Instructional Objectives:

· To develop language and cultural skills in conducting health-care interviews in Spanish
· To acquire requisite health-related vocabulary in Spanish
· To develop interviewing techniques
· To acquire understanding of cultural issues necessary to retrieve accurate data in medical interviews with Spanish-speaking patients

Prerequisites:

· Academic preparation in Human or Osteopathic Medicine or Nursing
· Previous experience in Spanish (formal or informal) with a level of proficiency in Spanish equivalent to that acquired in a university second-year program.
· Prior to enrolling, each student must contact instructor to arrange an interview: mansour@msu.edu.

Instructional Model:

A lecture/recitation model in which students actively participate both as interviewers and interviewees in Spanish.

Required Instructional Materials:

Instructional materials will be available in a course packet with additional ones distributed via web page and e-mail.

Academic Credit: 1 credit, HM 591 Sec. 003. Students are encouraged to enroll on a Pass/No Pass credit basis

Dates and time of Course: Thursdays, 6 weeks, March and April

Location: Life Sciences

Instructor: George P. Mansour -- mansour@msu.edu