NEW Spanish Workshops for Medical Specialities offered in 2025!
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Boston Medical Spanish Center
an initiative of the AES World Languages and Cultures Institute 501(c)3
Medical Spanish classes and programming for all of Boston's healthcare professionals
MEDICAL Spanish workshops
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HEALTHCARE SPECIALISTS
Intensive medical Spanish courses highly targeted for specific healthcare fields.
Geared towards healthcare specialists, these medical Spanish courses include 5 hours of live online instruction and 5 hours of guided independent work. These intensive Spanish workshops build on existing Spanish language proficiency and focus on targeted use of the Spanish language to communicate with patients in specific fields. These workshops compliment our Online Medical Spanish Courses, which build Spanish skills to navigate broader healthcare settings. Certificates of Completion received after successfully completing the workshop.
Upcoming Workshops
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Spanish for Prenatal, Birth, and Postpartum Care
April 27 and May 4, 2025 (CLOSED)
September 14 and 21, 2025
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Spanish for Pain Management Communication
December 8 and 15, 2024 (CLOSED)
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Spanish for Mental Health Providers: Acute Care
March 2 and 9, 2025 (CLOSED)
Spanish for Sports Medicine Providers
September 8 and 15, 2024 (CLOSED)
December 7 and 14, 2025
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Spanish for Community Outreach: Screenings
March 2 and 9, 2025 (CLOSED)
September 14 and 21, 2025
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Spanish for Addiction Medicine
December 7 and 14, 2025
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Additional Medical Spanish Courses will become available for a range of specialties. Please email us if you would like more information about upcoming workshops or would like to suggest additional topics and specialties.
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WORKSHOP DETAILS
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All classes are taught online
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Additional Medical Specialty Workshops will be added in 2025
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Placement Interviews are required for assessing proficiency level after registration
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"Returning Students" must have taken a course within the last 6 months to receive discounted price.
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Spanish for Prenatal, Birth, and Postpartum Care
Dates: April 27 and May 4, 2025 (CLOSED)
September 14 and 21, 2025
Time: 9:00-11:30am
Audience: All healthcare professionals working in prenatal, birth, and postpartum care and labor and delivery healthcare
Communicative Focus: Prenatal, labor, postpartum healthcare delivery
Language Topics: Mix
Language Levels: Intermediate to advanced Spanish speakers.
Placement Test: Required
Cost: $175 ($135 for returning students)
Spanish for Pain Management Communication
Dates: December 8 and 15, 2024 (CLOSED)
Audience: All sport medicine, labor and delivery, emergency department healthcare professionals navigating and managing patients experiencing pain
Communicative Focus: Describing a range of pain qualities, understanding patients' descriptions of pain
Language Topics: Direct indirect object pronouns, commands, conditionals.
Language Levels: Intermediate to advanced Spanish speakers
Placement Test: Required
Cost: $175 ($135 for returning students)
Spanish for Mental Health Providers: Acute Care
Dates: March 2 and 9, 2025 (CLOSED)
Audience: All healthcare professionals who manage patients experiencing acute mental health episodes
Communicative Focus: Intake, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, safety planning, support, continuing care.
Language Topics: Mix
Language Levels: Intermediate to advanced Spanish speakers
Placement Test: Required
Cost: $195 ($155 for returning students)
Spanish for Sports Medicine Providers
Dates: September 8 and 15, 2024 (CLOSED)
December 7 and 14, 2025
Audience: Physical therapists, occupational therapists, athletic trainers, and other clinicians diagnosing and treating patients with relevant conditions
Communicative Focus: Communicating with patients to a) understand background, b) diagnose condition, c) explain exercises and activities to treat conditions
Language Topics: Commands, past tenses, misc.
Language Levels: Intermediate to advanced Spanish speakers
Placement Test: Required
Cost: $175 ($135 for returning students)
Spanish for Community Outreach: Screenings
Dates: March 2 and 9, 2025 (CLOSED)
September 14 and 21, 2025
Audience: All community healthcare professionals providing screenings related to blood pressure, diabetes, vision and eye health, STIs, and/or vaccines
Communicative Focus: Outreach, directing patients, screenings, health education
Language Topics: Present simple, future simple, commands
Language Levels: High beginner to advanced Spanish speakers
Placement Test: Required
Cost: $175 ($135 for returning students)
Spanish for Addiction Medicine
Dates: December 7 and 14, 2025
Audience: All healthcare professionals and social workers working in addiction medicine and/or with individuals potentially suffering from substance use disorders
Communicative Focus: Risk factors, effects of different substances, signs and symptoms, screening and diagnosis, treatment and resources
Language Topics: Mix
Language Levels: High beginner to advanced Spanish speakers
Placement Test: Required
Cost: $195 ($155 for returning students)