Medical Spanish

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Specializes in Infusion, Med/Surg/Tele, Outpatient.

Hi all! I will be an ADN student starting this fall. I plan on refreshing my 5 years of Spanish language education in my spare time and really want to go abroad (or at least away) next summer for an 'intensive' medical Spanish program. Has anyone done this? Know of any reputable programs? -- I do plan to ask around at my college, even though, with all the Allied Health programs it has the catalog doesn't offer 'Medical Spanish.' In TEXAS of all states!

Thanks all!

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Specializes in Med/Tele, Home Health, Case Management.

Hi Maryk99,

I was so exicted to see your post! I, too, am an ADN student in TX, but in my previous career was a high school and college Spanish teacher. Now, I teach "Spanish for Nurses" courses in the D/FW area. You can send me a private message if you want more info.

As far as study abroad, I've done that, too. A great program is at La Universidad Internacional in Cuernavaca, Mexico. You can either go on your own or through The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). UTA has a special trip for nurses and another one (in June) for nursing students. One of the classes you take is medical Spanish. I went last spring for a week just for the medical Spanish part, and learned SOOO much. You can go to UTA's website to find out more.

Good luck and let me know how it goes. BTW, where are you going to school?

Twinpumpkin

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Let me second the vote for Cuernavaca, Mexico. Beautiful area with a nice, temperate climate, good access to historical sites like Teotihuacan, and really nice people in town who are patient with non-native Spanish speakers.

I went there during my senior year of high school (although that was some time ago and my language school eventually merged with another). I've always wanted to go back, as there are several language programs in the area. Even if the school doesn't advertise a Medical Spanish program, they'll likely be willing to customize something for you if you ask in advance.

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Hi all! I will be an ADN student starting this fall. I plan on refreshing my 5 years of Spanish language education in my spare time and really want to go abroad (or at least away) next summer for an 'intensive' medical Spanish program. Has anyone done this? Know of any reputable programs? -- I do plan to ask around at my college, even though, with all the Allied Health programs it has the catalog doesn't offer 'Medical Spanish.' In TEXAS of all states!

Thanks all!

I went to Costa Rica, and best experience I had to learn Medical Spanish. I went to the country side which was even better, the family I lived with was so nice and really attentive and helped me more with my Spanish. Plus going to the Medical Spanish classes i really got a lot of it. I went with http://www.spanishformedical.com Let me us know how your experience goes, its always nice to read others responses.

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Specializes in L&D, OB Triage.

not sure where in TX you are, but I took a Medical Spanish course at TCU many years ago....

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I want to say thank you MaryK for posting on this particular topic. I am really interested in working abroad as a nurse. I have been looking at Buenos Aires, Argentina or Santiago, Chile. I have looked at several programs that deal with learning medical spanish in a foreign country. I believe the programs I looked at were based in Mexico. I really want to go to a foreign country but was wondering how much spanish is really required.

Twinpumpkin, I was curious to know how intensive are the medical spanish courses offered at the community colleges in Dallas. I hear good things about them, but I don't know anyone who has actually gone to any of them. I lived seven years in the city of Dallas and was curious to know about the University of Texas at Arlington certificate in translation studies. I really would like to have a good comprehension of the language. Currently, I do self study in spanish for four to six hours per week. I am not a native speaker, but I do speak spanish with most spanish speakers I encounter and can handle day to day tasks. How intensive are the medical spanish classes you teach. Any information would greatly be appreciated. Once again, thank you ladies for posting on this particular topic.

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quote=rnav32;2803947]I want to say thank you MaryK for posting on this particular topic. I am really interested in working abroad as a nurse. I have been looking at Buenos Aires, Argentina or Santiago, Chile. I have looked at several programs that deal with learning medical spanish in a foreign country. I believe the programs I looked at were based in Mexico. I really want to go to a foreign country but was wondering how much spanish is really required.

Twinpumpkin, I was curious to know how intensive are the medical spanish courses offered at the community colleges in Dallas. I hear good things about them, but I don't know anyone who has actually gone to any of them. I lived seven years in the city of Dallas and was curious to know about the University of Texas at Arlington certificate in translation studies. I really would like to have a good comprehension of the language. Currently, I do self study in spanish for four to six hours per week. I am not a native speaker, but I do speak spanish with most spanish speakers I encounter and can handle day to day tasks. How intensive are the medical spanish classes you teach. Any information would greatly be appreciated. Once again, thank you ladies for posting on this particular topic.

Any abroad programs are far better than what we have here in the universities. I took Spanish in high school, and from I remember I just got "Hola mi nombre es...." Afterwards never paid attention, until I worked in the health field. Like many of you I was struggling to enhance my Spanish skills to save time, and be more efficient in my work. I researched many of the abroad programs, until I decided on central america, Costa Rica. A girlfriend of mine went and traveled there, and enjoyed. So I took the Eco route. I learned a lot of Spanish in three weeks. I was constantly speaking Spanish. Now I am planning on doing something with Nurses without borders, possibly in Honduras. Now that I have a background in the language, I am more confident in my work. Good luck, let me know if you need any suggestions.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

An former coworker of mine (a teacher) did go to live in Mexico with a family there for the summer while she was in college. I'm not sure about the program, but she definitely believed it helped her to become fluent in Spanish.

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Specializes in trauma ICU,TNCC, NRP, PALS, ACLS.

Thanks, I did not even know UTA offered a program like that

Hi Maryk99,

I was so exicted to see your post! I, too, am an ADN student in TX, but in my previous career was a high school and college Spanish teacher. Now, I teach "Spanish for Nurses" courses in the D/FW area. You can send me a private message if you want more info.

As far as study abroad, I've done that, too. A great program is at La Universidad Internacional in Cuernavaca, Mexico. You can either go on your own or through The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). UTA has a special trip for nurses and another one (in June) for nursing students. One of the classes you take is medical Spanish. I went last spring for a week just for the medical Spanish part, and learned SOOO much. You can go to UTA's website to find out more.

Good luck and let me know how it goes. BTW, where are you going to school?

Twinpumpkin

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I'm glad this post has received many responses. I was curious to know if anyone has actually worked abroad in South America as a nurse. I mentioned before that is something I really want to do. Ideally, I would like to spend anywhere from a year to three years there. I know there would be some issues such as getting licensed in a foreign country, salary adjustments, and getting a passport along with residence or citizen requirements. Does anyone know if anyone has done it? I was thinking about possibly trying to apply to an international relief agency. Does anyone have some ideas? On a side note, one of my friends has a friend that use to be a nurse that went into some type of medical sales that takes him to latin america on a monthly basis. I thought it was a great opportunity since he gets to live here in the states but travels there once a month. Any information would greatly be appreciated. Thanks again for a great post.

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twinpumpkin,

I was actually hoping to get some more information from you regarding where you teach these medical spanish callses. I am an ADN student and am already working at a hospital and I think this information would be really beneficial to me. Please share any information you can.

Thanks so much!

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Specializes in Med/Tele, Home Health, Case Management.
twinpumpkin,

I was actually hoping to get some more information from you regarding where you teach these medical spanish callses. I am an ADN student and am already working at a hospital and I think this information would be really beneficial to me. Please share any information you can.

Thanks so much!

I do not currently have any "in-person" classes, but can offer you the same class online. Let me know if you are interested.

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