Spanish for Medical Personnel to Accompany Basic Spanish Book

Contents

• Lección preliminar I. Conversaciones breves (Brief conversations)

  Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar:

  1. The Alphabet

  2. Cardinal numbers 0–39

  • Lección 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

    • Lección 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

      • Lección 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

        • Lección 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 1. El asma

          • Lección 4. Con elginecólogo

            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

            • Lección 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)

              • Lección 6. Con el dentista

                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 2. La dieta para diabéticos

                • Lección 7. En el Centro de Planificación 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

                  • Lección 8. Un examen físico

                    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 yearly physical exam

                    Notas culturales: Preventive medical care

                    • Lección 9. Con el dentista

                      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 3. ¿Qué es la planificación familiar?

                      • Lección 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 and weather expressions

                        Communication: Dealing with various health emergencies

                        Notas culturales: Hispanic patients and the American Healthcare System

                        Repaso (Lecciones 6–10)

                        • Lección 11. Nace un bebé

                          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: tú

                          Communication: Giving birth; infant care

                          Notas culturales: Midwives; breast-feeding vs. bottle-feeding

                          • Lección 12. En el centro médico

                            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 4. El cáncer

                            • Lección 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. ¿Queacute;? and ¿Cuál? used with ser

                              Communication: As a patient in the hospital

                              Notas culturales: Health professionals and Spanish-speaking clients

                              • Lección 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

                                • Lección 15. Enfermedades venéreas

                                  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 5. El Sida

                                  Repaso (Lecciones 11–15)

                                  • Lección 16. Problemas de la hipertensión

                                    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

                                    • Lección 17. En el consultorio del Dr. Gómez, clínico

                                      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

                                      • Lección 18. En la clínica 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 6 Información sobre la cocaína

                                        • Lección 19. Consejos útiles

                                          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

                                          • Lección 20. En el consultorio del cardiólogo

                                            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 7. Síntomas de un ataque al corazón

                                            Repaso (Lecciones 16–20)

                                            • Appendixes

                                              A. Introduction to Spanish Sounds and the Alphabet

                                              B. Verbs

                                              C. Useful Classroom Expressions

                                              D. Weights and Measures