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SPAN 3404 is also offered in Spring 2024
SPAN 3404 is also offered in Fall 2023
SPAN 3404 is also offered in Spring 2023
SPAN 3404 is also offered in Fall 2022
SPAN 3404 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2025 | SPAN 3404 Section 001: Medical Spanish and Community Health Learning (55012)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Community Engaged Learning
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Span 3015W or Span 3015V or Tldo 3231 or Argn 3015W or Ecdr 3015W
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Medical Spanish and Community Health Learning is an advanced language and culture course that trains Spanish Studies majors and minors to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients in a healthcare setting. The course includes a service-learning component where students work with community healthcare partners who serve the growing Chicano/Latino population in Minnesota. The course seeks to provide students interested in healthcare professions with a better understanding of the health disparities faced by Latino migrant communities in the United States. SPAN 3404 covers various topics such as challenges and opportunities in achieving equitable health access and preventive medicine in underserved populations, the role of social determinants of health in community healthcare, understanding culture-bound syndromes, comprehensive medical terminology, and basic medical interpretation. It's important to note that while some students may observe medical provider-patient interactions, they are not allowed to be involved in direct patient health care. prereq: SPAN 3015W with grade of at least C- or better and instructor permission. Recommended one additional upper division Spanish class.
- Class Description:
- Description: Medical Spanish and Community Health Service, an advanced language and culture course, is designed to train Spanish Studies majors/ minors to create materials for effective communication with and education of Spanish-speaking patients. In addition, Span 3404 has a service-learning component in which students apply academic knowledge to work done with community health care partners that serve the Chicano/Latino population. It should be noted, however, that students in Span 3404 will but not be involved in direct patient health care.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: 50% other evaluation. Written reports and journals, online writing activities based on CD-ROM interviews, and development of brochure; 20% class participation and other class assignments such as discussion of readings and unit vocabulary quizzes, 30%
- Class Format:
- 40% Discussion. student centered culture and special purpose language activities.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: 15-20 pages reading per week, 20-30 pages writing per term. bi-weekly library research for creation of 1 brochure; 20-30 pages of writing per semester; CD-ROM, Web-CT Vista assignments; 3 hours of weekly Service Learning work done with community coor
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55012/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2013
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