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Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 566
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ISBN: 8490220573

McGraw-Hill's Complete Medical Spanish

McGraw-Hill's Complete Medical Spanish
Author: Joanna Rios
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2004-08-22
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0071446087

Designed for use either as a stand-alone guide or as a built-in part of the series' audio packages, McGraw-Hill: Complete Medical Spanish offers health care professionals an enjoyable way to quickly acquire the skills and confidence they need to communicate with their Spanish-speaking patients. Each chapter focuses on a specific set of key terms and phrases and includes dozens of illustrations to help enhance understanding. Unlike other guides that make no distinction between levels of difficulty, this book introduces essential grammar concepts in a progressive manner.

Enfermeros (Nurses)

Enfermeros (Nurses)
Author: Julie Murray
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1098263820

Little readers will learn all about what nurses do, where they work, and why they are important in our communities. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images will both inform and strengthen reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators.

U.S. Army Special Forces Language Visual Training Materials - SPANISH - Plus Web-Based Program and Chapter Audio Downloads

U.S. Army Special Forces Language Visual Training Materials - SPANISH - Plus Web-Based Program and Chapter Audio Downloads
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Publisher: Jeffrey Frank Jones
Total Pages: 2166
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Now included at the end of the book is a link for a web-based program, PDFs and MP3 sound files for each chapter. Over 2,100 pages ... Developed by I Corps Foreign Language Training Center Fort Lewis, WA For the Special Operations Forces Language Office United States Special Operations Command LANGUAGE TRAINING The ability to speak a foreign language is a core unconventional warfare skill and is being incorporated throughout all phases of the qualification course. The students will receive their language assignment after the selection phase where they will receive a language starter kit that allows them to begin language training while waiting to return to Fort Bragg for Phase II. The 3rd Bn, 1st SWTG (A) is responsible for all language training at the USAJFKSWCS. The Special Operations Language Training (SOLT) is primarily a performance-oriented language course. Students are trained in one of ten core languages with enduring regional application and must show proficiency in speaking, listening and reading. A student receives language training throughout the Pipeline. In Phase IV, students attend an 8 or 14 week language blitz depending upon the language they are slotted in. The general purpose of the course is to provide each student with the ability to communicate in a foreign language. For successful completion of the course, the student must achieve at least a 1/1/1 or higher on the Defense Language Proficiency Test in two of the three graded areas; speaking, listening and reading. Table of Contents Introduction Introduction Lesson 1 People and Geography Lesson 2 Living and Working Lesson 3 Numbers, Dates, and Time Lesson 4 Daily Activities Lesson 5 Meeting the Family Lesson 6 Around Town Lesson 7 Shopping Lesson 8 Eating Out Lesson 9 Customs, and Courtesies in the Home Lesson 10 Around the House Lesson 11 Weather and Climate Lesson 12 Personal Appearance Lesson 13 Transportation Lesson 14 Travel Lesson 15 At School Lesson 16 Recreation and Leisure Lesson 17 Health and the Human Body Lesson 18 Political and International Topics in the News Lesson 19 The Military Lesson 20 Holidays and Traditions

Spanish and the Medical Interview

Spanish and the Medical Interview
Author: Pilar Ortega
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2015-07-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323371140

Focusing on communication needs in real-world clinical situations, Dr. Pilar Ortega's updated edition of this practical text helps you address today's growing demand for Spanish-speaking physicians and healthcare workers. This pocket-sized resource provides basic Spanish skills, sample interview questions, relevant cultural information, and more, in addition to online videos of physician-patient interactions, interactive self-assessment tools, and clinical vignettes. You'll find exactly what you need to develop better physician-patient communication skills, increase your cultural competence, and make better clinical decisions in your practice. Understand the nuts and bolts of better communication through Spanish grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, sample interview questions, and helpful interview techniques. Pocket size allows for quick reference in an easily accessible format. Improve your skills with new and expanded content including more practice exercises for self-assessment, information on cultural issues, grammar tips and practice, complex clinical scenarios, and how to best use interpreters in your practice. Stay up to date with new chapters on pediatric health; common procedures and informed consent; the physician's impression and plan; diabetes medication; travel history and special exposures; adult immunization history; exercise and adult health safety screening; and specialized physical examination. Gauge and hone your doctor-patient communication skills with interactive self-assessment tools and practice exercises. Watch video of real-time physician-patient exchanges (with English and Spanish subtitles), complete interactive practice exercises, and learn from clinical vignettes-all online at Student Consult. eBook version included! Access the entire book online or offline across all devices with the Student Consult eBook.

School Terminology Handbook

School Terminology Handbook
Author: Barbara Thuro
Publisher: AMMIE Enterprises
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1993
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780932825056

The first half of the book contains over 50 categories of school terminology. The last half of the book contains the same terminology arranged in alphabetical order so that the reader who needs a specific word can quickly locate it. Several choices of words and phrases are provided where appropriate to allow for regional variations. Use of this book with the Bilingual Dictionary of School Terminology (which contains sentence patterns), Reporting to Parents, Spanish for the School Nurse's Office, and School Office Spanish, for word and phrase substituions, will immeasurably mulitply the user's ability to communicate. This reference book is an invaluable resource for school personnel regardless of fluency level.

Design Elements, Color Fundamentals

Design Elements, Color Fundamentals
Author: Aaris Sherin
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 161058189X

Color is an integral part of any design solution. Design Elements, Color Fundamentals is an essential resource for designers who want to create memorable design and successfully communicate with their audience. It is the second book in Rockport's Design Elements series, which focuses on the core elements of design. With this book, designers will: —Learn how to effectively communicate with color and integrate color with type and image to affect meaning and create order —See how known pairings and selection methods can be used in real-world projects —Explore hundreds of visual examples, illustrating how effective color combinations can be applied to any project, across media, and in diverse, cultural, and geographic situations —Realize the basic tenets of color theory as it is broken down into clear and actionable directives —Uncover tips and techniques for using color in client-based design work Discover the basic rules for working with color as well as when it's OK to break the rules with Design Elements, Color Fundamentals!

An Introduction to Medical Spanish

An Introduction to Medical Spanish
Author: Robert O. Chase
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0300226020

The updated, fifth edition of the widely used introductory Spanish textbook designed specifically for health care professionals Nurses, doctors, dentists, and other health care professionals increasingly need to communicate with patients in Spanish. Formerly titled An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers, the fifth edition of this popular textbook is designed for students with little or no formal background in Spanish. It uses text, audio, video, classroom activities, and electronic exercises to teach basic grammar, specialized medical vocabulary, and colloquial terms as well as customs and communication styles. An interactive companion website features video clips that demonstrate practitioner-patient interactions and offers self-correcting exercises, an audio program, and flash cards. The fifth edition is also updated with - New topics, including muscles, pediatrics, heart disease, neurologic exams, and zika - Nearly 300 classroom activities, including exposition activities to develop the presentational mode of communication - Expanded vocabulary lists, sorted by frequency

El Profeso

El Profeso
Author: Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli
Publisher: Palibrio
Total Pages: 715
Release: 2012-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1463317484

Es la epopeya vivida por un caballero medieval, Frey Gian Galeazzo Ruspoli de la Orden de San Juan, medico y cirujano, enviado al Hospital de Jerusalén, ascendido a Bailío, luego a médico de la Casa Real, luego a Apóstol de la Vera Cruz. Participó desde entonces a todas las batallas del reino latino contra los musulmanes, viviendo grandes aventuras, desvelando algunos de los mayores secretos de la antigüedad y superando pruebas extremas. El relato de sus hazañas es el resultado de las múltiples entrevistas del espíritu del guerrero antepasado con el autor de la obra. Abarca temas de religión, historia, política, medicina, meditación, magia, esoterismo, superstición, locura, reliquias, viajes astrales, esclavos, asesinos, amazonas, intrigas, batallas, torturas, traiciones, venganzas, misterios, etc. y catarsis del protagonista que regresa finalmente a su tierra treinta años después. La saga de El Profeso está compuesta de momento por: El Profeso, Muerte en el Letrán, Muerte de Profesos, El Profeso en Tíbet y, en preparación: El Profeso y el diablo. El protagonista Gian Galeazzo está inspirado en la extraordinaria figura de Galeazzo Marescotti, héroe de Bolonia y absolutamente retratada en otra de sus novelas históricas, titulada: El Confaloniero.

15-Minute Spanish

15-Minute Spanish
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2023-07-04
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 074408282X

The ideal Spanish language course for beginners, the 15-Minute language series will teach you how to speak a new language in just 12 weeks! The perfect book for anyone who wants to learn Spanish fast. 12 themed chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons, spanning a range of practical themes, from socializing to doing business. Each lesson combines Spanish vocabulary and grammar essentials with full-color photographs for a user-friendly, accessible language guide. This course in a handy-sized book comes with a free downloadable audio app for Apple and Android phones, enabling you to hear words and phrases spoken by native Spanish speakers. The book also includes a menu guide and a two-language dictionary for quick reference when you’re out and about. Each lesson is broken down into easy-to-follow stages, including a warm-up box to reinforce what you’ve already learned and “words to remember” lists that you can hide with the book’s front cover flap to hide, remember, and check again. Become a confident speaker in topics such as introductions, food and drink, travel, work, health, and much more.