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

2024-25 Courses

Conversantes

FCM 497A (Spring 2025)
Language and Cultural Humility

FCM 409 (Spring 2025)
Language and Cultural Humility

FCM 509 (Spring 2025)
Medical Spanish Capstone

MED 800D (Spring 2025)
Conversantes

FCM 497A (Fall 2024)
Honors Thesis

BSM 498H (Fall 2024)
Medical Spanish Capstone

MED 800D (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

Conversantes

FCM 497A (Spring 2024)
Honors Thesis

PSIO 498H (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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Preceptorship

CPH 491 (Summer I 2016)

Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

Zapien Hidalgo, A. (2023).
Dedicated Medical Spanish Courses and Global Linguistic Communication Skills
. In Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare. Wiley Blackwell.
More info
Chapter 17

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.

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