Parizad T. Dejbord Sawan

Beginning Medical Spanish (eBook, ePUB)

Oral Proficiency and Cultural Humility

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning Medical Spanish. Oral Proficiency and Cultural Humility is designed for medical professionals with no prior knowledge of Spanish who need to develop oral language skills and cross-cultural sensitivity to establish relationship-building communication with Spanish-speaking patients.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2019
• Spanisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000753004
• Artikelnr.: 58392604

Autorenporträt

Parizad T. Dejbord Sawan is Associate Professor of Spanish at The University of Akron, USA. Originally from Palma de Mallorca-Spain, she received a MA degree in French literature from the University of Akron and holds a PhD in Latin American Literature from the University of Michigan. In 2004, she obtained her National Certification from the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) to be an Official Tester of the Spanish Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). She initiated a collaboration between Akron Children's Hospital and the University of Akron through the design and implementation of a 3-semester Beginning Medical Spanish program for medical professionals and supporting staff in 2013 and continues to teach all of the classes at the hospital. She is also a member of the national Medical Spanish Taskforce and is currently participating in the project Engaging Language Professionals for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Latinx Communities with Ohio State University. This project has been funded by a grant from the Patient-Centered Research Outcome Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Greeting and addressing your patients 2. Creating a relationship with
your patients: Getting to know them and their families 3. Identifying and
describing people and places in the hospital 4. Giving directions to and at
the hospital 5. Making appointments and describing weekly schedules 6.
Completing hospital forms and requesting patient information 7. Is your
patient active? Talking about seaonal activities 8. Discussing nutrition
and healthy practices with your patients 9. Talking about future plans and
obligations with patients 10. Establishing a rapport with a new patient 11.
Conducting a physical examination 12. Taking past medical histories.