Pharmacy with Spanish Concentration

澳门赌场在线娱乐 is home to the nation’s only Spanish language concentration specifically 药学专业学生. Bilingual pharmacists gain an edge in the job market because they can better communicate with an increasingly diverse population in the United States, particularly among Spanish speakers.

需求

西班牙 concentration requires a minimum 12.5个学分. 鼓励学生 使用专业选修课. 

必修课程

  • SP 203 or 204 Intermediate Spanish II (typically offered in fall and spring semesters)
  • SP 205 Spanish Conversation (typically offered every third 学期)
  • SP 211 Conversational Spanish for Health and Social Services (typically offered spring 学期)
  • PHA 560 Self-Directed Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (SD-IPPE)
  • 西班牙留学

The SD-IPPE course is a required service learning course that run over three years. 学生 in the Spanish concentration must have at least four of the 20 required hours of service in a Spanish-speaking community between the P1 and P3 years. 面向服务的 spring break trips directed at Hispanic communities may satisfy this requirement, 取决于经验.

学生 can declare the concentration any time before the end of the P3 year. 讨论 你和你的顾问的意图. Early planning will allow the greatest flexibility in scheduling required courses.

常见问题

Pharmacy students can earn a concentration with a minor or even a major in Spanish. A minor requires more credits than a concentration, but the concentration has a required experiential and health care focus that makes it a unique credential. 它还要求 language immersion via study abroad in Spain.

学生 can choose either a four- or six-week summer study abroad experience in Spain, 获得6或9个学分. 在国外学习更多.com. This program is usually completed 在药房轮转之前.

 It can be accomplished in a normal course schedule with careful planning and the 正确的安排. The earlier you declare your intention to pursue the Spanish concentration, 更好的. 鼓励学生 to take their faculty Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in the summer before the P2 year, if offered, to reduce conflicts. 学生 should work with their advisors when necessary to complete an IPPE冲突表 (.医生), which is sent to the Office of Experiential Learning to minimize Spanish class disruptions due to experiential requirements

If a student passed an AP exam with a 4 or 5, credits will be accepted. 学生 did not take an AP exam may consider enrolling in Spanish 203 if they studied Spanish three or four years in high school and earned good grades.

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倾听学生的心声

Pharmary with Spanish Concentration"Pharmacists continually interact with patients who speak solely Spanish. 西班牙 concentration will give me the confidence to clearly and effectively communicate with my patients and allow them to feel comfortable to disclose important information for 优化他们的护理. My Spanish communication skills from the Wilkes pharmacy program have prepared me to lead a team of student pharmacists to help serve a remote community 在多米尼加共和国."

穆罕默德一个. Jalloh,制药.D. '14,
Drug Information and Evidence-Based Practice Fellow
药学院 & 健康的职业
克莱顿大学 


Pharnacy Major with Spanish Concentrationi

"我有 spoken Spanish weekly at the Wilkes-Barre Free Clinic for the last two and 半年. Most of the Spanish includes clarifying why the drug is being used and what to expect as well as translating for the pharmacists, doctors and staff. 我有 also provided instructions as to how patients should use his/her diabetic testing 供应. I look forward to using Spanish as a pharmacist."

达伦·门施,制药公司.D. '15


问题?

Contact the Spanish concentration co-directors.

Jen马林诺斯基

副院长,学术事务

珍妮花.malinowski@hg68333.com
(570) 408-3294

Dr. Paola比安科

教授西班牙语

Breiseth 314号厅
paola.bianco@hg68333.com
(570) 408-4519