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Medical Spanish Courses

Medical Spanish Courses

These Spanish medical language courses in Spain are designed for medical staff from any country in the world who would like to have an in-depth knowledge of medical terminology in the Spanish language in order to improve their communicative skills in Spanish-speaking clinics or hospitals.

Based on a new interactive focus, health professionals participate in a wide range of activities during the classes.


The programme includes:


  • Use of Spanish in different clinical cases.
  • Simulations of dealing with supposed patients.
  • Programmed visit of the Spanish pupil to a Medical Centre.
  • Exchange of medical experiences with Spanish health professionals who
    work in the same speciality. (Optional)

This Spanish medical course is ideal for doctors who want to enjoy wonderful holidays in Santander and, at the same time, gain an in-depth knowledge of how medicine works in Spanish-speaking countries.


The course includes vocabulary specific for the evaluation and care of patients, diagnoses and discussions focusing to cultural competencies.

 

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Medical Spanish Course Options

  • Standard Spanish Course + Private classes on
    medical Spanish (This option is recommended for students who have not yet reached an intermediate level in Spanish).
  • Medical Spanish language classes in
    a specific group (In-company Group).
  • Private classes exclusively for learning
    medical Spanish.

Choose the number of hours spent on specific classes each week.


If you need to change to more or less classes than indicated. Please contact us.

 

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Needs Analysis for Spanish Medical Learners

Let us know exactly what your needs and wants are so we can do all we can for you. Before coming to Delta Language School in Santander, Spain, you will take a very short test and provide us a brief summary of how you use Spanish at work and what you would like to achieve during your Spanish Course with us.


When you begin your class, a further needs analysis will take place. During this process you can decide, with the assistance of your teacher, the best way to spend your time at Delta Language School. This assistance will continue during all of your course, which can be modified as your needs may change.

 

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Medical Language Skills

Choose from our extensive range of medical language options.


The framework of practices for learning the Medical Spanish Course consists of the following areas:


  • Medical protocol.
  • Medical aspects: anatomy, medical physiology, medical pathology, surgery, medical specialisations.
  • Simulated medical meetings with patients.
  • Simulated telephone calls related to clinical cases.
  • Public presentation of real medical reports and medical investigations.
  • Comparison of working habits and cultural issues.
  • Reading and translating medical texts.
  • Preparation and rehearsal of medical addresses for conferences on the stage in the assembly hall at Delta Language School.


Also, when health professionals meet with their patients and colleagues they often discuss wider issues such as:


  • Current medical topics.
  • Socio-cultural issues.
  • Medical praxis and De ontology.
  • Education and Training.
  • Advances in medical science and technology.

In the Medical Spanish Language classroom specific medical vocabulary and grammatical structures are used, in a generative and functional way, respectively, so as to achieve a series of communication strategies, or useful phrases, applied to the medical clinic:


  • Appropriate questions (Clinical meeting).
  • Interrupt.
  • Clarify and confirm./li>
  • Summary (Medical diagnosis).
  • Calm down and advise (Medical prognosis).
  • Convince (verbal empathy) and compromise (Medical treatment).

 

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