Department website: https://www.atu.edu/worldlanguages
This online certificate makes it easier than ever to gain valuable Spanish skills for healthcare. The courses include real cultural perspectives from Spanish-speaking communities, helping learners communicate more effectively in both physical and mental health settings. This flexible, career-focused program helps close the gap between Spanish-speaking patients and the care they need.
Students who successfully complete the certificate will:
- Demonstrate oral proficiency with terminology and expressions common in medical and social science profession contexts.
- Communicate empathetically in a medically specialized and culturally sensitive manner with Spanish-speaking patients.
- Demonstrate the cognitive and language skills necessary for consecutive and simultaneous interpretation.
- Demonstrate awareness of interpreting as a profession: training needed, job opportunities, business practices, and ethical standards.
For program assessment visit: https://www.atu.edu/assessment/program_assessment.php
