Continuing Education Units for Nurses

Spanish Immersion Courses
for Health Care Professionals

at Kukulcan Spanish Language School
in Cuernavaca, Mexico

The California Public Health Association-North (CPHA-N), in cooperation with Kukulcan Language School, confers Continuing Education Units for Nurses participating in the language immersion experience at Kukulcan Language School in Cuernavaca, Mexico. As a provider of nursing continuing education approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), CPHA-N is authorized to grant contact hours in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of California.

CPHA-N will grant Category 1 CEUs to students successfully completing the following courses in Cuernavaca:

Basic Spanish For Health Care Professionals I

Basic Spanish For Health Care Professionals II

Intermediate Spanish For Health Care Professionals I

Intermediate Spanish For Health Care Professionals II

Advanced Spanish For Health Care Professionals

Successful completion of each one week class at Kukulcan would qualify for 28 Contact Hours (2.8 CEUs) of language immersion, up to 84 Contact Hours (8.4 CEUs) maximum for 3 weeks.

Fees for course instruction are paid directly to Kukulcan Language School, which will offer a $25 US tuition discount to students who are CPHA-N members.

Students pay a flat fee of $50 US directly to CPHA-N for continuing education credit, 2.8 units per week, 8.4 maximum. Payment can be made below using our secure online payment system. Or students may download and print the CEU Registration Form, fill out, and mail with a check or money order payable to CPHA-N to:

CPHA-N
555-12th Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-4046

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 4952, 28 contact hours for completion of each course. Student must attend all sessions in order for contact hours to be granted. There will be no partial credit given. The continuing education fee will not be refunded for any reason.

Continuing Education Provider (CEP):
California Public Health Association-North
555-12th Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-4046
California BRN CEP No. 4952

Before CEU certificate can be issued, payment must be completed by the student and required documentation received by CPHA-N, including: Kukulcan course evaluation, copy of Kukulcan certificate of course completion, daily sign-in sheet with date of course attendance, student's signature, printed name, and nursing license number.

Course Descriptions:

BASIC SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS I
SPAN 161

Students will learn basic communicative tools in Spanish to resolve typical problems related to their profession. Students will learn useful phrases within a medical context, as well as acquire vocabulary and grammatical knowledge via exercises, communicative activities and reading of real-life dialogues.

At the end of course, the student will have acquired skills and will have reinforced learned structures via practice and role playing activities with his/her classmates. By the completion of this course the student will be able to greet and introduce him/herself, will be familiar with vocabulary relating to body parts, injuries, and basic commands, will be able to conduct consultations with patients, conduct basic examinations, obtain clinical information and will be able to inform the patient about prescribed medications and their potential side effects.

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BASIC SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS II
SPAN 162

Students will learn necessary basic tools to communicate with their patients in basic Spanish by immersing them in Hispanic culture, with its social problems, beliefs, etc., which will aid him/her in understanding and respecting cultural differences.

At the end of course, the student will have learned the names of common foods, will be able to ask his/her patients about their eating habits and preferences, and give instructions about specific dietary recommendations. The student will have learned the basic terms necessary to conduct a physical exam, will be able to inquire about the symptoms of illnesses and how long they have persisted, and refer the most common laboratory analyses. He/She will be able to ask about past events as well as the patient’s clinical, surgical and family histories. The student will have acquired skills and will reinforce learned structures via practice and role playing activities with his/her classmates.

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INTERMEDIATE SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS I
SPAN 261

Student will improve knowledge of Spanish, giving it a medical context and perfect his/her linguistic knowledge via exercises, communicative activities and readings that will motivate and encourage the student to use the Spanish language to resolve typical problems related to his/her profession.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to conduct intake interviews with patients, medical analyses and procedures, as well as provide drug descriptions and instructions on how to take them. The student will be able to give orders and instructions, will be able to speak in the present, past and future, will acquire an ample vocabulary which will be useful in developing communication skills via practice and role playing activities with his/her classmates.

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INTERMEDIATE SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS II
SPAN 262

Students will improve their knowledge of the Spanish language in order to be able communicate effectively with his/her patients.

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to speak in the indicative and subjunctive mode in present, past and future tenses. She/he will learn vocabulary and terminology related to the health care professions. The student will learn some of the cultural norms and moral values that can influence his/her relationships with patients. The student will be able to read real-life situational dialogues that will make clear the need to communicate and acquire skills and vocabulary to comfortably conduct any type of interview with her/his patients.

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ADVANCED SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
SPAN 361

To develop the four language skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing, which enable the students to communicate effectively not only with their patients but in their personal lives.

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to speak in the indicative and subjunctive modes in present, past and future tenses. Participants will be able to write in paragraph length discourse as a means of communication. She/he will have learned vocabulary and terminology related to the health care professions’ perspectives.

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