Interacting with Spanish-speaking patients may arise frequently in a health care position. In a medical career, lacking basic knowledge of the Spanish Language can be inefficient and dangerous. Saving someone’s life is difficult if you don’t understand what they are saying. Taking this course will boost your professional communication skills in the workplace, as well as make you more comfortable and productive.

Spanish for Health Care is a self-paced, online occupational Spanish conversation course that seeks to bridge the communication gap between English-speaking health care professionals and Spanish-speaking patients.

Students will build their workplace Spanish vocabulary and conversation skills while learning with pictures, native-pronunciations, readings, and quizzes, as well as cultural tidbits along the way. 

Course Mentor:

Tara Bradley Williams, co-Founder of Pronto Spanish, is the instructional designer for all of Pronto Spanish courses and materials.  Tara has over 25 years of Spanish and ELL (English Language Language) teaching experience at the high school, community college, and corporate training levels.  Tara has a BA degree in Spanish and Sociology from St. Norbert College and a MA in Adult Education from the University of Denver. She has studied Spanish at the Universidad de Ortega y Gasset in Toledo, Spain and has lived and traveled extensively in Spain and Latin America. 

Course Outline:

Spanish Fundamentals:

  • Introduction
  • Greetings
  • More Greetings
  • More Conversational Phrases
  • Survival Words
  • Numbers 0-9
  • Numbers 10-1000
  • Colors
  • Directions
  • Places
  • Questions
  • Time
  • Months & Seasons
  • Days of the Week and Date
  • Family
  • Personal Characteristics
  • Likes and Dislikes

Spanish for Health Care:

  • Introduction
  • Job Titles and People
  • Medical History
  • Specific Questions
  • Examination
  • Emergencies & Common Injuries
  • Actions and Commands
  • Pain
  • Parts of the Body
  • Internal Organs
  • Care
  • Prescriptions
  • Discharge

Delivery: Online Self-paced. 6 months.

16 Hours

TUITION COST: $199.00

All necessary course materials are included.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

  • Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended for the best experience.

Hardware Requirements:

  • CPU: 1 GHz or higher
  • RAM: 2 GB or higher
  • Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher
  • Speakers / Headphones
  • Microphone (Webinar / Live Online sessions)

Operating System Requirements:

  • Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 (Home, Pro)
  • Mac OSX 10 or higher.
  • Latest Chrome OS
  • Latest Linux Distributions

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

  • Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
  • Latest Mozilla FireFox
  • Latest Microsoft Edge
  • Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

  • Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
  • PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
  • Courses may require other software that is denoted in the above course outline.

For more information and to enroll please call, email or visit us:

Beaufort Mather Campus
Coleman Hall (Building 2)
Beaufort South Carolina
Monday–Thursday, 8:30AM to 5:30PM

Phone 843-525-8205 or email cewd@tcl.edu

Colleton Adult Learning Center
500 Forest Circle
Walterboro, South Carolina

Mr. Phillip Taylor, Colleton Workforce Solutions Manager, TCL
Monday, 4PM to 9PM
Office 843-782-0014 or cell 843-599-1711
Email: ptaylor@tcl.edu