PHRD-603: Introduction to Medical Spanish

This course is designed to provide students, without prior knowledge of Spanish, functional Spanish language skills that can be used in the pharmacy setting. Emphasis will be placed on developing language skills that facilitate successful patient-pharmacist interactions, such as, basic pharmacy terminology regarding dosage and administrations of medications, gathering patient health information, expressing privacy issues and assisting patients with nonprescription needs. Cross-cultural issues and their impact on patient counseling will be discussed. Prerequisite: P2 standing in the pharmacy program. [ 3 credits ]