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| 8/15/09 |
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Culture
Connect,
Inc. will offer
Culturesmart’s
45-Hour Medical
Interpreter Training
Course at Piedmont
Hospital,
Atlanta,
GA. |
The training will run Saturdays, starting September
12, 2009. Spanish
and
Vietnamese will be offered. Please download the flyer
here for
additional information or contact Culture Connect
directly at 404-292-8457 or info@cultureconnectinc.org |
| 8/1/09 |
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Culturesmart
and Quincy
Medical
Center
(QMC)
have partnered
to offer
a 45-Hour
Medical
Interpreter
Training
Course
at Quincy
Medical
Center,
114 Whitwell
Street,
Quincy. |
Bi-lingual speakers of English and
Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), Haitian
Creole,
Portuguese and Tagalog
will be trained by Culturesmart
staff professionals to become medical interpreters. Visit
the minisite for more information... |
| 1/24/09 |
The Interpreter Winter
2009 newsletter: In this
issue, read about our Train-the-Trainer Institute,
the new advanced self-guided programs, our new
collaboration with the City University of New York
(CUNY) and other information. Click
here to download PDF |
| 8/2008 |
INDUSTRY
NEWS: JCAHO rules to address diversity, language,
health literacy
The
Joint
Commission
plans
to revise
hospital
accreditation
standards
to include
diversity,
language
and
health
literacy
requirements
for
patient
care
processes.
The
commission
won’t
tell
hospitals
what
technology
to
use
but
will
lay
out
expectations
and
quality
guidelines.
For
example,
hospitals
could
train
bilingual
staff,
hire
an
interpreter
or
purchase
technology-based
interpreter
services. Read
more
on the
Joint
Commission
website |
| 8/24/08 |
Save the Date!
The Essential Piece course to start on October
18, 2008. Culturesmart is offering a
fall 2008 training course for interpreters at
Union Hospital-NSMC in Lynn, MA. Currently,
we have participants signed up in Italian,
Japanese, Khmer and Portuguese and Spanish.
For information and to register, visit
the minisite CLASS
FULL |
| 6/25/2008 |
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Anatomy of
an Office Visit: an
Advanced Workshop for
Medical Interpreters presented by
Lisa Southwick, PA-C, MPAS on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 from 5-8pm at
Cambridge
Health Alliance. Read
more... |
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| 4/2/2008 |
Open enrollment
training for medical interpreters: The
Essential Piece 45-Hour Medical Interpreter
Training will be offered at Newton-Wellesley
Hospital in Newton, MA. The training
starts on Saturday, June 7, 2008. Interpreters
and bilingual staff who speak Chinese, Haitian
Creole, Portuguese, Somali and Spanish,
are encouraged to apply. Early bird registration
is $695.00 until May 31, 2008. More
information
here. CLASS
FULL |
| 3/1/08 |
Members of the American
Translators Association (ATA) will receive
10 continuing education points (CEP) in category
A for attending 'The Essential Piece' program.
More information about ATA's CEP and the various
categories can be found here: ATA
Certification: Guide to ATA Continuing Education
Points |
| 1/15/08 |
Download and read The
Interpreter Winter 2007-2008. Culturesmart's
quarterly source of medical interpreting
news  (467
K) |
| 10/18/07 |
Industry News: For the second
year in a row, Culturesmart develops
and publishes interpreter wages
and rates survey for the International
Medical Interpreters Association
(IMIA).
View press release
View survey
summary
to view the raw data,
please visit this link
Please note that all information presented
in this compensation survey is self-reported
and the IMIA and Culturesmart make
no claim as to the validity of the
responses. Also, as with any national
survey, the distribution of survey
respondents is not uniform, and the
results reflect the total number of
respondents. These results can be filtered
by state or other parameters, but please
notice that in some instances the number
of respondents will prevent you from
obtaining reliable data.
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| 9/23/07 |
Culturesmart is pleased to announce that Carolina Grooscors-Arnold has rejoined Culturesmart as a lead trainer and Spanish language coach. Carolina worked with Culturesmart during 1999-2005, drawing on her experience as a medical translator and interpreter. To read more about Carolina's background, please visit our trainer profile page...
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| 9/11/07 |
Download, print and and read the fall 2007 issue of The
Interpreter, Culturesmart's
Quarterly Source for Medical
Interpreting News. (PDF,
316K) |
| 8/1/07 |
We
are pleased to announce that Cathi
Kroon of Yale
New Haven Health has joined
Culturesmart as a consultant and
Spanish language coach. Read
more... |
| 9/1/07 |
Open
enrollment training for medical
interpreters: The Essential
Piece 45-Hour Medical Interpreter
Training will be offered for
the first time on the North Shore
at NSMC Union Hospital
in Lynn, MA. The training
starts on Saturday, October 13,
2007. All interpreters and bilingual
staff are encouraged to apply.
CLASS FULL |
| 6/29/07 |
Open
enrollment 45-hour multilingual
training course to be
offered in New York City at Elmhurst
Hospital Center. Courses
start August 9, 2007. Registration
now open. CLASS FULL |
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World
Journal Article about
most recent Culturesmart Interpreter
Graduation at Elmhurst
Hospital Center. Download
Chinese version (PDF,
682K) |
| 3/29/07 |
Download,
print and read The
Interpreter, Spring 2007 edition,
Culturesmart's Quarterly Source
of Medical Interpreting News. (PDF,
276K) |
| 3/20/07 |
Elmhurst
Hospital Center (EHC) holds graduation ceremony
for healthcare interpreters trained
by Culturesmart. This event takes
place on Friday, March 23, 2007,
at 3:30pm in Elmhurst Hospital
Center's Auditorium - 79-01 Broadway,
Room A1-22. View the press release (PDF,
26K) |
| 3/29/07 |
Open
enrollment 45-hour multilingual
training course to be
offered in Brockton, MA at Caritas
Good Samaritan Medical Center. Saturdays,
starting June 2, 2007 through
August 4, 2007. CLASS FULL |
| 10/3/06 |
Download,
print and and read The
Interpreter, Culturesmart's
Quarterly Source for Medical Interpreting
News. (PDF,
272K) |
| 9/18/06 |
The
Essential Piece medical
interpreter training will be
offered in New York City in October
2006. The training will take
place at Elmhurst Hospital
Center in Queens, NY. Read
More... |
| 8/28/06 |
Culturesmart
is offering The
Essential Piece medical
interpreter training in Newton,
MA in January 2007. The training
will take place at Newton-Wellesley
Hospital in Newton, MA. |
| 8/9/06 |
Hartford’s Capital
Community College to Offer
Culturesmart Medical Interpreter
Training Course. As part of the
City of Hartford’s Mayor’s
Healthy Community Initiative... Read
More... |
| 5/30/06 |
Judy
Kanter, M.Ed. of Culturesmart
chosen in the inaugural group
of trainers of the National
Medical Interpreter Project for
Children's Hospitals. Read
More... |
| 4/30/06 |
Joint
Commission Perspectives on Patient
Safety interviews Culturesmart
client Stefanie Trice of Queens
Health Network. Read
More... |
| 8/28/06 |
8/28/06
Culturesmart is offering The
Essential Piece medical
interpreter training to the general
public for the first time in
early 2007. The training will
take place at Newton-Wellesley
Hospital in Newton,
MA. All interested interpreters
and/or bilingual individuals
are welcome to apply... |
| 8/9/06 |
Hartford’s Capital
Community College to Offer
Culturesmart Medical Interpreter
Training Course. As part of the
City of Hartford’s Mayor’s
Healthy Community Initiative... |
| 5/30/06 |
Judy
Kanter, M.Ed. of Culturesmart
chosen in the inaugural group
of trainers of the National
Medical Interpreter Project for
Children's Hospitals. |
| 4/30/2006 |
Joint
Commission Perspectives on Patient
Safety interviews Culturesmart
client Stefanie Trice of Queens
Health Network |
| 4/23/06 |
Culturesmart
Launches the Fourth Edition
of Its Multilingual Medical
Interpreter Training Course |
| 3/23/06 |
Culturesmart's
Essential Piece™ training
to be offered in the Fall River
/ New Bedford, MA area. This
course is offered free of charge
to qualified applicants. |
| 12/31/05 |
Culturesmart
to Cease Offering Its Medical
Interpreter Training Program
through the HPHC Foundation
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| 02/17/05 |
Strategic
Alliance between Culturesmart
and Deaf-Talk as an Value Added
Service for Clients |
| 08/11/04 |
Culturesmart
to Deliver Medical Interpreting
Training to over 100 Queens
Health Network Bilingual Employees |
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