The student will be able to:

1. Develop basic conversational skills using culturally appropriate formulas of courtesy and address.
2. Acquire grammatical competence to obtain information about a patient's medical history and symptoms, as well as provide information about diagnosis, treatment and follow-up appointments.
3. Gain command of common medical terminology, and vocabulary related to a patient's medical history.
4. Understand cultural differences as they relate to health, and increase student's cultural sensitivity in working with patients from the Latino community.

1. Develop basic conversational skills using culturally appropriate formulas of courtesy and address
   1. Basic greetings and leave-takings
   2. Taking a patient's vitals and medical history
   3. Asking questions about a recent condition
   4. Giving instructions for treatment and follow-up appointments
   5. Describe common illnesses and medical procedures
   6. Avoid common pronunciation errors
2. Acquire grammatical competence to obtain information about a patient's medical history and symptoms, as well as provide information about diagnosis, treatment and follow-up appointments
   1. Telling time, days of the week, months of the year
   2. Asking questions in a medical setting
   3. Spanish present tense conjugation of verbs common in a medical setting, such as "doler," "molestar" and "sentirse"
   4. Understand the different between the verbs "estar" and "tener" to express physical and emotional states
   5. The periphrastic future
   6. Constructions with "hace + time" to explain how long ago a symptom started and for how long something has lasted
   7. Imperfect tense for habitual actions in the past, and describing symptoms in the past
   8. Preterite tense for recent, completed actions
   9. Simple recommendations and softened commands, using the present subjunctive and constructions such as "tener que"
3. Gain command of common medical terminology, and vocabulary related to a patient's personal information
   1. Familiar vs. formal modes of address
   2. Parts of the body and internal organs
   3. Parts of the male and female reproductive organs
   4. Common conditions and their symptoms, including prevalent health problems in the Latino community
   5. Pregnancy, and childhood illnesses
   6. Family relationships
4. Understand cultural differences as they relate to health, and increase student's cultural sensitivity in working with patients from the Latino community
   1. Common ailments in the Latino community, such as diabetes, asthma, hypertension
   2. Traditional gender roles and their influence on health-related issues
   3. Traditional health beliefs, practices and remedies

Not applicable.

Written exams and quizzes
Role-play oral exams
Small group work
Research presentations

Students will role-play situations that are common in a medical setting using the grammatical structures discussed in class
As part of the instruction, students will be allowed to propose topics of discussion and/or study, related to their experience and needs in the health care professions

Rios, Joana. Complete Medical Spanish. 2017.

Ortega, Pilar. Spanish and the Medical Interview: A Textbook for Clinically Relevant Medical Spanish. 2006.

Although the Ortega text is older than the suggested "5 years or newer" standard, it remains seminal in this area of study.

1. For further research, students will read, summarize and present articles pertaining to health issues in the Latino community, such as:
   1. The pages of the CDC website in Spanish
   2. The California Department of Public Health: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/
   3. View the PBS documentary, "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?": https://unnaturalcauses.org/
2. Students working or volunteering in a health care setting will use their daily experience for journal entries and opportunities for in-class discussion.