HSI participants take classes twice a week at the Catholic University in Santiago. This private course is specially designed for participants to learn about the Chilean healthcare system while they study grammatical concepts and medical terminology; its counts for one half course credit at Harvard College.

“The professor is outstanding - his ability to capture our attention for 3 hours serves as testimony to this fact. The course was well designed for med students, and for its task of imparting Spanish to beginners/ intermediates within 8 weeks.” –Mallika Khandelwal, HSI ’09 participant

“Professor Bobbert as a teacher is wonderful-extremely patient and passionate about the subject material.” –Jessica Cheng, HSI ’09 participant