For the fifth consecutive year ...
Harvard Medical School and IHCAI Institute
Medical Spanish course
P010AS program - 2019
Held in Longwood Campus - Boston
A joint venture for the benefit of Hispanic community in the US
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
- 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
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 2
levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
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 Languages (CEFR):
learning, teaching and assessment. This model is the result of over twenty
years of research on the subject.
Reference: The Common European Framework
of Reference for Languages. Language Policy Unit, Strasbourg. Council of
Europe. Modern Language Division. Cambridge University Press. Link: https://rm.coe.int/1680459f97
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).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem-based_learning
We trust that both our planning and our tools are consistent with this educational model. Management course by our instructors aims to make this experience dynamic, intense and participative. We also hope that this course will produce significant momentum in your communications skills with Hispanic population living in US.
It is important to understand that human communication transcends oral communication. For this reason, this course also offers a series of activities aimed to approach the student to the Latino reality in the United States enriching the cultural approach.
Please explore and take advantage of this Blog. There are tools that can facilitate your learning process. We agree that these are essential activities.
HMS takes up the challenge of developing a Spanish course in an Anglophone context. The aspect of cultural immersion, which is normally a great facilitator, will be absent except for the action of instructors and activities with the Latin group. Is up to you to create a bubble and live, for a period of four weeks, in the world of Spanish. We trust and rely on your commitment and effort. Good luck!
Yuri Baidal
Program Development Director
IHCAI Institute
San José, Costa Rica. August 2019.
Materials
In this digital age, the disappearance of paper in the teaching process is closer each time. Good for the trees! We are in the process of adapting our grammar Master Manual (in two versions, for beginners and intermediate students) to this reality. Although there is still controversy over not using the hand in writing as a critical factor in learning a second language, we believe it is necessary to adapt or disappear. For this reason, our manuals have been deconstructed into functional chapters under the problem-solving modality, each representing a thematic scenario. We are working closely with HMS to hang all this material in a virtual classroom and offer the student a dynamic and functional online system.
Faculty Team
Spanish Language Department:
Prof. Yuri Baidal / Program Coordinator
Prof. Alba Vargas ML. / Spanish instructor –Grammar emphasis
Clinical scenarios:
Dr. Mario Tristan / IHCAI Institute – Director General
Dr. Roberto Fu / Clinical scenarios instructor – Clinical emphasis
Dra. Lizbeth Rondon / Clinical scenarios instructor – Clinical emphasis
Expression of gratitude
For many years, we have strengthened the relationship between HMS and IHCAI through the direction of Manuel Guillermo Herrera Acena MD, a long time professor in the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, and that for many decades he directed the Hispanic Clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital. This is a year of transition due to the retirement of Dr. Herrera, who will remain an advisor of the medical Spanish course and the Latin American programs. The new director is Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH and she is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. At MGH, who is the Director of MGH Neurology Community Health, Diversity and Inclusion, and Director of MGH Departmental Community Health Improvement.
We look forward to this new stage with HMS and we reiterate our deep gratitude, affection and respect towards Dr. Herrera and his pioneering work by changing the face of health for the poor migrant population of Latin America that lives in the US.
Who is Dr. Manuel Guillermo Herrera Acena of HMS?
HEALTH AND EQUITY IN THE AMERICAS (FALL 2000)
Changing the Face of Health Care for Latinos/as
By Susie Seefelt Lesieutre
Link: https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/dr-manuel-guillermo-herrera-acena
We trust that both our planning and our tools are consistent with this educational model. Management course by our instructors aims to make this experience dynamic, intense and participative. We also hope that this course will produce significant momentum in your communications skills with Hispanic population living in US.
It is important to understand that human communication transcends oral communication. For this reason, this course also offers a series of activities aimed to approach the student to the Latino reality in the United States enriching the cultural approach.
Please explore and take advantage of this Blog. There are tools that can facilitate your learning process. We agree that these are essential activities.
HMS takes up the challenge of developing a Spanish course in an Anglophone context. The aspect of cultural immersion, which is normally a great facilitator, will be absent except for the action of instructors and activities with the Latin group. Is up to you to create a bubble and live, for a period of four weeks, in the world of Spanish. We trust and rely on your commitment and effort. Good luck!
Yuri Baidal
Program Development Director
IHCAI Institute
San José, Costa Rica. August 2019.
Materials
In this digital age, the disappearance of paper in the teaching process is closer each time. Good for the trees! We are in the process of adapting our grammar Master Manual (in two versions, for beginners and intermediate students) to this reality. Although there is still controversy over not using the hand in writing as a critical factor in learning a second language, we believe it is necessary to adapt or disappear. For this reason, our manuals have been deconstructed into functional chapters under the problem-solving modality, each representing a thematic scenario. We are working closely with HMS to hang all this material in a virtual classroom and offer the student a dynamic and functional online system.
Faculty Team
Spanish Language Department:
Prof. Yuri Baidal / Program Coordinator
Prof. Alba Vargas ML. / Spanish instructor –Grammar emphasis
Clinical scenarios:
Dr. Mario Tristan / IHCAI Institute – Director General
Dr. Roberto Fu / Clinical scenarios instructor – Clinical emphasis
Dra. Lizbeth Rondon / Clinical scenarios instructor – Clinical emphasis
Expression of gratitude
For many years, we have strengthened the relationship between HMS and IHCAI through the direction of Manuel Guillermo Herrera Acena MD, a long time professor in the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, and that for many decades he directed the Hispanic Clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital. This is a year of transition due to the retirement of Dr. Herrera, who will remain an advisor of the medical Spanish course and the Latin American programs. The new director is Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH and she is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. At MGH, who is the Director of MGH Neurology Community Health, Diversity and Inclusion, and Director of MGH Departmental Community Health Improvement.
We look forward to this new stage with HMS and we reiterate our deep gratitude, affection and respect towards Dr. Herrera and his pioneering work by changing the face of health for the poor migrant population of Latin America that lives in the US.
Who is Dr. Manuel Guillermo Herrera Acena of HMS?
HEALTH AND EQUITY IN THE AMERICAS (FALL 2000)
Changing the Face of Health Care for Latinos/as
By Susie Seefelt Lesieutre
Link: https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/dr-manuel-guillermo-herrera-acena
