Spanish for doctors

Emergencies: Spanish for health professionals
 

Autoras: Pilar González Manjavacas y Lola González Martínez

Spanish for doctors

"Emergencies" is a reference manual for doctors, health staff, physiotherapists, interpreters, translators, and, in general, professionals specialized in the health field that need to use the Spanish language in work. This course is designed for students that are already able to speak at least a basic level of Spanish (A2 level), and that would like to improve their communication skills at work.

  • BASICS (human body, specialties, first-aid kit)
  • PREVENTION
  • MOST COMMON ILLNESSES
  • SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES
  • HEALTH SYSTEM IN SPAIN

The manual presents a tour through the fundamentals of medicine and the most common problems that affect health. This course integrates vocabulary, grammar and the communicative functions of the clinical process. For example, throughout the course special emphasis is placed on the student learning how to give opinions, advice, reassurance or instructions. Everything is relevant to the interaction between health professionals and patients, which requires knowledge of the use of the past tense in general, the imperative, the conditional and the subjunctive in Spanish.

At the end of the course, the student will obtain the necessary ability to:

- Understand and elaborate oral and written messages, with fluency and efficiency, related to Health Sciences, such as reports, parts, clinical histories and diagnosis.

- Answer questions related to the most common diseases for a non-specialized audience.

- Understand commonly used vocabulary and be able to engage in fluent conversations such as those between professional and patient.

- Understand and put into practice aspects of basic grammar, such as the use of verb tenses in both indicative and subjunctive modes.

We hope that “Urgencias” will not only meet the expectations of those professionals who wish to improve their knowledge of medical Spanish, but we also hope that ELE teachers will find in this course a clear and safe line to work with.