GoingToMeet

Designed for the needs of Physicians, NPs, PAs, RNs, Psychologists, Social Workers, LPNs, Dentists, Pharmacists and other health care providers.
Classes are small and much individual attention is provided by instructors,

You will interact and visit local hospitals and health care providers. During the afternoons you will be involved in activities allowing you to feel and live the culture while immersed in the sights and sounds of the exciting city of La Paz

The use of colorful visual aids, medical dialogues, role-plays, cross-cultural discussions, "edutainment" and other methodologies strengthen the participants' abilities to meet the learning objectives.

Learning Objectives:
Participants who complete the course will:

a) Acquire the ability to interview patients in Spanish, take a medical history, conduct a physical examination, give prescription and follow-up instructions and intervene with medical emergencies.

b) Recognize a Spanish vocabulary of 2,500 to 3,500 general and medical terms.

c) Develop a good flow of speech in present, future, and past tenses, as well as the command form.

d) Obtain some degree of Cultural Competency concerning time, personal space, family dynamics, foods, health and particularly medical care.

e) Utilize the skills necessary to continue language acquisition through daily practice and personal experience.