Owensboro Community & Technical College is now offering Spanish for Health Professionals, a new course that will teach Spanish terminology and basic grammar for use in relating to medical patients, including vocabulary for diagnosis and treatment.
Spanish for Health Professionals 151U is a 3-credit hour course that will be taught in a hybrid (in-person and online) format. The course is scheduled for Wednesdays from 2-3:45 p.m. and will be taught by Dr. Ramon Muniz.
Muniz is a native of Cuba and is a full-time Spanish instructor for OCTC. He attended Florida International University (FIU), where he earned his Ph.D. in Spanish and taught from 2016 to 2021.
“I like teaching about language and culture, while at the same time, I can help break down boundaries and walls,” Muniz said. “This course will help healthcare professionals be able to relate and communicate to Spanish-speaking cultures.”
Pre-requisite is a working knowledge of healthcare terminology or experience, as well as prior college or high school Spanish or other experience with the Spanish language roughly equivalent to one semester of college study. Instructor permission with healthcare experience/track preferred.
OCTC President Dr. Scott Williams said, “We are proud to be able to offer this course, and we hope this course will attract current nursing students as well as those healthcare professionals who are already employed in the field.”
