Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Micro-Credential

Offered through the Center for Hispanic Studies, the Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Microcredential is a multi-course program designed to prepare students in the health sciences to communicate effectively and compassionately with Spanish-speaking patients. Students develop medical vocabulary, strengthen pronunciation, and build patient-centered communication skills through applied practice and real-world scenarios.

The program also includes an immersive study abroad experience in a Spanish-speaking environment, where students apply their language skills in authentic community and healthcare-related settings.

Together, these experiences provide structured, progressive training that integrates language proficiency, cultural understanding, and professional readiness for today’s healthcare environments.

What you’ll learn with a Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Micro-Credential

With a Spanish for Healthcare Professionals micro-credential, you will have the skills needed to achieve your bigger goals, regardless of industry or area of expertise within the healthcare realm and will be able to:

• Understand the role of language proficiency and cultural understanding in healthcare settings that serve Spanish-speaking patients.
• Communicate effectively and compassionately with Spanish-speaking patients using patient-centered communication skills.
• Develop Spanish medical vocabulary for healthcare settings through applied practice.
• Strengthen Spanish pronunciation through real-world scenarios.
• Apply Spanish language skills in authentic community and healthcare-related settings through an immersive study abroad experience.