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Overview
If you are interested in registering or finding out about the courses, contact those listed below, or Marie Miranda-Robles, at the NC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, 919-431-1613. AHEC Classes
The Spanish Language Training Calendar displays the specialized classes that are offered in the nine AHEC regions for health practitioners and translators. [WE COULD ADD THAT THE THREE categories of training are color coded.] Check the region closest to you for available classes. AHEC training is offered for:
• Health practitioners working in North Carolina hospitals, health departments, and community health centers.
• Interpreters, health practitioners who use interpreters, and trainers of interpreters.
• Instructors in medical Spanish and basic Spanish. Community College Classes
For classes in Spanish offered through NC Community Colleges, check the North Carolina Community College System Website, and link to your local community college's website. Look for classes under traditional titles, such as "Spanish I," and under specialized titles, such as "Spanish in the workplace." You may also contact the NC Community College System by mail, phone or fax:
North Carolina Community College System
200 W. Jones St.
Raleigh, NC 27603-1379
(Phone) 919-733-7051; (fax) 919-733-0683 Businesses and Individuals Who Teach Spanish
(The agencies listed below are self-described. Information supplied has not been independently verified.)
• Deborah Berman, RN
Ms. Berman develops Spanish classes for health care professionals, community service agencies, and anyone who needs to improve Spanish language skills to communicate with the rapidly increasing Hispanic community in North Carolina. As of fall 1998, she interprets for Spanish- speaking patients and for staff at Moses Cone Hospital and Women's Hospital in Greensboro, NC.
Phone: 336-632-9658
email:
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• CHICLE: Chapel Hill Institute for Cultural and Language Education
"CHICLE, founded in 1999, is Chapel Hill's first language institute. CHICLE is dedicated to providing high quality Spanish and English language education, translation and interpretation services, and cultural training. We teach group language classes at our site or at your location, we offer private classes and tutoring, and we give a series of occupation-specific language classes."
101 East Weaver Street, Suite G1
Carrboro, NC 27510
(3rd floor above Weaver Street Market)
Telephone: (919) 933-0398
Fax: (919) 933-1142
Email:
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• Garcia Yurcisin & Associates
Offers translation, interpretation, and classes to facilitate communication in the English and Spanish-speaking communities. Classes are tailored for the individual, and special series of classes can be designed to facilitate learning of basic skills needed by health care providers with Spanish-speaking clients.
Phone 336-282-1612
Fax 336-273-1022
e-mail:
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