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Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4265] medical/Spanish/English
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NIFL-HEALTH Members----
At the recent American Council of Teachers of Foreign
Language Teachers(ACTFL) conference for foreign language teachers the
only health related session was 'Spanish for Nurses'. The same title
was used at the last American Council of Teachers of Spanish and
Portuguese(AATSP) conference.
I thought that if I was to ever make a presentation and I've
suggested many times to those who do make presentations on the topic
that "Medical Spanish: Who needs it!!!". And, someone from a medical
school in Peru recently wrote me if I knew of locations in the USA that
offered 'medical English' for the Spanish speaker.
'Who needs medical Spanish'? Your hospital needs
translators, interpreters, nurses, physicians, and office staff need
it. Maybe, right now in the emergency room. Or, at the reception
desk. Occupational Spanish students, specializing in medical Spanish,
need it. They're the ones who are going to write the new textbooks and
computer software. They're going to teach nurses, physicians, office
staff, etc basic Spanish and medical Spanish. Who's translating
information, for example, found in medlineplus. Who's being educated
in both languages and has a solid foundation in health information.
And, how about those ESL teachers. Whose going to teach
medical English. Who needs it. The medical school in Peru says they
need it.
James Phillips, MLS
Librarian
South Texas Community College
Dr. Ramiro R. Casso Nursing and Allied Health Center
1101 East Vermont
McAllen, Texas 78501
956-683-3121
956-683-3190 (fax)
www.stcc.cc.tx.us
www.stcc.cc.tx.us/nah
phillips@stcc.cc.tx.us
jphilip@tenet.edu
se habla español
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