Learning Objectives:
-  Explain the approach that a practitioner uses to make a diagnosis & decide on a patient's treatment.
-  dentify basic signs and symptoms of disease.
-  Learn and recognize word roots, prefixes, and suffixes used in medical language.
-  Recognize different medical specialties and specialists.
-  Explain the structures and functions involved in the main body systems.
-  Define the common terms used to describe pain.
-  Describe the various types of diagnostic tests and procedures that can help the practitioner in making a diagnosis and deciding on proper treatment

Instructor:
Yadira Willimann, MD, holds a medical degree from the University of Veracruz in Mexico where she worked as an emergency and outpatient care physician in a hospital for the underprivileged, and gained ample experience as a family physician at the Mexican Social Healthcare Institute (IMSS). Dr. Willimann holds a “Bridging the Gap” certificate and has trained more than 250 interpreters, students, health care providers, social workers and other members of the community through the Glades Initiative, Inc.’s Medical Interpreter Training Connecting Worlds. This session offers an introduction to the fundamental aspects of biomedicine, with focus on key concepts and common problems encountered in medical practice. The students will acquire the essential knowledge of the basic components of medical terminology. The individual organ systems and their diseases are considered in a systematic manner, with emphasis on the more common and important diseases. Basic anatomy (structure), physiology (function), pathology (diseases), and principles of diagnosis and treatment are discussed. Newer diagnostic procedures and methods of treatment are emphasized. In this way, the session establishes a supporting knowledge that can encourage more independent and active learning. This is an interactive class: During the session’s activities, the class will be divided into groups to work together and discuss their observations.

HUMAN BODY
An Illustrated guide to every part of the human body and how it works.  Baggaley, Ann. Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. New York, New York. First edition 2001. (This small book will be given to each participant)