Nursing Medical Spanish Program, Arenal (Fortuna), Costa Rica

In Costa Rica ISLS has our one of a kind Nursing Spanish Program devoted solely to nurses, nurse practitioners, nursing students, or anyone else interested in learning medical Spanish from the nursing perspective.

The Nursing Program is located at two of our Costa Rica campus, Arenal (La Fortuna) and Turrialba. Both locations are different and unique and many students who study long term with us choose to visit both during their stay. Arenal is considered to be the epicenter of adventure travel in Central America and for good reason. Turrialba is a mid sized Costa Rican city and not a tourist destination at all.

This is a private lessons only program. This means that students will be one-on-one with their Spanish teachers and with any clinical component. You can choose between doing 10 to 20 hours of general Spanish lessons which is then combined with 6 additional hours of Nursing/clinical lessons or shadowing. The private Spanish lessons are in your host family with the teacher coming to you. The nursing/clinical hours can take place in either your host family or at a private medical clinic, depending upon location and availability.

The program’s goal is to develop or improve a nurse’s Spanish language abilities in the workplace, so it is important for our students to learn regular Spanish grammar and conversation. This is why we have nine levels based on your individual Spanish proficiency. The afternoon classes and medical lessons have been designed to accommodate all levels of Spanish ability, and focus on medical Spanish terminology and Spanish speaking communication skills. The class time is supplemented with the addition of different medical activities.

Our nursing Spanish classes are structured in weekly blocks of interrelated subjects which act as a one week stand alone entity. This way, students joining the program on any given week will not feel they are entering in mid stream. Students are welcome to enroll in as many weeks as determined by their individual budget or schedule, without any loss in the continuity of their program.