"SALUD" Program

Descripción del curso

Our SALUD (Health) program is aimed at students of medicine, nursing or pharmacy who wish to learn Spanish medical vocabulary, and get acquainted with medical healthcare practices in a Latin American country.
It also includes observation of medical practices in a non-profit health center in Cuenca, Ecuador. Due to Ecuadorian regulations, students may only participate as observers, and share their opinion with the healthcare personnel, but they cannot examine and/or explore patients.
This program consists of a full professional and linguistic immersion as, for the duration of the experience, participants will be in contact with the Spanish language, the work culture of the different health centers, the academic culture of the doctors, nurses and healthcare personnel, and the local culture of the patients. Students wishing to take part in this program are required to have a B1 level in Spanish, which may be acquired or consolidated with the intensive 4-week course included in this program.
However, if after this course they feel that they lack confidence in the language, they may also extend their Spanish course at Estudio Sampere until they feel they have the necessary tools to enjoy this experience.

OUR SALUD PROGRAM INCLUDES:
• Intensive Spanish course: Students will take part in a 4-week course on Spanish language, culture and civilization. These lessons are organized in small groups to ensure a communicative and progressive learning experience.
• One-to-one lessons: during the second, third and fourth week of the program, students will have 5 private (one-to-one) lessons per week, focused on the health system of Ecuador, related vocabulary and medical terminology.
• Medical observation: participants may participate as observers for three weeks in different hospitals and local clinics in Cuenca. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity, where every day provides the opportunity to
Learn from the experiences and decisions made by healthcare personnel, ask questions and see real medical situations.
• Visits to public and private healthcare facilities: participants will have the chance to see the different types of facilities available for Ecuadorian patients, according to the specialty and the type of condition that they suffer from.
• Guided tours and cultural activities: On the first day of the program, participants will enjoy a cultural guided walking tour, where they will see everything that Cuenca has to offer: lots of museums, estaurants and hotels, traditional bakeries, and craft workshops, among other options. Estudio Sampere Ecuador has a wide cultural range of cultural options for students to discover every week, which will very likely make them fall for this city with every passing day.
• Single room and full-board accommodation with a host family.
• All course materials.