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"Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel" is a communication manual designed to serve those in the medical professions who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish. Written for use in two-semester or three-quarter courses, it presents everyday situations that medical students, pre-professionals, and professionals may encounter at work settings such as hospitals, emergency rooms, doctors' offices, and clinics when dealing with Spanish-speaking patients and personnel in the United States. "Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel" introduces essential medical vocabulary, practical reference information, and medical notes written from a cross-cultural perspective. It provides students with opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practical contexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the Basic Spanish core text.

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Leccion preliminar I. Conversaciones breves (Brief conversations). Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The Alphabet. 2. Cardinal numbers 0-39. Leccion preliminar II. Conversaciones breves (Brief conversations). Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 3. Gender and number. 4. The definite and indefinite articles. 5. The present indicative of ser. 6. Cardinal numbers 40-299. Leccion 1. En el consultorio. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The present indicative of regular -ar verbs. 2. Interrogative and negative sentences. 3. Forms and position of adjectives. 4. Telling time. 5. Cardinal numbers 300-1,000. Communication: Preliminary patient information. Notas culturales: Dates in Spanish; Spanish surnames. Leccion 2. En el hospital. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Agreement of adjectives, nouns, and adjectives. 2. The present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs. 3. Possession with de. 4. Possessive adjectives. 5. The personal a. Communication: Checking into the hospital. Notas culturales: Multicultural health issues. Leccion 3. En el consultorio del pediatra I. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The irregular verbs ir, dar, and estar. 2. Ir a+ infinitive. 3. Uses of the verbs ser and estar. 4. Contractions. Communication: In a pediatrician's office. Notas culturales: The role of the pharmacist; the metric system. Lectura I: EL ASMA. Leccion 4. Con el ginecologo. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The irregular verbs tener and venir. 2. Expressions with tener. 3. Comparative forms. 4. Irregular comparative forms Communication: In a gynegologist's office. Notas culturales: Birthing trends, women's health issues. Leccion 5. En el consultorio del pediatra II. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:ie). 2. Some uses of the definite article. 3. The present progressive. 4. Ordinal numbers. Communication: More on children's health. Notas culturales: Asthma; Vaccination/immunization in children; children's health issues. Repaso (Lecciones 1-5). Leccion 6. Con el dietista. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Stem-changing verbs (o:ue). 2. Affirmative and negative expressions. 3. Pronouns as object of a preposition. 4. Direct object pronouns. Communication: The importance of diet. Notas culturales: Diabetes in the Hispanic population; healthy eating habits. Lectura II: LA DIETA PARA DIABETICOS. Leccion 7. En el Centro de Planificacion Familiar. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:i). 2. Irregular first-person forms. 3. Saber contrasted with conocer. 4. Indirect object pronouns. Communication: Family planning. Notas culturales: Attitudes toward contraception and reproduction. Leccion 8. Un examen fisico. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Pedir contrasted with preguntar. 2. Special construction with gustar, doler, and hacer falta. 3. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. 4. Direct and indirect object pronouns used together Communication: Getting your annual physical exam. Notas culturales: Preventive medical care. Leccion 9. Con el dentist. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Possessive pronouns. 2. Reflexive constructions. 3. Command forms: Ud. and Uds. 4. Uses of object pronouns with command forms. Communication: Dental hygiene and general oral health. Notas culturales: Preventive dental care Lectura III: 'QUE ES LA PLANIFICACION FAMILIAR? Leccion 10 En la sala de emergencia. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The preterit of regular verbs. 2. The preterit of ser, ir and dar. 3. Uses of por and para. 4. Seasons of the year abd weather expressions. Communication: Dealing with various health emergencies Notas culturales: Hispanic patients and the American Healthcare System. Repaso (Lecciones 6-10). Leccion 11. Nace un bebe. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Time expressions with hacer 2. Irregular preterits. 3. The preterit of stem-changing verbs (e:i and o:u). 4. Command forms: tu. Communication: Giving birth; infant care. Notas culturales: Midwives; breast-feeding vs. bottle-feeding. Leccion 12. En el centro medico. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. En and a as equivalents of at. 2. The imperfect tense. 3. The past progressive. 4. The preterit contrasted with the imperfect. Communication: In the specialist's office. Notas culturales: Medical specialists; the curandero. Lectura IV: EL CANCER. Leccion 13. En el hospital. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Changes in meaning with the imperfect and preterit of conocer, saber, and querer. 2. Hace meaning ago. 3. Uses of se 4. 'Que? and 'Cual? used with ser. Communication: As a patient in the hospital. Notas culturales: Health professionals and Spanish-speaking clients. Leccion 14. En el laboratorio y en la sala de rayos x. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The past participle. 2. The present perfect tense. 3. The past perfect (pluperfect) tense Communication: Diagnostic evaluations. Notas culturales: Screening tests in the Hispanic American population. Leccion 15. Enfermedades venereas. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The future tense. 2. The conditional tense. 3. Some uses of the prepositions a, de, and en. Communication: Dealing with sexually transmitted diseases. Notas culturales: Sexually transmitted diseases; Living with HIV/AIDS. Lectura V: El SIDA. Repaso (Lecciones 11-15). Leccion 16. Problemas de la hypertension. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The present subjunctive. 2. The subjunctive with verbs of volition. 3. The absolute superlative Communication: Dealing with high blood pressure in patients. Notas culturales: Hypertension in the Latino community; Hypertension from a folk medicine perspective; The impact of diet and nutrition. Leccion 17. En el consultorio del Dr. Gomez, clinic. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The subjunctive to express emotion. 2. The subjunctive with some impersonal expressions. 3. Formation of adverbs. Communication: Going to the doctor with common ailments. Notas culturales: Gastrointestinal problems; Possible confusion when describing ailments. Leccion 18. En la clinica de drogadictos. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The subjunctive to express doubt, disbelief, and denial. 2. The subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence. 3. Diminutive suffixes. Communication: Discussing drugs and drug addiction Notas culturales: Incidence rates of drug addiction and alcoholism; Spanish terminology for talking about drugs. Lectura VI: INFORMACION SOBRE LA COCAINE. Leccion 19. Consejos utiles. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The subjunctive after certain conjunctions. 2. The present perfect subjunctive. 3. Uses of the present perfect subjunctive. Communication: Talking about child safety and first aid in the home Notas culturales: The Latino concept of family; Communicating with a Latino patient and their family; Household safety. Leccion 20. En el consultorio del cardiologo. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The imperfect subjunctive. 2. Uses of the imperfect subjunctive. 3. If clauses. Communication: Dealing with heart-related ailments. Notas culturales: Use of tobaco among teenagers; Maintaining a healthy heart. Lectura VII: SINTOMAS DE UB ATAQUE AL CORAZON. Repaso (Lecciones 16-20). Appendix A: Introduction to Spanish Sounds and the Alphabet. Appendix B: Verbs. Appendix C: Useful Classroom Expressions. Appendix D: Weights and Measures. Spanish-English Vocabulary. English-Spanish Vocabulary.