SPAN 155 - SPANISH FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS

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    Description
    This course is designed to help health care workers in the United States assess, treat, reassure and educate their Spanish-speaking clients/patients. This course facilitates better communication between health care providers and the growing Spanish-speaking population in the United States and in Northern California. Course topics include the building of the patient-practitioner relationship, understanding the patient's chief complaint, taking medical history and current symptoms, and learning about cultural factors affecting the health care provided to Spanish speakers and the workers that care for them. STATISTICS (STAT)