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Skype user: Our Medical Spanish Immersion Program in Panama is offered at both of our Spanish schools: in Boquete (in the mountains) and in Bocas del Toro (by the beach).
Medical Spanish Course - Learn Medical Spanish in Central America
The Need for Medical Spanish
Being able to communicate quickly and directly with your patients and/or their families can make a whole world of difference between providing a high quality level of care or not.
Our Medical Spanish Courses are offered to general physicians, specialists, residents, medical students, nurses, midwives, hospital managers, emergency medical service professionals and medical health-care practitioners in general who need to use medical Spanish with their patients, their patient's families or their colleagues.
Medical Spanish Course Contents & Structure
Your Medical Spanish Course is customized according to your specific medical profession, your needs and personal requirements. In order to fully benefit from our medical Spanish classes you should already posses a lower intermediate level of Spanish proficiency. If you are still a beginner or don't know any Spanish, we will help you improve your general conversational skills and once you're ready for it, start introducing medical Spanish into your daily lessons.
In order to prepare your medical Spanish course, please submit your Online Placement Test, let us know your specific medical profession (and specialty if you have one) and tell us if you would like to focus on any specific topic.
Medical Spanish classes are mainly offered through One to One Spanish Lessons. Students can have from 2 - 6 hours of lessons per day. The general curriculum for our Medical Spanish Course is designed to be completed in 40 to 60 hours of lessons (2 - 3 weeks of lessons). Students who want to work more proactively on their general conversational skills or want to take advantage of the social aspect of having classmates, can join our Group 4 PLUS Course instead. In this way you will have 4 hours of group lessons per day plus 1 or 2 extra hours of private lessons in which you will be able to work on your medical Spanish skills.
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We are aware that medical professionals are busy and hard working by nature and need results fast. Be it from the desire to help others or just because of their work ethics, health-care professionals who join our medical Spanish course make great students and generally learn Spanish more quickly than others. In return we provide you with a well structured and effective medical Spanish course, the opportunity to put into practice what you just learnt and plenty of medical Spanish learning materiales that you can take back home after your trip to Panama. For detailed information about the course contents of medical Spanish lessons at Habla Ya Spanish Schools in Boquete and Bocasdel Toro, Panama please click here...
Accommodation Options for Medical Spanish Students
Home Stays with Local Host Families
If you would like to get fully immersed in the Spanish language, experience our culture, and get as much exposure as possible to the Latin American way of life, then a home stay with a local host family is the way to go. Living with a native Spanish speaking family, having daily intensive medical Spanish lessons and volunteering at a local health clinic makes the most effective medical Spanish immersion.
You will get a unique perspective about how we live our lives in Latin America, what really matters to us and more importantly you will be forced to practice your Spanish 24 x 7, which will dramatically increase how fast you learn to speak Spanish.
We currently collaborate with more than 70 host families in Boquete, Panama and about 10 in Bocas del Toro, Panama that make our Spanish Immersion Program a reality. In order to ensure that we select the most appropriate host family for you, please submit your Home Stay Interview with as much as anticipation as possible. In this way we will know your specific needs and choose a host family according to your personality. As host families are assigned on a first come first serve bases, the sooner you fill out the interview, the more host families we will have to choose from for you.
Students looking for the most economical option might also be interested in a budget hostel.
Mid-Range B&Bs, Cabins & Vacation Rentals
There are several places that we recommend for medical Spanish students looking for a bit more privacy and independence during their medical Spanish program:
- In Boquete, Panama
- In Bocas del Toro, Panama
The above are tremendously convenient, fully furnished, very reasonably priced for short to mid term stays (4 - 12 weeks) and the students at our Spanish schools simply love them. Each of the above have their own unique features that make them suitable for medical Spanish students with different needs and desires. Click on the above links for more details about each option.
There are also other types of properties available for rent in Boquete and Bocas del Toro, Panama. If you are considering studying Spanish for four weeks ore more, you might benefit from having your own vacation rental. Within our website we provide links to several sites that list vacation rentals in Panama, and we also provide links to different real estate agents in Boquete and in Bocas del Toro (as we are not real estate agents ourselves). For more information about vacation rentals please click here...
Upscale Hotels, Luxury Resorts & Vacation Villas
Our favorite upscale hotels in Bocas del Toro are Tropical Suites and Palma Royale. Tropical Suites is built directly over turquoise Caribbean waters, with 16 guest suites, a three bedroom Presidential Penthouse, and a Luxury Studio Apartment. Simply put Tropical Suites is Bocas del Toro's premier upscale boutique hotel. Palma Royale, Bocas del Toro's latest upscale boutique hotel, is located at the end of main street, only 20 meters from the Caribbean Sea and has 15 suites with marble and bamboo flooring, handcrafted cedar doors and beds with pillow top mattresses.
In Boquete, the Valle Escondido Resort, Golf & Spa is the perfect place if you would like to have access to certain amenities during your medical Spanish program. With a full service spa, a 9 hole executive golf course, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis and racquetball courts, and first class restaurants, Valle Escondido will certainly keep you entertained after your daily medical Spanish classes, eco-adventure tours and/or volunteer projects. Valle Escondido is situated at the edge of town, about a 15 minute walk from our Spanish School, in a hidden valley, on the banks of a rushing river, with enough natural beauty and peace to make you not want to leave.
For medical Spanish students staying in Boquete for up to 3 weeks of medical Spanish, we recommend staying at a suite or bungalow at the Valle Escondido Resort.
For longer stays or even more independence, a rental of Valle Escondido's vacation villas or condos can also be arranged.
Whether you're staying at the Valle Escondido Resort or at one of vacation villas or condos, you'll be able to enjoy:
- 9 Hole Golf Course
- Outdoor Tennis Court and Indoor Racquetball Court
- Country Club, complete with
- Spa and Age Management Program
- Beauty Center
- State-of-the-art Life Fitness Equipped Gym
- Indoor Swimming Pool
- Sauna, Steam Baths and Jacuzzis
- 3 Outdoor Pools
- A Spanish Colonial Village with
- 2 Fantastic Restaurants
- Bar
- Coffee shop
- Chapel
- 500 seat amphitheater
- Meeting Space for Groups of 75 - 400 people
Besides staying at Valle Escondido you can also consider The Haven Spa & Hotel or The Panamonte Inn & Spa.
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Wherever you decide to stay at, we will take care of you and make sure that you feel at home. Please contact us and we will help you choose the most appropriate lodging option for your medical Spanish program.
Volunteering and Medical Spanish Internships
Volunteering for Medical Professionals
For those doctors, medical students or healthcare practitioners in general, who would like to volunteer with Floating Doctors or have an internship (practicum) at a hospital or health clinic in Panama, it can be arranged as long as we receive your volunteering interview, complete résumé and a transcript of the highest or current level of medical education completed and/or a scanned copy of your medical license.
Volunteer with the Floating Doctors
Many patients in Bocas del Toro, Panama can't "just go to the hospital". Oceans, mountains, jungles, politics, economics, and bigotry separate our patients from their basic human right of ACCESS to care, so we come to our patients' communities and to their homes, traveling by boat, by foot, by dugout canoe, horse, and rescue panga.
Volunteering with Floating Doctors provides experienced clinicians and students alike with the unique opportunity to see advanced and unusual disease cases, hone their clinical diagnostic skills, and challenge their ability to provide the best outcome possible for a patient, even with limited resources (and to practice their Medical Spanish!). More importantly, however, is the opportunity to practice medicine from the heart—to treat each patient with dignity and compassion and care. This experience, along with increased diagnostic skills and clinical confidence, is the gift that Floating Doctors intends our volunteers to carry back to their practice in the developed world, and one that will benefit clinicians and patients well beyond the locations we visit.
As a volunteer with Floating Doctors you will have the opportunity to join our:
- Mobile Clinics
- Multi-Day Mobile Clinics
In Bocas del Toro, our Mobile Clinics take place every Tuesday and Thursdays on Isla Colón in the storage units by the airport. The mobile clinic is the backbone of the Floating Doctor's program and not only acts as acute treatment and long-term patient management, but also forms the basis of the community acceptance that make the Floating Doctor's activities possible, and most of our other projects evolve from situations encountered during mobile clinics. As a volunteer you are asked to make a $10 donation to Floating Doctors for each day you take part in their Mobile Clinic.
The Multi-Day Mobile Clinic functions the same way as our day long mobile clinic but leaves us in the community for 3 - 4 days living, working and sleeping with the patients that we are serving. This provides a unique opportunity to get to know the people whom you are serving on a level that is much deeper than a day long clinic provides. You can be sure to treat a lot of patients, be introduced to amazing cultures, and make a lot of friends along the way! A $100 donation to Floating Doctors will help to cover your costs of travel, lodging and food when you volunteer to join the Multi-Day Clinic. Setting up your volunteering program with Floating Doctors has a $50 setup fee.
The following video gives you a good idea about what Mobile Clinics are like.
Volunteering at Public Hospitals and Clinics in Panama
Depending on the length of your internship you might be a volunteer at a MINSA (Panama's Ministry of Health) rural clinic in Bocas del Toro or Boquete, Panama, the Caja de Seguro Social in Boquete, or at one of the public hospitals in David. Your responsibilities will depend on your medical education, experience, level of proficiency in the Spanish language (YOU NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE A BASIC CONVERSATIONAL LEVEL OF SPANISH) and on what your supervisor decides.
Some participants will be allowed to shadow doctors, others will be asked to contribute with administrative tasks and yet other will be able to have a more hands on role. Remember, you are here to practice your Medical Spanish and help in anyway that's needed. Don't forget to bring your own white lab coat!
In order to organize and coordinate your internship there is a $5 per student per day donation fee and a $50 setup fee. 100% of the daily fee goes as a direct donation to the local clinic where you will be working at. Please remember to submit your volunteering interview if you would like to participate in this part of the program.
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Habla Ya's role is essential because most NGO's in Panama do not have the ability to place and manage volunteers by themselves. Setting up your volunteer project with us ensures a meaningful placement in which your skills and talents will be fully exploited.
Extra Curricular Program: Eco-Adventure Tours + Cultural & Social Activities
Eco-Adventure Tours
Besides learning Spanish you will certainly have a blast after class!
Boquete, Panama's eco-adventure capital is the perfect place for a Spanish learning vacation:
- Whitewater River Rafting
- Ziplining in the Cloudforest
- Island Hopping & Beach Trips
- Rock Climbing
- Coffee Tours
- Hot Springs
- Horseback Riding
- First Class Hiking Trails
And in Bocas del Toro, Panama's top beach destination in the Caribbean, there are plenty of outdoor opportunities:
- Surfing Lessons
- Scuba Diving & Snorkelling
- Ziplining in the Rainforest
- Boat Tours
- Catamaran Sailing Tours
- Island Cycling
- Horseback Riding
- Cacao Plantation Tours
- Caving Tours
- Turtle Nesting/Hatching Tours
- Bird Watching Tours
- Beach & Island Hopping
Habla Ya Spanish students have access to special discounts off many eco-adventure tours. For more about tours in Panama, and complete pricing information please click here.
Cultural & Social Activities
At Habla Ya Spanish Schools we simply love to have fun! We start off the week with several cultural laid-back activities and then we move on to more party intensive entertainment:
- Tuesdays - Panamanian Traditional Dinner
- Wednesdays - Movie Nights
- Thursdays - Charity Parties at Zanzibar
- Fridays - Dinner Parties and Get-Togethers
- Saturdays - Salsa Lessons & Conversational Sessions
- Daily - Yoga Classes
Several extra activities are free of charge, such as our weekly movie nights, salsa lessons and conversational sessions. Panamanian dinners cost $5 per person, Yoga Classes cost $1 per class plus a voluntary donation to your yoga instructor, Eco-Adventure Tours have their own fees and students pay what they consume during our Charity Parties at Zanzibar, Dinner Parties at Boquete and Bocas del Toro's local restaurants, and Get-Togethers. For more information about our extra activities please click here.
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You will not only learn medical Spanish and experience the Latin American culture: you will live one of the most amazing vacations that you've ever had. At Habla Ya Spanish School we employ additional staff whose main responsibility is to make sure that our Spanish students have the time of their life outside of the classroom!
Rates for a Medical Spanish Immersion Program
Calculating the Cost of your Medical Spanish Program
There are four variables to consider when determining the total cost of your Medical Spanish Immersion Program. Costs are given itemized as there are multiple lodging options to choose from, and some medical Spanish students might decide or not to join an internship or certain eco-adventure tours. If you would like to request a quote for a specific amount of weeks (or several different options) please click here.
The different variables to consider are:
- The cost of your Medical Spanish Course
- The cost for your Accommodation
- The cost of your Internship
- The cost of your Eco-Adventure Tours
Cost for Medical Spanish Classes
Rates for medical Spanish classes go from $130 to $435 per week. The actual rate per week depends on:
- how many hours of lessons you have each week (10 - 30)
- if you have private lessons only or a combination of group and private lessons
- the amount of weeks you sign up for (the longer the length of your medical Spanish study, the more convenient the rate you have access to)
Below you will find the prices for the following course options:
- Group 4 PLUS 1 Course (20 hours of group lessons + 5 hours of private lessons per week)
- Group 4 PLUS 2 Course (20 hours of group lessons + 10 hours of private lessons per week)
- Private Spanish Lessons (10 - 30 hours of private lessons per week)
2012 Rates for Medical Spanish through Private Spanish Lessons
| Amount of Weeks | |||||||||||||
| Hours per week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | each extra week |
| 10 | $195 | $355 | $515 | $675 | $835 | $995 | $1155 | $1295 | $1455 | $1595 | $1725 | $1875 | $155 |
| 15 | $275 | $515 | $755 | $995 | $1225 | $1455 | $1655 | $1875 | $2075 | $2275 | $2435 | $2625 | $215 |
| 20 | $355 | $675 | $995 | $1295 | $1595 | $1875 | $2135 | $2395 | $2625 | $2875 | $3095 | $3375 | $275 |
| 25 | $435 | $835 | $1225 | $1595 | $1950 | $2275 | $2565 | $2875 | $3165 | $3495 | $3795 | $4125 | $335 |
| 30 | $515 | $995 | $1455 | $1875 | $2275 | $2625 | $2975 | $3375 | $3755 | $4125 | $4525 | $4875 | $395 |
2012 Rates for Medical Spanish through our Group 4 PLUS Spanish Course
| Amount of Weeks | |||||||||||||
| Type of Course | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | each extra week |
| Group 4 PLUS 1 | $345 | $655 | $935 | $1195 | $1375 | $1635 | $1895 | $2125 | $2355 | $2575 | $2795 | $3025 | $250 |
| Group 4 PLUS 2 | $435 | $795 | $1155 | $1475 | $1755 | $2075 | $2395 | $2695 | $2995 | $3275 | $3525 | $3795 | $315 |
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2013 Rates for Medical Spanish through Private Spanish Lessons
| Amount of Weeks | |||||||||||||
| Hours per week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | each extra week |
| 10 | $225 | $395 | $575 | $755 | $925 | $1095 | $1275 | $1425 | $1595 | $1755 | $1905 | $2075 | $165 |
| 15 | $325 | $575 | $845 | $1095 | $1355 | $1595 | $1825 | $2075 | $2275 | $2475 | $2655 | $2825 | $235 |
| 20 | $395 | $755 | $1095 | $1425 | $1755 | $2075 | $2355 | $2595 | $2825 | $3095 | $3355 | $3595 | $295 |
| 25 | $485 | $925 | $1355 | $1755 | $2125 | $2475 | $2795 | $3095 | $3375 | $3735 | $4075 | $4425 | $365 |
| 30 | $575 | $1095 | $1595 | $2075 | $2475 | $2825 | $3225 | $3595 | $4015 | $4425 | $4825 | $5255 | $435 |
2013 Rates for Medical Spanish through our Group 4 PLUS Spanish Course
| Amount of Weeks | |||||||||||||
| Type of Course | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | each extra week |
| Group 4 PLUS 1 | $375 | $695 | $1015 | $1275 | $1495 | $1755 | $2025 | $2275 | $2525 | $2725 | $2975 | $3195 | $265 |
| Group 4 PLUS 2 | $475 | $855 | $1255 | $1595 | $1875 | $2225 | $2575 | $2875 | $3195 | $3475 | $3775 | $4055 | $335 |
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Cost for Lodging
Rates for accommodation depend on your choice of accommodation and on the length of your stay.
- Home Stays with Local Host Families cost $175 per week and include breakfast and dinner
- Budget Hostels go from $10 per night for a bed in a shared dorm up to $25 per night for a private room with a private bathroom
- Midrange Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts go from $215 to $595 per week for a furnished Suite or Cabin.
- Upscale Hotels go from $385 to $1500 per week
Please click here to checkout specific rates for all of our lodging options...
Rates for Medical Volunteering & Internships
There is a $50 setup fee per adult to volunteer ($75 for non Habla Ya Students), and a $5 daily donation ($15 for non Spanish students). For more information about volunteer projects and fees involved please click here.
Rates for Eco-Adventure Tours
Habla Ya Spanish students have access to special discounts off many eco-adventure tours. For a complete price list of tours in Boquete and Bocas del Toro, Panama please click here...
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Please note that there is no separate registration fee for our Spanish courses. Rates include: registration, level test, class materials and handouts, wifi internet connection at the school, certain cultural & social activities and access to all of the school's facilities. A textbook for your level is included when you sign up for at least 40 hours of lessons, and a course certificate is included when you sign up for at least 60 hours of lessons. Any of our six textbooks (for our six levels) can also be purchased for $10.
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