Alejandra Zapien Hidalgo
- Director, Bilingual Medical Spanish and Distinction Track
- Director, Bilingual Medical Spanish and Distinction Track (Banner)
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine - (Educator Scholar Track)
Contact
- (520) 621-5592
- Arizona Health Sciences Center, Rm. 1120
- Tucson, AZ 85724
- azapien8@arizona.edu
Degrees
- MPH Health Services Administration
- Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- M.D. General practitioner
- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Awards
- Advisor Service Award
- Spring 2017
- LMSA, Spring 2014
- Lura Hanekamp Award for Excellence
- College of Medicine, Spring 2016
Interests
Teaching
Health Disparities, Language Access, Border Health, Minority Health.
Courses
2023-24 Courses
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Conversantes
FCM 497A (Spring 2024) -
Language and Cultural Humility
FCM 409 (Spring 2024) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Spring 2024) -
Conversantes
FCM 497A (Fall 2023) -
Honors Thesis
PSIO 498H (Fall 2023) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Conversantes
FCM 497A (Spring 2023) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Spring 2023) -
Conversantes
FCM 497A (Fall 2022) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Conversantes
FCM 497A (Spring 2022) -
Honors Thesis
NSCS 498H (Spring 2022) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Spring 2022) -
Conversantes
FCM 497A (Fall 2021) -
Honors Thesis
NSCS 498H (Fall 2021) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Conversantes
FCM 497A (Spring 2021) -
Directed Rsrch
MCB 392 (Spring 2021) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Spring 2021) -
Conversantes
FCM 497A (Fall 2020) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Conversantes
FCM 497A (Spring 2020) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Spring 2020) -
Conversantes
FCM 497A (Fall 2019) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Conversantes
FCM 497A (Spring 2019) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Spring 2019) -
Conversantes
FCM 497A (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
FCM 899 (Fall 2018) -
Medical Spanish Capstone
MED 800D (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Internship
LASC 493 (Summer I 2018) -
Independent Study
FCM 899 (Spring 2018) -
Intro Intern Hlth Career
HPS 393A (Spring 2018) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
FCM 899 (Fall 2017) -
Intro Intern Hlth Career
HPS 393A (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Preceptorship
CPH 491 (Summer I 2017) -
Intro Intern Hlth Career
CPH 393A (Spring 2017) -
Preceptorship
CPH 491 (Spring 2017) -
Intro Intern Hlth Career
CPH 393A (Fall 2016) -
Preceptorship
CPH 491 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Preceptorship
CPH 491 (Summer I 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Zapien Hidalgo, A., Ortega, P., Shin, T., Aleman, M., & Martinez, G. (2022). Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health. AMA Journal of Ethics, 24(4), 296-304. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2022.296.
Presentations
- Zapien Hidalgo, A. (2014, February). The Role of Medical Interpreters in the Medical Setting.. Global Health Conference- College of Medicine-Tucson. Tucson, Arizona: College of Medicine-Tucson.
Poster Presentations
- Zapien Hidalgo, A., & El-Khayat, Y. (2020, January). A Clinical Bilingual Medical Spanish Program: Successful outcomes and added value for developing culturally competent physicians. Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians conference. College of Medicine- Phoenix.
