在长途和强化医疗西班牙语课程后,语言能力的提高
Gavin Warner1, Nayantara Biswas1, Marcie Naumowicz2
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Cureus
|December 5, 2025
概括
医疗西班牙语课程提高学生的语言能力,特别是密集课程. 像ALTA临床文化和语言评估 (CCLA) 这样的标准化评估对于评估这些收益至关重要.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 语言评估语言评估
- 医疗保健通讯 医疗保健通讯
背景情况:
- 很少有美国医学院提供标准化的医学西班牙语课程或评估.
- 语言一致的护理与改善患者的治疗结果有关.
- 缺乏标准化的评估,阻碍了有效的教学模型的比较.
研究的目的:
- 评估医疗西班牙语课程对学生语言能力的影响.
- 评估密集与高级医学西班牙语课程的有效性.
- 在临床沟通中使用经过验证的语言能力评估.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项改善教育质量的研究.
- 使用ALTA临床文化和语言评估 (CCLA).
- 分析了密集和高级医学西班牙语课程的学生课前和课后的成绩.
主要成果:
- 强化课程的学生在西班牙语水平上显示了统计学上显著的改善 (平均得分增加了17.7).
- 高级课程的学生表现出非显著的改善 (平均得分增加8.75).
- 与高级课程相比,密集课程表现出明显更大的效果大小.
结论:
- 一个密集的医疗西班牙语课程显著提高了学生的西班牙语能力.
- 阿尔塔CCLA是评估临床语言能力的宝贵工具.
- 进一步标准化医疗西班牙语教育和评估是有必要的.
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