The following course information was taken from the Course Selection Book (page 13):

Introduction to Medical Spanish

• The Introduction to Medical Spanish course builds on the strong foundation of the Basic Spanish level to continue learning medical Spanish terminology, sentence construction, role play with classmates imitating situations at a doctor's office, hospital or emergency rooms. Students learn communication at a higher level with patients and the public in general. They are able to have dialogues asking more relevant questions related to the patient's complaint in grammatically correct sentences using regular and irregular verbs in the present and past tense.

Intermediate Medical Spanish

• Intermediate Medical Spanish prepares medical students to communicate effectively with patients with limited English proficiency. Students at this level speak only Spanish in class and are able to volunteer at a local clinic, shadow a health care provider and assist him/her in communicating to the patient the nature of the problem/condition, necessary tests required, the results, as well as treatment and prognosis. They are able to inform the patient about follow up appointments and convey any other information.

Advanced Medical Spanish

• Advanced Medical Spanish is service learning elective that prepares medical students to communicate effectively with patients with limited English proficiency. Students at this level are able to shadow a health care provider and assist him/her in obtaining accurate history of the patient, performing a physical examination and communicating to the patient the condition, necessary tests and results, as well as treatment and prognosis.