Friday, 2 ⁽²⁾

Third session: Teaching medical Spanish

Session dedicated to the teaching of Spanish to health staff. Experts will analyze the current situation, and share their respective experiences and projects, as well as their teaching tools.

Moderator: Mr. Fernando López Murcia Instituto Cervantes - ONU

Speakers:

• Ms. Marta Gancedo Ruiz Centro Universitario CIESE Comillas: curso “Español para la salud”
• Mr. Rubén Pérez García Centro Universitario CIESE Comillas: curso “Español para la salud”
• Ms. Pilar Ortega University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine
• Ms. Valeria Pazo Harvard Medical School

10:00 am Coffee break

Speakers:

• Mr. Álvaro Rodríguez Gama Secretary of Asociación Latinoamericana de Academias Nacionales de Medicina, España y Portugal (ALANAM)
• Mr. Glenn Martínez Ohio State University 
• Ms. María Luisa Ortega DePaul University College of LAS  

Discussion and idea-sharing session

12:00 pm Break

Fourth session: Communication between doctors and patients in bilingual environments

Session dedicated to analyzing communication between English-speaking health professionals and Hispanic patients. Initiatives for facilitating the exchange of information and disseminating medical knowledge in Spanish will be presented.

Moderator: Ms. María Luisa Parra Harvard University

Speakers:

• Ms. Carla Álvarez Mells National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Ms. Claudia Díaz Kukucka Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Ms. Pilar Ortega National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
• Ms. Brenda J. Robles National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
• Mr. Alberto Puig Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Debate and idea-sharing session

• Mr. Francisco Moreno Fernández Executive director - Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University

4:30 pm Closing cocktail