Conference Workshop Details
Saturday September 29
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Holly Mikkelson"Health Care Interpreting Comes of Age: Growing Pains and Triumphs" 9:30 AM (main room) |
Looking at the history of professions, we can take comfort in the fact that health care interpreting is not alone in experiencing the growing pains of an emerging profession. Like medicine and the law, health care interpreting started out as an unregulated profession practiced by well-meaning but untrained individuals who were left to their own devices to figure out how best to proceed. Now we have evolved to the point that we are developing internationally recognized standards for training, codes of conduct, and improved working conditions. We still have a long way to go to achieve the status and prestige of a strong profession, but we can be proud of what we have accomplished so far. The agenda for the near term includes strengthening health care interpreters’ professional organizations, educational programs, and standards of practice. |
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Ira Pollock"Title VI and the Provision of Services to Persons
who are Limited English Proficient" |
The Office for Civil Rights, US
Department of Health and Human Services, has the oversight of helping
health organizations comply with the Policy Guidance on Services to
Limited English Proficient Clients, posted in the Federal Register August
29, 2000. This workshop will provide an overview of the Policy
Guidance, and OCR's suggestions for how to meet the requirements. |
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Javier Aguirre,
MPH
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This
workshop will describe the
development of Cultural and Linguistic Access to Services Program,
including a comprehensive Interpreter and Translation Services
program, for Fresno County.
This includes recruitment of interpreters from all language groups;
screening and assessment, including the development of standards
and language proficiency assessment instruments in several languages;
placement and scheduling; and program design which entails developing
Policies and Procedures Guidance manuals, a training curriculum for
contractors and staff, and a curriculum for training-the-trainer. |
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Beverly Treumann & Niels Agger-Gupta, Ph.D."Computer Skills
for Interpreters " |
Learn to use the Internet to Build your non-English Language Medical Terminology, while learning more about on-line resources for the health-care interpreting profession. Beverly will provide a hands-on opportunity to interpreters to see medical terms in the non-English language used in their current context, while Niels will present website information on interpreter professionalization and on-line resources. |
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Tou Vue Her, Pharm.D."Pharmacology
for Interpreters " |
The presentation will include the general categories of medication such as prescriptions medications and over-the-counter medications; different forms of medication such as capsules, tablets & suspensions; a quick overview of the different ways medication can be administered; an overview of some of the common types of medications, such as antibiotics and Tylenol. Lastly, the presentation will provide an overview of some of the problems with taking medications, such as allergic reactions, side effects and drug interactions. |
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CHIA News & UpdatesCHIA Board members & Niels Agger-Gupta, PhD., CHIA Executive Director12:30 (main room) |
This will be a presentation on CHIA's activities: an update on CHIA's Standards & Certification process, Chapter development and activities, Marketing/Newsletter & website, and board elections... (CHIA Committee & Chapter Chairs, & CHIA's Executive Director will give this presentation) |
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Doreena Wong, National Health Law Program, and
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The Department of Health and Human Services recently issued the Office of Civil Rights guidance on serving limited English proficient patients and the Office of Minority Health National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care. California also has state requirements and has issued cultural and linguistic competency standards for the Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs. With the increased focus on ensuring culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care, Part 1 of this two-part presentation will: · Outline important provisions of national guidances for consumers and providers · Summarize state requirements for providers and consumers The target audience of this presentation will be
consumers, providers, interpreters, advocates, and administrators.
It will consist of a mix of lecture and group discussion. |
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Jim McDiarmid Ph.D.How Interpreters
Can Enhance the Doctor-Patient
Relationship |
This
talk will describe the disparities in health care and health outcome that
currently exist in the USA among the different ethnic groups.
How health care providers, diseases, and healing are viewed by
patients from other cultures. The typical problems in communication in the medical
interview will be delineated. Finally,
ways for the medical interpreter to enhance the doctor-patient
relationship will be enumerated. This
improved doctor-patient relationship will result in better health
outcomes for patients with limited English skills. |
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Emma DominguezSpanish
Proverbs |
This
presentation and discussion in Spanish focuses on the popular wisdom and
philosophy contained in Spanish “proverbios”
or “réfranes”. It includes a handout with one hundred popular Spanish
proverbs and discussion of the meaning of each.
Participants will engage in animated discussion and share their own
dichos (sayings)
and compare the language of proverbs from different regions of Mexico and
Latin America. Some of the
proverbs shared are common and easy to decipher while others are rare
(used infrequently by Spanish speakers in this country) and difficult to
decipher. Favorites include: “En el país de los ciegos el que tiene un
ojo es rey” and “Donde hubo fuego cenizas quedan”.In
this workshop participants will identify English proverbs that match their
Spanish counterparts. Some of the proverbs have English equivalents while
many others do not. This presentation will be an excellent intellectual
exercise for interpreters!
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May Ying Ly& Marbella SalaAddressing Healthcare Interpreter Needs & Opportunities in Sacramento
1:30 - 2:30 (room) |
Ms. Sala will discuss UCD Health System Medical Interpreting Services, including components of their staff training and development program. She will also assess interpreting services available elsewhere in the greater Sacramento area, and how these can be improved. Ms. Ly will discuss the development of the Healthcare Interpreter Program (HIP), which recently conducted its first training class for a group of Hmong speakers. HIP is funded through 2003 to provide a range of multilingual training and support services. Early efforts have focused on outreach, recruitment, and resource development to support an effective continuing education program. |
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Dennis
Kao,
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(Continued from earlier session) The Department of Health and Human Services recently issued the Office of Civil Rights guidance on serving limited English proficient patients and the Office of Minority Health National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care. California also has state requirements and has issued cultural and linguistic competency standards for the Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs. With the increased focus on ensuring culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care, part 2 of this presentation will: · Highlight promising practices at both the local and state levels · Discuss advocacy efforts in California The target audience of this presentation will be consumers, providers, interpreters, advocates, and administrators. It will consist of a mix of lecture and group discussion. |
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Palee MouaMedical
Terminology for Hmong Speakers
(workshop in Hmong language) |
Palee will lead an interactive
session for interpreters in the Hmong language. This session will
provide an opportunity to improve language proficiency and learn medical
terminology. A Hmong glossary will be made available to
participants. |
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Carl D. Waddle, Ph.D.Medical
Terminology for Spanish Interpreters (workshop in Spanish language)
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Tatiana Vizcaino-StewartCorrecting
Misconceptions About Bilingual and Bicultural Providers And
Interpreters |
This presentation identifies and corrects operating misconceptions about bilingual and bicultural staff interpreting in health-care settings. It raises awareness about some of the complexities of language and interpretation and advocates for screening, education and training opportunities for individuals interpreting in health-care settings today. |
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Cindy Roat, MPH"Laying Foundations: A National, Regional and Individual Perspective" 4:00 PM (main room) |
Cindy will give an overview of the work being done on the national level, by the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) and others, to build the health-care interpreting profession and will suggest important steps to be taken on the regional, local and individual levels. |