1. Presented By Michelle Josey Crystal River High School
Spanish for Healthcare Careers: Connecting Students Through Experiences
Presented By
Michelle Josey Crystal River High School

2. Why integrate Language for Specific Purpose (LSP) into a high school classroom?

3. To “Prepare” Students for the Workplace By Providing…
Relevancy
Application of language within the area of study
Marketability in the work force

4. Preparing Students for the Workplace By Providing…
Understanding of cultural differences
Tools to be prepared for global employability
Connections to real world situations

5. Who Will Provide Me With Support?
Curriculum
World Language Co- Teachers
Department Chair
Career Academy Director
Students
Funding
UF Center for Latin American Studies
NOBLE (Network of Language Business Educators)
School Level Funding Opportunities
Educational Grants
Health Care community

6. Approval Process Career Academy Director School Administration
District Administration

7. Designing the LSP Course
& Curriculum
Two Models
District Adopted Textbook
Textbook Curriculum
LSP Curriculum
No District Adopted Textbook
Build LSP Material into Curriculum

8. LSP Enrichment Materials
Selection of supplemental materials:
Will you…..
Use a textbook for supplemental resources?
Some suggestions included at end of PPT
Use/Adapt resources found on internet?
Create your own?
Use a combination of all of the above?

9. Things I Considered in My Text Selection:
Pre-made activities, lessons, vocabulary lists, & listening activities
I received input from my Health Academy Director to plan around what the students were studying in the academy

10. Examples: Activities & Lessons

11. Healthcare Professional/Patient ID Badge:
Identifying/introducing self & others
Present tense of the verb “Ser”
Forming questions
Months & dates in Spanish
Spanish surnames
Descriptive adjectives
Describing self & others
Medical professions/positions
Titles preceding names

12. Medical Clinic Patient Files

13. Patient Files Lesson*
*Resource is available on Teachers Pay Teachers under Señora Sheffler (Amber Sheffler, NBCT,  South Hagerstown High School in Washington County Public Schools, Maryland)

14. Successes & Challenges

15. Successes & Challenges
Increased Enrollment

16. Student Survey Results
100% felt that taking Medical Spanish will be useful in future endeavors
92% would take more LSP courses if offered
69% felt the class prepared them to communicate with non-English speaking patients

17. LSP Awareness Local Newspaper Coverage
Creates Conversations in the professional arena
State Level (FLDOE) recognition of the need for LSP courses
Open doors for Global Community Service Projects

18. District Level Awareness
Creation of an End of Term (EOT) exam exclusively for the classes with the medical LSP material requested by the principal to support the course.
Gives validity to the course and it’s contents

19. Curriculum
Finding time to incorporate the LSP material in with content area
Students wanting more LSP content in the course
Time to create engaging activities
Course code at state level to give course more validity on transcripts

20. Student Survey Results
15% felt the course did not include enough medical information
Not tested enough on medical information
Learning medical information in LSP class before learning them in Content Area

21. What’s Next?
Research of a state course code for an LSP course for Healthcare (must be through the Health Science Career Cluster)
Create a collaboration network for schools who wish to implement or have implemented Spanish for health care
Provide support to those individuals wanting to offer these courses at their schools

22. What’s Next? (cont.)
Provide a network where lesson plans are shared with others:
Partnering with Career Academies disseminating this model

23. Professional Development
Attended a 4 Week Medical Spanish Program at Pop Wuj Spanish School Guatemala (June 2017)
Received an International Grant from Delta Kappa Gamma International ($2,000.00)
Partnered with the local Rotary International and received a scholarship ($500.00)
Received curriculum writing funding from the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies ($500.00)

24. Professional Development (cont.)
This opportunity allowed me to
Analyze and evaluate the Medical Spanish 1 &2 Curriculum
Partner with other organizations in our community
And most importantly…

25. Professional Development (cont.)
Apply the curriculum in a relevant, real world setting and share the experience with the students

26. Crystal River High School Academy of Health Careers

27. Global Community Service Project… Connecting Students
Medical Spanish students participated in a Skype Q & A session with the director of Pop Wuj to learn about the mission, programs and impact the school has on the Guatemalan community
Students raised $ to donate to Pop Wuj Clinic that was used to support a special needs youth

28. Global Community Service Project (cont.)
Volunteering at the clinic allowed me to model responsible citizenship for my students
Students connected and interacted with the experience through a blog:
Students are scheduled to participate in a presentation and question/answer forum about the experience

29. References
Spanish for Health Care, 2nd Edition, Patricia Rush & Patricia Houston, Prentice Hall
¡Salud! Introductory Spanish for Health Care Professionals, University of NC at Chapel Hill, Prentice Hall
Spanish for Healthcare Providers, 2nd Edition, Joanna Ríos, PH.D., José Fernández Torres, McGraw-Hill
Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel, 2nd Edition, Ana C. Jarvis, Raquel Lebredo, Heinle Cengage Learning