NURSING IN GUADALAJARA
Spanish for Health Care Professionals
This program offers students a unique opportunity to study Spanish for health care professionals and to practice Spanish in clinical settings. All students will take a Spanish language course as well as Spanish for Health Care Professionals. There is no Spanish prerequisite for this course. Non-native speakers of Spanish at all levels are encouraged to participate. Individual testing will ensure appropriate placement into one of the many levels offered.
The first part of the program is devoted to language training. In the second part, students will practice their Spanish skills with hospital and clinic patients and in public health settings. Although students will not perform nursing procedures, this course offers opportunities for students to observe patients in clinical settings, explore community resources for health in Mexico, and learn about Mexico’s system of health care, as well as social and cultural health beliefs of Latino people.
To make this course possible, UT Austin partners with the University of Guadalajara’s Centro Universitario de las Ciencias de Salud (CUCS) and Centro de Estudios para Estudiantes Extranjeros (CEPE) for language teaching and student services. CEPE places students in private homes or
guest houses run by selected Mexican families. Some of the homes host three or more students in double or single rooms. Meals are provided by the host families. The CEPE housing coordinator is available to students and host families twenty-four hours a day for the duration of the program.
University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing faculty will accompany students and supervise coursework.
For more information on the academic aspects of the program, please contact:
Dr. Alexandra Garcia, School of Nursing
alexgarcia@mail.utexas.edu