Medical Spanish
   Academic Enrichment Electives
                                                      TWO COURSE OPTIONS
                                                      INTERMEDIATE COURSE
                                                      The primary focus of this course is instruction in 
                                                      intermediate medical vocabulary and 
  GOAL                                                grammatical constructs so as to facilitate 
                                                      improved understanding and rapport in cross-
  To provide Medical Spanish training for MCW         linguistic and cross-cultural encounters.
  students and promote awareness of the interface 
  between language, culture, and health outcomes.
  OVERVIEW                                            ADVANCED COURSE
  With the creation of the Medical Spanish            The primary focus of this course is providing 
  Academic Enrichment Selective launched in the       instruction in advanced medical vocabulary and 
  fall of 2008, 300 MCW students have taken an        grammar with an emphasis on exploring Latino 
  eight-session course to improve their Medical       culture and its relation to the delivery of effective 
  Spanish vocabulary and grammar. Students            health care among patients whose primary 
  participate in four didactic lessons followed by    spoken language is Spanish. 
  four conversational practice sessions with local 
  Spanish-speaking volunteers.
  DATES
  Electives will be offered virtually due to COVID-19 
  and occur Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-7pm 
  Intermediate October 6 – November 3, 2020
  ACEN-D005-100-Medical Spanish Intermediate 
  Advanced February 9–March 9, 2021
  ACEN-D006-200-Medical Spanish Advanced
   LEADERSHIP
   Michael Levas, MD, MS               Jennifer Flamboe, MA, CHI          Tifany Frazer, MPH
   Course Director                     Course Instructor                  Course Coordinator 
   mnlevas@mcw.edu                     jflamboe@mcw.edu                   tfrazer@mcw.edu
   Medical Spanish
   Academic EnrichmentElective
    IMPORTANCE                                                                     BENEFITS
    - Physicians in training have expressed an                                     Students have identified numerous strengths and 
       overwhelming interest in learning more about                                benefits of the Medical Spanish selective:
       the diverse patient populations they serve
    - The growth in the Latino population, in                                      -Opportunity to practice Spanish, particularly in 
       Wisconsin and nationwide, continues to be an                                  small groups with native Spanish-speaking 
       important demographic change in the first                                     volunteers
       decade of the 21st century                                                  -Focus on useful, high-yield Spanish vocabulary 
    - There is a national prerogative for medical                                    and grammar to achieve basic conversational 
       schools to include cross-cultural and linguistic                              skills in short time
       curricula for competently prepared physicians                               -Emphasis on practical and relevant medical skills
    - Between 2000 - 2015, the Latino population                                   -Approachable, knowledgeable, enthusiastic 
       grew by 95% and 381,181 residents represent                                   teachers
       6.6% of Wisconsin’s population1
    - In Milwaukee, it is estimated that 17-18% of                                 -Confidence and comfort to use Spanish in clinical 
       the population is Latino1                                                     practice
    - One-fifth of Milwaukee Latino households are 
       limited English speaking (Greater Milwaukee 
       Foundation)
    - In Green Bay, 1 in 8 residents identifies as 
       Latino (Latino Wisconsin Extension)
    - Around 2% of Marathon County, which 
       includes Wausau and the rural city of 
       Abbotsford, is Latino (NCWRPC.org). Of the 
       town’s 2,300 residents, 500 are Latinos                                    STUDENT FEEDBACK
       working in dairy farms, factories, and meat 
       processing companies                                                       “The course is designed in a fun and interactive 
    1                                                                             way, which really facilitated conversational skills 
     Wisconsin Department of Health Services. (2016). Wisconsin’s Hispanic        practice.” 
    Population: A Demographic Summary. Retrieved from 
    https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p01697.pdf
                                                                                  “The course director is an enthusiastic, kind, and 
                                                                                  excellent teacher!”
                                                                                  “The Spanish-speaking volunteers are wonderful; a 
                                                                                  huge asset to learning.”