Special Programs
Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
Spanish for Healthcare Professionals encompasses Spanish language and grammar contextualized in a medical setting, utilizing both general and healthcare-specific vocabulary, so that medical professionals will gain skills and confidence needed for interactions with their patients and community. All adult Spanish learners are welcome to attend with the understanding that the curriculum is focused on healthcare.
Dates: Saturday, June 27 through Sunday, July 5, 2026
Registration closes Monday, May 18, 2026 (late registration available if space allows, contact us.)
If class is cancelled, we will notify you by Friday, May 29, 2026 by 4pm.
Final payments are due Friday, May 29, 2026.
Cost: $3,000 per person tuition
$500 deposit due at time of registration
(Dartmouth employees, contact HR about tuition reimbursement)
$820 (Optional) dormitory housing - includes private room with shared hall bath and breakfast daily.
Location: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
REGISTER FOR SPANISH FOR HEALTHCARE
Registration Note: When registering please select your level based on the CEFR Global Scale.
Why the Rassias Method:
Developed for training Peace Corps volunteers in the early 1960s and adapted to college level instruction in 1967, the Rassias Method is a combination of dramatic techniques, rhythmic drills, and energetic reinforcement strategies that make learning an engaging experience, while eliminating inhibitions. The Rassias Method is widely used in colleges and schools throughout the country and abroad.
Our goal is to make you feel comfortable and natural with the language immediately in an error tolerant atmosphere. Each day of ALPs increases your oral proficiency and features practical applications of the language. You will be in the company of motivated people for whom language is culture and culture is language.
What to expect during Spanish for Healthcare:
As you see from the schedule, you will have Lead Classes taught by those who are true masters of their trade, and Reinforcement Sessions (drills) conducted by well trained language enthusiasts.
The role of the Lead Teacher (LT) is to deliver and help you understand the material and lessons of the day. Lead Teachers are college-level faculty trained in the Rassias Method®. LTs each have their own special connection to the language that they bring to the classroom. We have tenured professors, private school teachers, dramaturges, musicians, college deans, and literature specialists in our eclectic ranks. Together, our LTs provide a varied and interesting perspective on the language and culture that they teach.
The role of the Assistant Teacher (AT) is to take that material and break it down in order for participants to use it immediately, both in repetition of scenarios for rhythm and pronunciation purposes and in manipulating grammatical structures while hearing the sentences flow.
Assistant Teachers (ATs) come from Dartmouth College and beyond. We have native speakers, graduate students, undergraduates, and general language enthusiasts. Our ATs, through their divergent backgrounds, share a passion for language, for teaching, and for bringing language to life.
Highly skilled and thoroughly trained, our ATs reinforce material taught in the Lead Class through rapid-fire language exercises. Drills are conducted with a choreographed delivery that replicates the rhythm of the language, building confidence in the use of the language in a nonthreatening, noncompetitive environment.
Meals are taken with your language class, in Spanish, at the Class of 1953 Commons.
Sample Daily Schedule:
Day 1: Students arrive mid-morning for registration, have a group lunch, and begin orientation and classes in the afternoon through evening.
Days 2-8: Classes (lead class, reinforcement drill, and diagnostic sessions) typically take place from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm followed by dinner and cultural sessions that wrap-up around 9:00 pm.
Day 9: Morning class and reinforcement drill followed by graduation. Classes are dismissed before lunchtime.
What is included:
- All instruction and materials
- Lunch and Dinner (in language with your teachers)
- Parking Pass (in designated Dartmouth parking lot)
Optional:
- $780.00 Dormitory Housing (private room with shared hall bath) and breakfast