C) Course content (Topical course outline for Spanish for Doctors 101)

Course / Spanish for Doctors 101: CLASS ONE

Dates

Theme / Orientation, Syllabus Overview, Introductions

Topic Power verbs: “Estar, Sentir” (to be, to feel)
Goals  Students will be able to discuss syllabus and class components with
instructor.
 Students will be able to meet the teacher and the classmates.
 Students will be able to greet their teacher/classmate with the appropriate greeting
(good morning/afternoon/night)
 Students will be able to introduce themselves to the teacher and
classmates using the Spanish verbs SER and LLAMAR
 Students will practice using “estar” to ask and answer questions based on state of
being
 Students will be able to differentiate between the verbs “ser” and
“estar”
 Students will be introduced to “sentir”

Course / Spanish for Doctors: CLASS TWO

Dates

Theme / Parts of the body, “tener” (to have)

Topic Common Phrases (TPR)
Goals
 Students will be able to label parts of a body in Spanish (team quiz #1)

 Students will practice using the verb “tener”

 Using TPR (total physical response) movements, Students will practice

reciting and pantomiming common hospital phrases like, “¿Estás enfermo?”
(are you sick) and “soy enfermera” ( I am a nurse).

Course / Spanish for Doctors: CLASS THREE

Dates

Theme / Vital Vocabulary: Bodily organs, “doler” (to hurt)

Topic
Goals
• Students will practice using the verbs tener and doler in combination with the
recently learned body parts. Students will familiarize themselves with the body’s
organs.

Course / Spanish for Doctors: CLASS FOUR

Dates

Theme / Oral Quiz filling out medical history form, Written quiz, Begin Commands
Topic
 C) Course content (Topical course outline for Spanish for Doctors 101)

Goals • Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of material learned to date orally
and written using an authentic medical history form

• Students will practice saying commands, and seeing their commands being acted out
simultaneously

• Students will practice saying directions and use objects to demonstrate understanding
of where things are located.

Course / Spanish for Doctors: CLASS FIVE

Dates

Theme /
Topic Prepositions used for giving directions in the hospital
Goals
• Students will be able to give and show comprehension of directions using direction
prepositions.

Course / Spanish for Doctors: CLASS SIX

Dates

Theme / Directions & points of reference

Topic

 Students will be able to give and show comprehension of directions

reinforcing their knowledge of prepositions as well as experimenting with
common points of reference.

Course / Spanish for Doctors :CLASS SEVEN

Dates

Theme / Review/ Final exam/ Graduation/ negative commands (cont)

Topic
 C) Course content (Topical course outline for Spanish for Doctors 101)

Goals

 Students will review power verbs/recommendations

 Students will be able to demonstrate comprehensive

understanding of course during a FINAL CUMULATIVE EXAM.:
Students will practice with a native non-English speaker with
an emergency ailment. Student must calm the patient down
using learned phrases and commands. Student must fill out
the medical history form, and must assess the problem the
pseudo-patient is suffering from, and must explain to them
the procedure which is likely to follow.

 Students will fill out an evaluation form with regards to the

instructor’s/ course effectiveness

 Students will participate in a graduation in which they receive their certificate