Spanish Language Resources

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The influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants into the North Carolina healthcare system has created a demand among health care providers for a better understanding of Latino culture and the development of functional language skills to improve service delivery.

The Duke AHEC Program has a variety of trainings geared primarily for mental health providers. For more information or to schedule a workshop, contact Alicia Gonzalez at alicia.gonzalez@duke.edu.

Available Mobile & Online Training

• Polyglot Med Spanish iPhone App

  This simple-to-use app offers immediate audio translation of over 3,000 common medical words, phrases, and assessment questions from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English. This app is available for use on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad.
  
  

• Polyglot 4:0: Multimedia Medical Spanish Translator CD

  Order your CD by completing this form.
  
  

• Introductory Spanish for Healthcare Providers

  Interactive online course to help staff members in Primary Care clinic settings, including nurses, front desk staff, phlebotomists, radiology staff, and physicians, learn spanish phrases frequently used in clinical settings. For more information, go to AHEConnect and review in the course list.

Available Classroom Training

• Latino Cultural Issues in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment

  This half-day or full-day presentation will familiarize you with the cultural aspects of the Latino population that may impact mental health and substance abuse treatment.

• Basic Spanish for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Providers

  This interactive 24-hour course will teach basic Spanish skills with an emphasis on mental health and substance abuse treatment vocabulary and Latino cultural issues that affect care.

• Advance Beginner Spanish in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment

  This 15-hour course builds on skills learned in the Basic Spanish for MH/SA Providers to increase your Spanish language fluency within the MH/SA treatment setting. You will develop conversational skills to improve your assessment of mental health or substance problems. During this course, you will learn verb conjugation, build your vocabulary and sentence construction skills.

• Working with Hispanic Families

  This one-day presentation uses lecture, video examples, and case studies to familiarize you to the cultural values that arise when working with Hispanic/Latino clients.

• Basic Spanish for Perinatal Providers

  This 24-hour course is geared towards developing basic Spanish skills with an emphasis on asking basic prenatal assessment or screening questions. A practice CD is provided to each participant to assist with practicing the language. Latino culture that impacts prenatal care is discussed throughout the training.

• STICK IT in Spanish: Spanish for Phlebotomists

  This 6 hour course focuses on vocabulary for the phlebotomists, such as frequently used phrases, equipment, and body parts. The course instructor uses activities, games, and worksheets to facilitate learning and language skill development. A practice CD is provided to each participant to assist with practicing the language.

• Rad Spanish: Spanish for Radiology

  This 6 hour course focuses on vocabulary for the radiology technologist, such as frequently used phrases, equipment, and body parts. The course instructor uses activities, games, and worksheets to facilitate learning and language skill development. A practice CD is provided to each participant to assist with practicing the language.