Saunders: Philadelphia, 2007. (with DVD).
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to teach basic Spanish language to students that plan to work as health care professionals.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
In Medical Spanish (SPAN 1200), students will learn to conduct a 5-10 minute basic Medical Interview in Spanish and to work effectively with a professional Medical Interpreter. In addition to learning the basic language skills necessary to conduct a preliminary Medical Interview in Spanish, students gain knowledge and understanding of different cultural perspectives to help them better anticipate and manage patient expectations during the medical encounter.
Spanish 1200 is designed to develop the following ACTFL (American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages) standards and sub-standards:
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied. Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language. Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures. Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION- READ CAREFULLY
This course will be divided into 11 lessons corresponding to the 11 chapters of the course textbook. Each chapter will be covered in 1-3 days of class and students will have a brief vocabulary/ grammar quiz at the beginning of each class covering the previous lesson’s material. Students will conduct a mock medical interview with a native Spanish speaker
at the midterm of the semester. Students will also be responsible for 2 in-class cultural presentations of information related to the health care systems of assigned Latin American countries and the use of herbal remedies as alternative medicine in Latin America. Daily homework assignments will review information learned in class and prepare students for their mock interview, cultural presentations and a final semster project, to build a Profesisonal Portfolio. Students are expected to attend class regularly and should not exceed 4 absences.
FINAL GRADE (Please refer to links for project description and student instructions)
MOCK INTERVIEW 20%
PRESENTATIONS (NO. 1, NO.2) 30%
DAILY PARTICIPATION/ QUIZZES 10%
DAILY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS (20) 10%
FINAL PROJECT-PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO 30%
LESSONS BY CHAPTER
| 1. BASICS OF CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH |
| 2. SETTING THE STAGE DURING THE CLINICAL ENCOUNTER |
| 3. HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS |
| 4. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY AND REVIEW OF SYSTEMS |
| 5. MEDICATIONS AND DRUG EFFECTS |
| 6. FAMILY HISTORY |
| 7. SOCIAL AND SEXUAL HISTORY |
| 8. MENTAL HEALTH |
| 9. PREVENTATIVE HEALTH AND NUTRITION |
| 10. PHYSICAL EXAM AND ANCILLARY SERVICES |
| 11. KNOWING YOUR LIMITATIONS: WHEN AND HOW TO USE A MEDICAL INTERPRETER |
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