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Conference Program:
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Friday September 28
6:00-8:00PM Reception at Piccadilly Inn Shaw,  2305 West Shaw Avenue, Fresno, 93711, hotel phone: 559-226-3850

 

Saturday September 29
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome Betty Moore; 
Niels Agger-Gupta, PhD; Marilyn Mochel, RN
8:40 Multi-faith Blessing  Valley Children's Hospital
8:45 Welcome from CHIA & 
CHIA Background		 Linda Haffner, CHIA President
9:10 Keynote Presentation: Holly Mikkelson, Associate Professor of Translation and Interpretation, Monterey Institute of International Studies
"Health Care Interpreting 
Comes of Age: 
Growing Pains and Triumphs"
10:00-10:15 coffee break
10:30-11:45 Breakout presentations:

Session A

 Title VI and the Provision of Services to Persons who are Limited English Proficient
Ira Pollock,
Regional Manager, 
Office for Civil Rights, Region IX, /Department Of Health and Human Services, San Francisco

Session B

 CLAS (Cultural and Linguistic Access to Services) Program in Fresno County

Javier Aguirre, MPA
& Steve Ramirez, MPH

Session C

 Internet Resources & Skills for Interpreters 

Beverly Treumann & Niels Agger-Gupta, Ph.D. 

Session D

 Pharmacology for Interpreters 

Tou Vue Her, Pharm.D. 

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12:00

Lunch (provided)
12:30 The California Endowment: Cultural and Linguistic Access in Health Care Services Jai Lee Wong, Senior Program Officer, The California Endowment
12:40 CHIA News & Updates, 
Draft CA Standards for Healthcare Interpreters presentation


Training Update

 Standards & Certification Co-Chairs Ann Chun & 
Elizabeth Nguyen & CHIA Executive Director

Marilyn Mochel, RN
1:30-2:30 Breakout presentations

Session E

Ensuring Culturally And Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care (Part One)
(National Guidance And State Requirements for Consumers and Providers)
Doreena Wong, 
National Health Law Program, and

Meena Deo, 
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Session F

 How Interpreters Can Enhance the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Jim McDiarmid Ph.D. Behavioral Scientist Family Care 
Mercy Hospital Merced

Session G

Spanish Proverbs
 (Learn from the Popular Wisdom and Philosophy Contained in Spanish Proverbs)

Emma Dominguez
Merced County Mental Health

Session H

 Addressing Healthcare Interpreter Needs & Opportunities In Sacramento

(Early development Of the Healthcare Interpreting Program with a Focus on Challenges, Issues, Lessons and Opportunities)

May Ying Ly,
Hmong Women's Heritage Association

Marbella Sala, 
Manager of Medical Interpreting Department, U.C. Davis Medical Center

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2:30-3:30 Breakout presentations

Session I

Ensuring Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care (Part Two)
(Highlighting  promising Practices and discuss Advocacy efforts in California)

Dennis Kao,
 Asian Pacific American legal Center, 
Manuel Romero, 
Fresno Health Consumer Center; and 
Vivian Huang, 
California Primary Care Association

Session J

 Medical Terminology for Hmong Speakers  
(workshop in Hmong language)

Palee Moua,
Co-Trainer, Central Valley Healthcare Interpreter Training Project

Session K

 Medical Terminology for Spanish Interpreters 
(workshop in Spanish language)
Carl D. Waddle, Ph.D.

Session L

 Correcting Misconceptions About Bilingual and Bicultural Providers And Interpreters

Tatiana Vizcaino-Stewart
Lead Trainer, 
Central Valley Healthcare Interpreter Training Project
3:30-4:00

coffee break/Networking
4:00-5:00 Keynote Presentation: Cindy Roat, 
Pacific Interpreters, Co-Chair, National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
"Laying Foundations: a National, Regional and Individual Perspective"
5:00

Conference Thanks  
5:00-6:00 Networking & Entertainment -   (hors d'oeuvres) Hmong Dancers & a Spanish group
6:00

conference finish

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