Empowering Spanish heritage learners through a community informed, online medical Spanish curriculum
Document Types
Individual Presentation
Start Date
2-24-2024 10:20 AM
End Date
2-24-2024 10:40 AM
Track
Culture and Pedagogy
Abstract
The lack of standardized medical Spanish curriculum leads to variable content and quality, often neglecting heritage language learners. Also, community engagement efforts seldom extend to curriculum development. Learn about a collaboration between Spanish faculty and a physician to create an innovative, virtual Spanish for healthcare curriculum that addresses these challenges.
Recommended Citation
Holmes, Bonnie C. Ph.D. and Rhee, Kenneth MD, "Empowering Spanish heritage learners through a community informed, online medical Spanish curriculum" (2024). 11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language. 16.
https://digitalcommons.tamusa.edu/heritage_spanish/SCHEDULE/Saturday/16
Included in
Anatomy Commons, Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Community-Based Learning Commons, Community Health Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, First and Second Language Acquisition Commons, Health Communication Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons, Language Interpretation and Translation Commons, Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons
Empowering Spanish heritage learners through a community informed, online medical Spanish curriculum
The lack of standardized medical Spanish curriculum leads to variable content and quality, often neglecting heritage language learners. Also, community engagement efforts seldom extend to curriculum development. Learn about a collaboration between Spanish faculty and a physician to create an innovative, virtual Spanish for healthcare curriculum that addresses these challenges.
