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The following resources have not been evaluated nor are accredited by the Migrant Clinicians Network. Please use this information as a resources for Professional Development. If you know of any other resouces we should list please contact us [1].

Medical Spanish Courses On-line

all Intermediate, Advanced, & Conversational Spanish levels

Name	Course	Length	Costs
University of Texas Telecampus [2]	Spanish for Healthcare Professionals	3 credits = 1 academic semester	Contact: Olimpia Piccardo [3] 409-772-5992
Midwest Clinicians Network [4]	Educational teleconference calls, demos for products, announcements and marketing to events		Refer to "Events" page on website for list of opportunities
PracticingSpanish.com - Medical Spanish [5]	Medical Spanish immersion - vocabulary: greetings, history, examination, and everyday speech	self-paced	Free
University of Arizona [6]	Medical Spanish Webminars on-line activities with live instructors	self-paced	Contact: The University of Arizona Office of Continuing Medical Education [7] at 520-626-7832, or 800-777-7552

On-site Medical Spanish Courses

Name	Course	Length	Costs
Insitute for Spanish Language Studies [8]	Medical Spanish courses held in 3 Costa Rican locations: Arenal, Playa Dominical, and Turrialba	Contact ISLS [9] for detailed program information.	$75/week in addition to Standard and Deluxe lodging options. [8] More information [8]
Spanish Abroad, Inc. [10]	Spanish for Medical Programs: pre-arranged and customized programs	Spanish for Medical Programs [11]: pre-arranged and customized programs	Refer to each program [11] for specific details.
Baja California Language College [12]	Medical Spanish Program offers classes every week in October and March. 5 or fewer students per group. Begins with grammer and structure. Moves to practical application, role playing.	One week = 30 hours	$349/week
Adventure Education Center's Medical Spanish program in Turrialba, Costa Rica [13]	Classroom covers vocabulary, volunteer opportunity in local clinic.	Classroom covers vocabulary, volunteer opportunity in local clinic.	contact: Dr. Sandra Rojas
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program Costa Rica [14]	Travel abroad opportunity; For application in medical and dental settings, as well as basic conversation.		contact: srzeledon@gmail.com [15]or krirhawk@iusb.edu [16]
Medical Elective Network [17]	Offers clinical rotations combined with medical Spanish immersion programs. Based in Peru.	Programs vary, 2 - 6 weeks	Refer to each program [18] for specific details.

Online Social Work Courses

Name	Course	Length	Costs
Learn 4 Health [19]	Continuing Education for Psychologists. Continuing Education for Counselors and Psychotherapists. Continuing Education for Social Workers	self-paced, 1 and 2 CE credits available depending on course	$29
Continuing Education [20]	Courses offered for Nursing, Psychology, and Social Work professionals	self-paced, 10-45 hours of instruction available	base price/hr $15

Name

Course

Length

Costs

Learn 4 Health [19]

Continuing Education for Psychologists. Continuing Education for Counselors and Psychotherapists. Continuing Education for Social Workers

self-paced, 1 and 2 CE credits available depending on course

$29

Continuing Education [20]

Courses offered for Nursing, Psychology, and Social Work professionals

self-paced, 10-45 hours of instruction available

base price/hr $15

Other Resources

World Wide Learn
www.worldwidelearn.com [21]

Please contact Jillian Hopewell at jhopewell@migrantclinician.org [1] for further information on MCN's educational program.