Spanish for Healthcare 2027

Duration: The full course lasts four weeks (80 hours). A three-week course is also available (60 hours).

Schedule: 4 hours of lessons per day (20 hours per week), Monday to Friday.

Levels: B1 (Intermediate) and B2 (Advanced).

Course overview

This is a course designed for professionals in the healthcare field of level B1 and upwards who need to acquire the communicative skills to function in the health sector. Teaching and learning will take place both in classrooms at the Language Center and in more practical learning environments at the Faculty of Nursing of the University of Valladolid.

Classroom activities will involve working with real-life situations, adopting a comunicative approach and a task-oriented methodology based on authentic and current healthcare scenarios.

Professional content
Overview of the Spanish healthcare system, medical specialties, treatments, prevention, hospital care, and emergency services.

Functional content
Communication skills in healthcare contexts: describing, advising, expressing pain and needs, narrating cases, and giving opinions.

Lexical content
Basic and specialized vocabulary related to health, diseases, treatments, and medical fields.

Particular attention will be paid to learning specific health-related terminology in practical contexts, with special emphasis on cultural aspects. Students will work on developing the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with practical healthcare situations within the Spanish healthcare system through first-hand observation in specially equipped simulation rooms.

This program is complemented by socio-cultural activities and excursions outside the regular class schedule, all included in the course fee.

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COURSE CONTENTS

Spanish for Healthcare Professionals

Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Course Contents

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Cost:

• Complete course - 4 weeks:  1.140 €
• 3-week course: 885 €
• 2-week course: 600 €

This price includes:

• Inscription
• Tuition
• Practical lessons
• Full day trips on Saturdays (2 trips in the 4-week program and 1 trips in the 3-week program)
• Cultural activities and workshops at the Language Center
• Cultural visits to museums
• Student card
• Free Wi-Fi access in the campus facilities
• Certificate of assistance
• Closing ceremony 

Placement test: Participants must complete an online placement test before the course begins. The Centre will provide login details.

Orientation session: On the first day of the course students take part in an orientation session and a guided city tour.

Methodology

We cover the topics listed above using audio recordings, videos and authentic documents. Classes are designed to be dynamic, with a variety of communicative activities so that students can practise all skills and use the lexical, grammatical and functional resources needed to sustain communication.

All students give a presentation to their classmates; this allows them both to explore their chosen topic in depth and to practise public speaking techniques that capture attention and engage the audience using the resources available to them.

Theoretical classes are complemented by 10 hours of simulated practical sessions, which will take place at the Faculty of Medicine.

Assessment and certification

The final course grade (100 points) is allocated as follows:

Exam: 60 points
Professional content: 40 points
Listening comprehension: 20 points 

At the end of the course, students will be awarded a certificate of attendance. In order to be awarded this certificate, students must attend 80% of the lessons.

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