Medical Spanish Classes
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Are you a healthcare provider? Don't get an interpreter, get a class! Santa Monica Language Academy offers Medical Spanish classes that will help you:
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The Medical Spanish program is divided in 4 levels. Each level is 8 weeks long, with classes meeting once a week in the morning or in the evening. To ensure that you have a good foundation of the medical Spanish field we recommend that you complete all 4 levels. We use the McGraw-Hill’s Complete Medical Spanish textbook and the Complete Spanish Grammar (Premium 3rd or 4th edition) workbook.
Level I (Chapters 1-4)
Topics: greetings, parts of the body, chief complaint, numbers, vital signs, internal organs, giving directions, common symptoms, qualifying and quantifying pain, household items, telling time, pediatrics, emergency room
Grammar and Usage: gender and number of nouns, ‘what is this?”, “where is...?”, “what do you need?”, question words, relative pronouns, prepositions, cognates, common -ar verbs and present tense, estar, ser, adjectives, present tense of -er verbs and -ir verbs, expressing destination and future actions, etc.
Level II (Chapters 5-8)
Topics: the family, illness, types of food, diet, days of the week, months of the year, authority figures and home remedies, a physical exam, a neurological exam, prescription and diet instructions, Pap smear, giving directions, blood test, urine test, sputum test, skin tests, taking X rays, results and diagnosis, well-baby visit, ear infection, an asthma attack
Grammar and Usage: present perfect tense, present or continuous progressive tense, indirect object pronouns, irregular -er and -ir verbs, irregular verbs in the present tense, the imperative mood, key power verbs, beware of direct translations, present progressive tense, possessive adjectives, “se impersonal”, demonstrative adjectives, the preterit tense, irregular verbs in the preterit, etc.
Level III (Chapters 9-12)
Topics: abdominal pain, a trip to the dentist’s office, an appointment with the ophthalmologist, dermatology, pharmacy, sexually transmitted diseases a child who needs to lose weight, prenatal instructions, the delivery, a postpartum visit, a patient with high blood pressure
Grammar and Usage: reflexive verbs, to have to/ one should/ must, “preguntar” y “pedir”, “conocer” y “saber”, possessive pronouns, another future tense form, present and past progressive tenses, the use of “acabar de”, the present and past perfect tenses, “por” v. “para”, the tu form of the command, the conditional tense, the imperfect tense, direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, using direct and indirect object pronouns together, the subjunctive mood, the imperfect subjunctive, the conditional and the imperfect subjunctive in “si” clauses, etc.
Level IV (Chapters 13-15)
Topics: , the first visit of a patient with diabetes, instructions for taking birth control pills, a rape victim, victim of a car accident in the ER, occupational therapy, a burn, patient regaining consciousness, monthly breast self-examination, neonatology, myocardial infraction or cerebrovascular thrombosis, pattern for growth and development, nursing, psychiatry and psychology, herbal remedies, medicines, illnesses and symptoms by body part
Grammar and Usage: the present perfect subjunctive, the pluperfect subjunctive, a review of all verb tenses.
Level I (Chapters 1-4)
Topics: greetings, parts of the body, chief complaint, numbers, vital signs, internal organs, giving directions, common symptoms, qualifying and quantifying pain, household items, telling time, pediatrics, emergency room
Grammar and Usage: gender and number of nouns, ‘what is this?”, “where is...?”, “what do you need?”, question words, relative pronouns, prepositions, cognates, common -ar verbs and present tense, estar, ser, adjectives, present tense of -er verbs and -ir verbs, expressing destination and future actions, etc.
Level II (Chapters 5-8)
Topics: the family, illness, types of food, diet, days of the week, months of the year, authority figures and home remedies, a physical exam, a neurological exam, prescription and diet instructions, Pap smear, giving directions, blood test, urine test, sputum test, skin tests, taking X rays, results and diagnosis, well-baby visit, ear infection, an asthma attack
Grammar and Usage: present perfect tense, present or continuous progressive tense, indirect object pronouns, irregular -er and -ir verbs, irregular verbs in the present tense, the imperative mood, key power verbs, beware of direct translations, present progressive tense, possessive adjectives, “se impersonal”, demonstrative adjectives, the preterit tense, irregular verbs in the preterit, etc.
Level III (Chapters 9-12)
Topics: abdominal pain, a trip to the dentist’s office, an appointment with the ophthalmologist, dermatology, pharmacy, sexually transmitted diseases a child who needs to lose weight, prenatal instructions, the delivery, a postpartum visit, a patient with high blood pressure
Grammar and Usage: reflexive verbs, to have to/ one should/ must, “preguntar” y “pedir”, “conocer” y “saber”, possessive pronouns, another future tense form, present and past progressive tenses, the use of “acabar de”, the present and past perfect tenses, “por” v. “para”, the tu form of the command, the conditional tense, the imperfect tense, direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, using direct and indirect object pronouns together, the subjunctive mood, the imperfect subjunctive, the conditional and the imperfect subjunctive in “si” clauses, etc.
Level IV (Chapters 13-15)
Topics: , the first visit of a patient with diabetes, instructions for taking birth control pills, a rape victim, victim of a car accident in the ER, occupational therapy, a burn, patient regaining consciousness, monthly breast self-examination, neonatology, myocardial infraction or cerebrovascular thrombosis, pattern for growth and development, nursing, psychiatry and psychology, herbal remedies, medicines, illnesses and symptoms by body part
Grammar and Usage: the present perfect subjunctive, the pluperfect subjunctive, a review of all verb tenses.
Tuition and Fees
Prerequisites: Basic level skills of Spanish or Spanish beginner A. If you are planning to join our Medical Spanish Level II, Level III or Level IV classes you can request a free language evaluation at our center.
- Medical Spanish Program (8 weeks) $310
- Registration fee (first time students only) $35
- Materials $45
Prerequisites: Basic level skills of Spanish or Spanish beginner A. If you are planning to join our Medical Spanish Level II, Level III or Level IV classes you can request a free language evaluation at our center.