GLHLTH 326 · also HLTHPOL 306, LSGS 306, SPANISH 306
ADVANCED SPANISH FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Melissa Simmermeyer
Description from DukeHub
Advanced Spanish for the health professions is designed for students pursuing careers in healthcare. Course builds on foundational Spanish skills, focusing on medical terminology, role-playing healthcare interactions, and communicative competence at the advanced level. Students continue to improve speaking, listening, writing, and reading abilities, with written and oral texts of greater length and complexity. Course has a service- learning, community engagement component. Course has the same language proficiency outcomes as other advanced 300-levels. Recommended prerequisite: Spanish 204, 205, 206, or the equivalent.
Skills
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "service-learning"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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