STCC to Offer Conversational Spanish for Medical Personnel
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Springfield Technical Community College’s World Languages Department will be offering a 3-credit Conversational Spanish for Medical Personnel course for the Fall Semester. The class meets weekly on Wednesday evenings from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. beginning September 6.
Department Chair Jean Zenor said, “This is a useful class for students, pre-professionals and medical professionals. It will not only provide practical interactions that may occur in emergency medical situations or work settings in hospitals, emergency rooms, doctors’ offices or clinics, but it will also provide students with basic Spanish medical vocabulary and reference information.”
The course description states, “The focus of this course is on conversational phrases that will be useful to medical and emergency personnel. This course will assist medical personnel, police, fire, and other emergency personnel in speaking and understanding Spanish phrases in certain situations. Simple conversational patterns and pronunciations that will assist medical and emergency personnel understand and converse with Spanish speaking persons will be emphasized.”
For more information on the course please contact Jean Zenor at jzenor@stcc.edu or 413-755-4298.
To register for Conversational Spanish-Medical Personnel (SPN 121) visit www.stcc.edu/explore/register or call the Registrar’s Office at 413-755-4321.
About Springfield Technical Community College
Founded in 1967 and located on 35 acres of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, STCC is a major resource for the economic vitality of Western Massachusetts. As the only technical community college in Massachusetts, STCC, a designated Hispanic Serving Institution and an Achieving the Dream Leader College, offers a variety of career programs unequalled in the state. STCC’s highly regarded transfer programs in business, engineering, liberal arts, science and technology continue to provide the most economical options for students pursuing a four-year degree. With an annual enrollment of more than 8,500 day, evening, weekend and online students, STCC is a vibrant campus rich in diversity.
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