Common Phrase Translation: Spanish for English Speakers-Physical Therapy

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct, through self-study, the physical therapy student regarding cultural competence, and to familiarize the student with common English to Spanish phrases used during evaluation and treatment in a variety of settings. The concentration will be primarily physical therapy, however, since there is overlap between the disciplines, we have included a brief introduction of occupational and speech therapy phrases as well.

 Behavioral Objectives:

At the end of this self-study program, the student will be able to:

 1. Locate and retrieve seven common phrases regarding salutations used to open and close communication.

 2. Locate and retrieve 71 common phrases used in evaluation of physical therapy clients.

 3. Locate and retrieve 34 phrases used in treatment of physical therapy clients. 

4. Locate and retrieve six phrases regarding precautions and safety. 

5. Locate and retrieve eight phrases used for encouragement of the client.   

6. The physical therapy student will be able to identify 16 phrases from the occupational therapy and 6 phrases from the speech therapy sections of the book.

7. Understand cultural competence and its history. 

8. Identify simple social greetings in five other languages.

 9. Use appendix A to identify the number of living languages of 5 countries.