The next session of Intermediate Mastering Medical Spanish is scheduled to run:
March 18 – May 20, 2025: Every Tuesday at 10a or 7p Mountain Time
1. Understanding patient symptoms in Spanish
2. Anatomy in Spanish
3. Pain & injuries in Spanish
4. Reviewing the patient’s medical history
5. Preterite past tense verbs in Spanish
6. Imperfect past tense verbs in Spanish
7. Preterite vs Imperfect & History of the present illness
8. Commands and conditional verbs in Spanish
9. Conducting physical exams and Ordering tests and procedures in Spanish
10. Discussing diagnosis, treatment plan and discharge instructions in Spanish
– Class instruction is given in 80:20 Spanish:English and students are encouraged to participate as much as possible in Spanish.
– Each class session will include a combination of new learning, and lots of practice! The best way to approach it is to be relaxed and not care about making mistakes with the language. So, be ready to relax, experiment, and LEARN SPANISH!
– Every week, a new lesson will open up for you to watch the instructional videos, take notes, and build your Spanish vocabulary. You will have several days to watch the video lessons and learn the related vocabulary & grammar concepts.
– Once a week, you will meet online with your classmates for a live practice session on the Zoom video conferencing platform. Your instructor will email you weekly with login details for our live online practice sessions via Zoom.
– You can use any device you like to login to the zoom practice sessions (computer, tablet, mobile phone). Whichever device you choose to use should be equipped with a video camera and earphones/microphones for reducing background noise on the conference. Get Zoom setup on your device.
1. Language learning is both academic and experiential. You will need to memorize new vocabulary, think about how it pulls together to form a complete thought, and PRACTICE!
2. Study little by little throughout the week in between practice sessions. Don’t try and cram the information the day or morning before your scheduled practice session. Do your best to complete the lesson content at latest 2 days before your practice session and review your notes the day before your practice session.
3. Download & Print the lesson notes & actually take notes on them during the lesson videos. The more you physically write this content out, the easier it is to learn it.
4. Give special attention to the vocabulary delivered throughout this course. Study it Span>Eng & Eng>Span before you move on. Use quizlet or write your own flashcards out.
5. ALWAYS attend the live practice sessions whether you finished the lesson or not. Academic knowledge of a language is pretty useless if you’ve never taken the time to practice it.
6. Study for your quizzes like any other test you would take – that will allow you to focus on the actual questions and tasks to complete during the quiz instead of being distracted by not knowing certain vocabulary, etc.
Hi Rory,
I am interested in the MMS intermediate course at the discounted rate and the additional 10 courses especially listening comprehension one that I feel is right now my weakest in understanding what people say to me.
I am not sure if it is lack of vocabulary versus rapid speaking that makes me not comprehend.
What do you suggest to help improve this apart from this course?
Also am a pediatrician with 90% Spanish speaking patients.
Are there pediatric and mental health topics included in the course?
Or are there other courses that you would direct me to.
I honestly love your YouTube videos and teaching, looking at eventually doing an immersion program with my son who is in med school if possible or another buddy.
Do you connect us with others of similar backgrounds like pediatricians etc too do immersion trips?
Hey Regina, we would love to have you join MMS this spring! Listening comprehension depends heavily on range and depth of vocabulary (that’s how you distinguish one word from the next). In addition to a course like this that will build your vocabulary, I suggest finding some podcasts or shows that you like and will enjoy consuming as you also see the spanish they’re speaking: for podcasts be sure to get the transcript, for shows, turn on Spanish captions so that you can see and hear at the same time. Intermediate MMS doesn’t include specific lessons focusing only on peds or mental health, BUT I did create a mental health blog series that is completely free. Mental health blog series: https://commongroundinternational.com/medical-spanish/assessing-child-abuse-and-neglect-in-spanish/ (scroll to the bottom to see related mental health lessons). If you like, let’s set up a time for a call and I’d like to pick your brain on a peds series as well. And finally, of course we would love to have you and your son join us on an immersion trip when the time is right! You’ll be in classes with other providers at your level… so some will be working in peds, others not.
Hi Rory,
Are there any CME credits associated with the courses? I would like to take the Intermediate MMS (probably in the fall of this year) — just wondering if my employer would reimburse the cost (as long as there are CME credits associated with it, they will…) I have been watching your videos online – they are fantastic. Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks,
Steve
Yes absolutely Stephen! This course is accredited for 22 Category 1 CME. We look forward to you joining us in the fall! Cheers,
Hi there,
I have 2 friends and myself that are interested in you Spanish 2 class. We are all NP’s and hoping to get work to reimburse us for for 2025 Cont Ed fees. I have a few questions: 1) Do you have openings for your Jan class. 2) Can we pay in Jan as opposed to now. 3) What is the start date. 4) When are the online sessions? Thanks in advance for your guidanece.
Sincerely,
Denise
Hi Denise, thanks for the note! Yes we have openings for our spring course in 2025 (first live class is Tue Mar 18). Registering in the New Year is just fine. I’ll send you a more detailed email shortly. Cheers,
Are there specific dates for when this course starts? I would like to take it in starting in April/May. I am a psychiatrist and am also wondering if there includes mental health topics.
Hi Ketetha, yes our spring session (which includes live classes online in addition to the asynchronous lessons you work through on your own time) begins Tuesday March 19th. So, it’s slightly ahead of your timetable but hopefully it works for you! Feel free to schedule a call with me if you’d like to chat through anything: https://calendly.com/rfoster-cgi/15min
Hi, I am looking at signing up for a class, however how do I know what one to be put into? Whenever I’ve started learning I get bored because I know the basics of the language, so going over things like colors, clothing usted versus tu I already know.
Thank you
Krystal
Hi Krystal, good question. We have you take a placement test after your registration and if we feel there is a better level for you, we’ll suggest that you make a change. you have flexibility to move between the Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced level MMS courses as needed.
Hi Rory, I’m interested in the MMS course series and wondering if you can send details about the dates of the courses and how many CEs each of the courses from basic to advanced are worth. Thank you!
Yes Chelsie, of course! You can see the upcoming session here on the registration page.
I’ll email you also. Cheers,
Hello. I am interested in learning medical Spanish. I am interested in the 13 week online course but I only have a very basic understanding of Spanish. Which course do you recommend for beginners?
Hi Sasa, thanks for the note! This Mastering Medical Spanish course is a good course for you!
Can you send registration information, prices etc.? My work will pay for it but I have to get all of the details to submit to them at least 1 month before the course.
Can the lessons be accessed on our time or are they scheduled?
Hey Becca, thanks for the note! Yes the lessons are available for you to view and work through on your own time. The live practice sessions are scheduled (of course) and they meet routinely on Tuesdays (morning session or evening session). We offer MMS 2x/year (February – May) & (Sept – Dec). I’ll make sure you’re on the list so you get details as we release them. Cheers,
Hi Rory,
I am logged in, but can’t access the MMS lesson. I cleared my browser in Chrome and re-started my computer, but that didn’t seem to help.
Hey Christy, yes this is a known problem for some users. I’ve reset your course access now. Please try again and let me know if you can get started!
Hey Sylvia, that was my mistake – it should be fixed now. Try logging out and back in again.