Introductory Survival Spanish for Healthcare Providers
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Description:
In Introductory Survival Spanish for Healthcare Providers, you will discover the fundamentals of learning a foreign language. You’ll learn about where Spanish is spoken and the basic foundations of the language such as the alphabet and common greetings. You’ll also learn medical cognates and phrases you need to know to effectively communicate with your Spanish speaking patients.
Objectives:
Define and pronounce fundamental medical Spanish language vocabulary including: The alphabet, common greetings, medical cognates, conversational phrases and simple sentences
Outline:
1. Introduction
2. Why learn a language?
a. Where is Spanish spoken
b. Spanish demographics in the US
3. Spanish greetings and introductions
4. Components of learning a foreign language
a. How to learn a foreign language
b. Spanish as a second language
c. Learning Tricks
5. Vocab: alphabet, vowels, & cognates
a. Alphabet/vowels, dipthongs
b. Cognates, near cognates, cognate verbs
6. Phrases to memorize
a. Thanking and apologizing
b. key phrases
Tracey Long, PhD, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, CDCE, CCRN, CNE
As a registered nurse for 36 years, Dr. Long has worked in critical care, emergency medicine, primary care, and endocrinology. She is a professor of nursing at Chamberlain University and family nurse practitioner. She has been a certified diabetes care and education specialist for 25 years and teaches a certified diabetes educator review course. She teaches medical Spanish and one of her favorite activities is taking nurses and allied healthcare professionals each summer to offer free medical clinics to underserved communities around the world with her non-profit organization www.bridgesforhealth.org.
As a published author, she has written a book on how to thrive with diabetes, not just survive, three children’s health books, three books on family history and many professional research articles. She married her college sweetheart, and they have their own “long legacy” of 6 children who teach her what’s really important in life.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Tracey Long has employment relationships with Utah Body and Soul, College of Southern Nevada, Chamberlain College, Travelers Education Group, Nurse.Com, and Atrain. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Tracey Long is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, the American Diabetes Association, the National Certified Diabetes Educator Association, and the American Nurses Association. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Medical Education Development and is a contributing editor Yangtz Journal of Medicine.