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Previous CHIA Events


2003 - Third Annual Conference
 

 

 

 

Date Event Description
Saturday, July 12, 2003 CHIA-Sacramento Chapter Meeting 8:30 am - 12:00 noon
UC Davis Health System, Lawrence J. Ellison Building, 4860 "Y" Street, Sacramento, CA.
For more information, click here.
Tuesday, July 15, 2003 San Diego CHIA meeting 6:00 – 8:30 pm
SDSU City Heights Community Technology Center - for more information click here
June 21, 2003 BAY Area Chapter Meeting Telephonic Interpreting @ Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose

 

Date Event Description
May 12-15 Bridging The Gap Training of Trainers CCHCP training in Santa Rosa.
Click here for more information
Wednesday, May 21 San Diego CHIA meeting 6:00 – 8:30 pm
SDSU City Heights Community Technology Center - for more information click here
May 5-9, 2003 Bridging the Gap healthcare interpreter training Cross Cultural Health Care Program, training program in Santa Rosa.
Click here for more information
April 15, 2003 Bay Area Chapter Meeting Chapter meeting.
March 20, 2003 Annual Translation & Interpreting Forum,
San Diego State University		 Keynote: Dr. Guadalupe Valdés,
Stanford University:
Bilingualism from a Different Perspective: The Case of Young Interpreters in the Latino Community
For more information click here
February 7, 2003 LA Chapter
& CA Healthcare Association		 Linguistic Access to Healthcare Services for Patients with Limited-English Proficiency (LEP)

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center - 9:30AM  to 3 pm
February 8, 2003 LA Chapter Cultural competency standards in the Orange County Healthcare Agency; Hablamos Juntos; & Terminology & procedures in Renal Transplants

3 speakers at Mt. St. Joseph of Orange Hospital -
8:30AM - 12:30
February 22, 2003 Bay Area Chapter HIV/AIDS Overview for Interpreters

San Mateo Medical Center
January 18, 2003 LA Chapter Meeting / seminar Session 1: Online Resources for Healthcare Interpreters
Presenter: Heidi Thiessen Sandstrom, Consumer Health Information Services Coordinator, Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library, UCLA, and
Session 2: Listening to Subtleties: What a cardiologist wants to know when a patient has chest pain.*
Presenter: Dr. Peter Guzy, M.D., PhD., Clinical Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, UCLA Medical Center
December 7, 2002 LA Chapter
Holiday Brunch		 Holiday get-together with other interpreters, including SCATIA & CFI.
December 7, 2002 Bay Area Chapter Holiday Interpreters Party Come to celebrate the Holidays with an Ethnic Potluck
 
November 21, 2002 Sacramento chapter special reception & lecture by Ms. Betty Lee Hawks, M.A. on Office of Minority Health Update
October 25/26, 2002 Massachusetts Medical Interpreters Association conference SIXTH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE on MEDICAL INTERPRETING
"Unheard Voices"
at Cambridge College,
Cambridge, MA.
 
Oct 12, 2002 Sacramento Chapter Organizational Meeting
September 17, 2002 CHIA North Chapter & co-sponsors Linguistic Access to Health Care Services for Patients with Limited English Proficiency
at the Eastmont Wellness Center, Oakland
a One-Day Workshop 9:30 - 3:30 :
Saturday, September 28, 2002 CHIA 2nd Annual Conference Held at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut (LA area) with collaboration of Healthcare Interpreting program of Mt. SAC.   See the Conference site!!
Sunday, September 29,  2002 CHIA 2nd Annual Conference General Membership Meeting Held at Mt. San Antonio College on the Sunday following the Conference.
October 2-4, 2002 Third National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Chicago, Illinois. For more information see the conference page on the http://www.diversityRx.org website
October 5, 2002 CHIA North Chapter Meeting Meeting @ Kaiser Santa Rosa - More details to follow
October 5, 2002 The State of Medical Interpreting in Colorado:
Colorado Association of Professional Interpreters
(CAPI)		 CAPI will be presenting a workshop on Medical Interpreting in association with Kaiser Permanente on Saturday, October 5 2002, from 8:30 to 12:00 PM at the Franklin Building in the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center on 20th Street in Denver. For more information email Melinda González-Hibner:  intospanish@mindspring.com  or CAPI at: elopez@coloradointerpreters.org
Saturday, September 7, 2002 CHIA Sacramento Chapter Introduction to "Bridging The Gap” and "Connecting Worlds,"
healthcare interpreter training programs
with Alice Chan and Tracy Vang, (from
CHIA-Sacramento Training Committee)
9:00 a.m. -­ 12:00 noon
June 22, 2002 CHIA - Sacramento Chapter Meeting “Civil Rights & Health Care Access”
Saturday, June 22, 2002
Location: UC Davis Health System
Presenter:  Laura Aneckstein, MPA, JD, Equal Opportunity Specialist
US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights
(more details on Chapter page!)
June 22, 2002 CHIA Bay Area Chapter Meeting Workshop on genetics for interpreters at Stanford Hospital and Clinics - more details to follow
June 1, 2002 CHIA- Central Valley Meeting Meeting at Children's Hospital of Central California (Formerly Valley Children's Hospital) 9:30-12:30
May 18, 2002 LA Chapter Mental Health interpreting at LA Care. More info on LA Chapter page
April 20, 2002 CHIA Bay Area Kaiser Richmond - 9-12 AM.  More detail on Bay Area Chapter page.
March 16, 2002 LA Chapter Meeting See Chapter page for more details!
January 26, 2002 Development of Sacramento Chapter
 Meeting at UC.Davis Medical Center,  Sacramento
9AM - noon.  with CHIA President, Beverly Treumann & CHIA Executive Director Niels Agger-Gupta.  More details to come!
January 19, 2002 LA Chapter Meeting Genetics, Standard Feedback issues, etc.  
held at LA Care Health Plan.  See Chapter page for more details!
January 12, 2002 Central Valley Chapter Meeting Chapter Meeting at Valley Children's Hospital.(10am-2pm)
Election of Chapter Officers, CHIA Standards, meet other interpreters!
December 8, 2001 CHIA LA/SCATIA

Holiday Social

 see description in LA Chapter page
Saturday, November 17, 2001

 

 Northern Chapter Meeting   topic: The draft CHIA Standards
Presenter: Ann Chun, Chair, CHIA Standards & Certification Committee
at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (click on link for directions and parking information)
Saturday/Sunday
October 20/21, 2001		 MMIA 5th Annual Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
at U.Mass. Boston.		 "Emergency Room Medicine and Mental Health"
Keynote Speaker: Michael S. Dukakis 
(Conference info is on 1st page of site - slow loading all graphics)
October 31 - November 3, 2001 ATA 42nd Annual Conference
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, California		   Be sure to see the program for the theme track at the ATA conference on 
medical interpreting
Saturday,
September 29, 2001		 Central Valley Chapter & CHIA, Conference

Central Valley Chapter, in collaboration with all CHIA Chapters, is coordinating a 1-day health interpreter conference in Fresno.  The theme of the conference is: “The Emerging Healthcare Interpreter Profession in California.”  

For more information, please go to the Central Valley Chapter web page.
Sunday,
September 30, 2001		 CHIA Board Meeting with newly- elected directors, 
Fresno		 Following the September 29, 2001, Conference in Fresno.
Saturday, 
October 13, 2001		 Los Angeles Chapter event 1.Alexander Rainof, Ph.D. CSULB, on professional training strategies for healthcare interpreters...more
August to September 22, 2001 CHIA Board Elections   CHIA members only!
See New List of Board Members for the outcome of our last Election!
Saturday, September 8, 2001 Los Angeles Chapter event 1. "Writing & Passing the CPS Medical Interpreter Exam" 
Presenter: Nestor Wagner, Southern California School of Interpretation

  2. "Understanding Healthcare Delivery Systems  in Los Angeles (Class 101)"
Presenter: Linda Dacon, 
This presentation will help interpreters understand the requirements that healthcare providers must meet in serving Limited English Proficient patients in the LA area.  Presented at the LA Chapter, in collaboration with LA Care... Other presentations...more

Saturday,
July 21, 2001		 Los Angeles Chapter Meeting Workshop on Telephonic Interpreting & CHIA's Draft Health Interpreter Ethics & Standards of Practice.  For more information go to the Southern Chapter page
Tuesday, July 31
7-9PM		 Central Valley Chapter Continuing Education one hour seminar on Asthma for Health Care Interpreters at Merced Mercy Hospital.
Saturday,
June 23, 2001		 Northern Chapter Meeting What to expect when interpreting for Pediatric Oncology patients and providers. Practical preparation for the Journey
Dr. Barbara Beach
For more information, please go to the Northern Chapter web page.
Saturday, 
June 9, 2001
9:30am-12:30pm		 Southern Chapter Meeting  Searching Internet Resources & Montreal Conference Feedback
Niels Agger-Gupta, PhD, CHIA Exec. Director
Beverly Truemann, Certified Medical Interpreter
For more information, please go to the Southern Chapter web page.

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