Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel (Spanish Edition)

This worktext presents situations along with key current medical vocabulary, practical reference information, and medical notes written from a cross-cultural perspective. Applied presentation features realistic dialogues, personalized questions, situational role-plays, and realia-based activities that correspond grammatically with those in Basic Spanish. Practical, specialized vocabulary includes terms essential for communicating in medical settings, an in-text audio CD, and Un paso mas sections that offer additional vocabulary practice and realia-based activities. Cultural focus highlights Hispanic customs and traditions relevant to the subject matter of the lesson, in Notas culturales sections. Comprehension checks begin with comprehension questions on the dialogues in the Digame section that follows the vocabulary lists in the worktext, and end with pair activities in the Hablemos section for immediate reinforcement. Convenient Phrasebook provides vocabulary words and phrases found in the worktext for quick, on-the-job reference.