Spanish For Medical Professionals Or Students

Spanish for Medical Professionals or Students:
This is a linguistic concentration on the Human Body and its anatomy, illnesses and diseases, symptoms and characteristics, prognosis and diagnosis, treatments and procedures, the hospital and its human and physical components.

Spanish for Lawyers or Law Students:
Legal terminology and documentary will be the main focus in this program. Creation of fictitious legal situations together with analysis of real events will lead the student to a better grasp and usage of legal procedures in a Spanish context.

Spanish for Business Professionals or M.B.A. Students :
Deep study of the language mainly concentrated on different areas of business action and all of the technical terminology involved in this field of work: advertising, marketing, finances, foreign trade, Costa Rican economy.

Spanish for Teachers and Professors:
Learn how to interact in a teaching-learning process setting in Spanish. The main concentration of this program is based on the teaching procedures: designing the curriculum, planning a class, preparing activities, giving instructions, explaining material and contents of study, learning the Costa Rican educational system.

Based in Quepos and Manuel Antonio, this program combines intensive Spanish classes focusing on medical vocabulary in combination with visits to clinics and local hospital plus volunteer in a health care project with local non-profit foundation, for a few hours each day. The spanish course has been carefully developed to give students the tools necessary for communicating effectively in a Spanish-speaking medical environment.

Topics include common diseases, medical equipment, taking patient histories, and other topics pertinent to communicating in a clinical setting. Participants will meet for class from 8:30am to 12:30pm Monday through Friday. After a lunch break, students spend the afternoon doing volunteer work in local clinics or health care project in order to gain practical experience and an understanding of the healthcare system in Costa Rica.

The Program Includes:
*Accommodation with a host family
*Two meals a day
*80 hours of Spanish instruction
*All texts and materials for the Spanish classes
*Visits to clinics and local hospital and volunteer in a health care project with local non-profit foundation
*Orientation and activities (including latino dance classes, Costa Rican cooking classes, and tropical fruit classes)
*Internet access while in Costa Rica
*Cultural activities throughout the program