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Accommodation for partners or family members

Prospective participants sometime ask if a partner or a parent can be accommodated with them at their home stay family.

Subject to availability of accommodation a partner or a family member can be accommodated for USD $200 per week (Minimum 2 week stay)   In return they will have

  • A shared a room with you, or a separate room if you prefer
  • Breakfast and lunch each day (Sundays breakfast only)
  • Membership of gym or yoga classes or salsa classes
  • Travel insurance

General Spanish program

Your partner or family member can participate in the general Spanish elements of the full medical Spanish program.  The medical Spanish program takes place each afternoon.  The program is divided into 4 components General conversation, General Vocabulary, General Grammar and Pure Medical Spanish.

The 3 general Spanish elements of the above program (Conversation, General Spanish and General Vocabulary) are geared towards healthcare and medicine, but do not require detailed medical knowledge.  Non healthcare professionals and students cannot participate in the pure medical Spanish element of the program

If your partner or family member wishes to take this 3 hour general Spanish program each afternoon the cost is $130 per week (Minimum 2 week program)

Keeping busy

Most program participants choose to take clinical rotations in the mornings and medical Spanish program in the afternoons. Your partner/family member may choose to use the mornings to visit the gym, investigate the city of go to the beach. They also have the opportunity to participate in volunteering in Trujillo.   There are lots more activities for them to consider in Trujillo and further afield.

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