Learning Survival Spanish for Healthcare Professionals is finally possible without the hassle of traditional classroom instruction.
William C. Harvey – Survival Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
Description:
Basic Spanish for Better Communication
Effective Spanish for Emergencies
Practical Skills to use the Next Day
Tired of relying on the patient’s family members, your co-workers, or even telephone assistance to handle simple conversations with Spanish-speakers? What if you could learn just enough Spanish to get through a typical workday all on your own? And, what if you could do so while having some fun at the same time?
Survival Spanish for Healthcare Professionals is a beginning Spanish program, designed for healthcare personnel who understand and speak very little, or no, Spanish, and are interested in an effective, non-threatening language learning experience. Course content includes basic vocabulary and grammar, along with conversational expressions, questions, and commands tailored to the needs of all those attending. Instruction is “real-life” and geared for today’s busy adult learner, taught with humor in an atmosphere that guarantees rapid language acquisition and valuable cross-cultural awareness.
Learning Survival Spanish for Healthcare Professionals is finally possible without the hassle of traditional classroom instruction.
OUTLINE
The Guidelines to Learning a Second Language
Cultural Understandings
Busting the Myths
The Sounds of Spanish
Basics of Pronunciation
The Vowels
Dialectic Differences
The T. P. R. Technique: Using Medical Commands
Touch and Talk Technique
Survival Vocabulary
Body Parts
Colors
Numbers
Clothing
Basic Foods
How to Understand a Spanish-Speaking Patient
What and How to Listen
How to Slow Down Speech
Spanglish Words
Healthcare Words, Expressions and Beginning Conversations
Greetings
Needs Assessment
Giving Directions
The Physical Exam
Diagnosis
Treatment Terminology
Survival One-liners in Customer Service
Cordial Exchanges to Use
Utilizing the Interpreter
The Question Words: Using the Hospital Interview
Intake
Admission and Discharge
Easy Answers: How to Respond
One-Word Questions
Either / or Questions
Yes / no Questions
Scheduling
Clocks, Calendars and Appointments
The Verb SER vs. ESTAR
Sentences with AM, IS, ARE
Use in Context: Illness and Injuries
The Front Desk, the Hospital, and Room to Room
The Building, Medical Equipment, Job
Titles, Specialists
The Post-It Method
Home Practice Technique: The Home and Furnishings
The Doctor’s Office
Emergency Situations
How to Ask the Right Questions / Answering Appropriately
The Verb TENER
How to Use TO HAVE
The Family
Family History
Male / Female Roles
How to Talk to Kids/the Elderly
Medical Verb Forms
How to Create Complete Sentences
Healthcare Power-lines
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Practice Tips and Beyond
OBJECTIVES
Distinguish the key communication differences between U.S. and Latino cultures.
Discuss Spanish words and expressions related to healthcare situations.
Demonstrate effective communication in Spanish with comfort and moderate proficiency.
Apply knowledge to assist co-workers in need of basic Spanish skills.
Devise methods to communicate in an emergency situation with a Spanish-speaking patient.
Demonstrate a basic health screening assessment in Spanish.
