Longwood Campus
Boston USA
For the third
consecutive year IHCAI develops the medical Spanish course for Harvard Medical
School
After two very
successful sessions, from September 25th to October 22th the medical Spanish course will be held
again on the HMS campus. For us is an honor to contribute to the
pioneering efforts in favor of the Hispanic population that Manuel
Guillermo Herrera MD, Harvard Medical School professor (Brigham and
Women's Hospital) began over 40 years ago.
This is a very intensive Medical Spanish Course focusing on the interaction between the physician and patient. We have defined critical points in the geography of human communication, considering all different scenarios in the clinical context:
- Clinic history
- Clinical interview (under normal conditions versus stressful
conditions)
- Physical exam
- Clinical rounds and
case presentations
The first three
correspond to interpersonal communication. The fourth is a group communication.
Have different characteristics. We have de-composed these first three elements
to generate a thematic inventory of critical issues at level of oral
communication with patients, as a guide to be developed with students:
- Surface Anatomy
- Internal anatomy
- Signs and symptoms
- Vital signs
- Anthropometric
measures
- Prescriptions
- Laboratory tests
- Medical procedures
- Inform consent
- Management plan,
recommendations and case monitoring
- Communicating bad new
- Alternative medicine
Clinical rounds and case
presentations (as daily dynamics within a hospital) include more technical
medical communication elements. We have decided to use these options as
modalities for the Final Presentation. Are options available for groups of more
advanced students can learn scientific vocabulary in Spanish, beyond the
colloquial vocabulary used in regular dialogue with patients.
Analysis of clinical
cases and simulated patients will be educational practices as a tangent that
crosses the entire matrix of the course. Common and rare medical problems and
diseases are considered in our Medical Spanish learning model, such as chronic
diseases and different medical aspects. But our methodology also considers the
students particular interests. We want student’s participation is active and
not passive.
If participants are
expecting this course to give them only ‘pre-formulated questions and
statements’ as ‘pocket formula’ (which are very common on the Internet now),
then this course is not what you are looking for. These formulas can be only
useful to ask questions to a patient but do not prepare you to understand the
response of the patient, it requires hard work to learn Spanish as a second
language but that is exactly what the participants will do with us.
To facilitate the learning
process and to address the particular needs of students, we will divide the
group into 3 levels:
· Beginner
low
· Intermediate low
· Intermediate high
This is a division that
makes an empirical and simple approach to a complex assessment levels model.
It's only useful to plan the start of the course and share a general notion.
Our grammar staff is highly trained in the Common European Framework of
reference for language learning, teaching and assessment (*). At the end of the
course we can make a technical assessment of your skills within this
theoretical model.
(*) Reference: The Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages. Language Policy Unit,
Strasbourg. CEFR last version, 2017.
In this course we apply
an eclectic approach that combines different conceptions of linguistic theory
for teaching Spanish as second language with learning philosophy of Problem
Based Learning (PBL).
Faculty
Faculty
Course implementation in Boston:
Who are we?
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Prof. Alba Vargas / Spanish instructor – Grammar emphasis
Dr. Ricardo Camacho / Clinical scenarios instructor – Clinical emphasis
Bsc. Laura Gil, MD Candidate 2019 - Clinical scenarios emphasis & link with grammar scenarios
Planning and development in Costa Rica:
Dr. Mario Tristan - IHCAI Institute Director–General
Prof. Yuri Baidal / Coordinator
Who are we?
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