New adventure through the immensities of the
Hispanic culture and language
In response
to the Covid-19 crisis, the IHCAI Institute team, working hand in hand with the
academic authorities of Harvard Medical School (HMS), developed the online medical
Spanish course that we entitled "Give Me Five" early in 2020. Because
its first editions were successful -4 in total since two sessions were held in
2020 and 2021, Two new sessions have been scheduled for September and October of
2022.
2021 is a particular
year due to the departure of Dr. Manuel Guillermo Herrera. Under the "ME
518" course at Harvard Medical School, he began this initiative in 1971 to
provide future doctors with better skills in caring for the Hispanic community
living at a social disadvantage in the United States.
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Medical
Language Program Goals at HMS web page: https://meded.hms.harvard.edu/medical-languages
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It
has been more than 50 years of uninterrupted work. Because of that, we
have decided to commemorate the trajectory of the course by parodying Jules
Verne and his legendary work: "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".
HMS "ME 518" has become a global effort with multiple leaders working as a unified team. Currently headed from Boston by Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH, Faculty Director of the HMS ME518, and Kari Hannibal, Scholarly Engagement Program Administrator and program manager at HMS; The IHCAI Institute team in Costa Rica joins under the coordination of Yuri Baidal, Program Development Director and Alba Vargas, coordinator of the Department of Teaching Spanish as a Second Language. We also want to mention the contribution made by Giovanna Tapia, Spanish Immersion Jamaica Plain & Brookline Director. She, together with her work group of Spanish-speaking seniors from Boston, enriched the course's heritage by practicing Spanish with the senior medical students and facilitating the understanding of the Hispanic migrant culture.
¡Suerte a todos y todas en esta nueva aventura por las
inmensidades de la lengua y la cultura hispana!
Dr. Mario Tristan
Director
General
IHCAI Institute
Faculty Team of Give Me Five 2022
Spanish Language Department:
Prof. Alba Vargas / Spanish instructor – Grammar emphasis
Prof. Yuri Baidal / Spanish instructor – Grammar emphasis
Clinical scenarios:
Prof. Julissa
Barrios / Clinical scenarios instructor – Clinical emphasis
Prof. Daniela Gutierrez / Clinical scenarios instructor – Clinical emphasis
