Medical Spanish Program
About Medical Spanish Program
This elective introduces basic knowledge of medical Spanish. Vocabulary and interactive cases are used to enhance communication skills with Spanish-speaking patients, their families, other health care providers and society.
This elective will provide instruction to introduce and develop the linguistic and cultural skills necessary to facilitate basic communication and negotiate a number of primary difficulties posed by an English-Spanish language barrier between patients and providers.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in Texas A&M University College of Medicine.
Medical Spanish program elective sign-up form.
Global Health Liaison Contacts
Bryn Esplin, JD
Assistant Professor
Sharon Alderete
Senior Administrative Coordinator
com-ghlo@tamhsc.edu
Phone: 979.436.0515
Textbooks
- Spanish for Health Care Professionals,4th Edition by William C. Harvey, M.S. ISBN-13: 978-1438006949 ISBN-10: 1438006942
- Spanish for Health Care Providers, Practical Medical Spanish for Quick and Confident Communication,3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, Joanna Rios, Jose Torres, Tamara Rios ISBN: 978-0-07-184217-4
Medical Spanish Program Faculty
Fernando Vasquez (Lecturer)
fvasquez@medicine.tamu.edu
Heidy B. Frias Ferreira (Lecturer)
friasferreira@tamhsc.edu
Jorge Sanchez, MD (Lecturer)
sanchezj.md@gmail.com
Marcela Jiménez, MD (Instructor)
Marcela.Jimenez@tamhsc.edu
José F. Florez Arango, MD (Lecturer)
florezarango@medicine.tamu.edu