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Learning
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Medical Interpreter Trainings Cultural Competency Trainings Webinars (Free) Web-based Continuing Education Credit Activities (Free) |
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Interpretation Training Spring 2009 Ø Provided by Southern NH Area Health Education Center Bridging the Gap - a 54-hour Medical Interpretation Training Program February 11 – May 13, 2009: Wednesdays from 5PM to 9PM Location: Manchester, NH Cost: $400.00 including pre-screening For More Information: Click HERE for more information or to register. Contact: Florentina Dinu, 603-895-1514 ext. 5, e-mail: fgdinu@snhahec.org Ø Provided by Cross Cultural Communication Institute The Art of Medical Interpretation (54-Certificate Program) approved by the American Translators Association for 5 Continuing Education Points. Group I (Woburn, MA): Tuesdays, January 20-May 5, 2009 6:45PM-10:15PM Group II (Woburn, MA): Thursdays, February 5-May 7, 2009 6PM-10PM Group III (Nashua, NH): Saturdays, February 7-April 4, 2009 9AM-3PM Cost: There is a pre-screening fee of $30. Tuition: $695 per student/Woburn-based programs (materials included) $595 per student/Nashua-based programs (materials included) Ask about our payment installment plans. For More Information: See brochure. Contact: Amanda Duross, 603-791-4178 or 1-888-678-CCCS ext. 120 e-mail: aduross@cccsorg.com Ø The New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition and the Southern NH Area Health Education Center join together to offer cultural competency training opportunities. These trainings can be scheduled on-site at times convenient for your staff. The cost of trainings can be negotiated based on the number of hours of training and availability of grant funding. Length of trainings can be negotiated as well. For example, a training session can go for only one hour, or it may be expanded to two hours or longer. The following programs are available:
* Working with Interpreters Continuing education credits are available for physicians, and nurses. For more information or to schedule one of these programs call Malone Cloitre at (603)895-1514 ext. 3 mcloitre@snhahec.org or Florentina Dinu at (603)895-1514 ext. 5 fgdinu@snhahec.org Ø Harvard Pilgrim Foundation Institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills The Institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills offers the following 2 cultural competency training programs. Each is offered in collaboration with a health care organization. Either program can be tailored to meet the needs of your institution. Please contact Fela Alvarado, 617-509-6039, e-mail: felicita_alvarado@hphc.org if your organization is interested in cosponsoring either program.
Foundations in cross-cultural medicine
Foundations in cross-cultural nursing Ø The Disparities Solutions Center – Archived Web Seminars The Seminars offer the latest information on disparities interventions, findings from important disparities research and health policy updates regarding disparities reduction efforts. Topics:
Improving Quality and Addressing
Disparities: Accreditation Standards, Market-Strategies and
Levers for Action
Using Multi-Disciplinary Teams to Address
Disparities: Navigators, Health Coaches and Community
Health Workers
Creating Equity Reports: A Guide for Hospitals
QI and the EMR: Identifying
and Addressing Disparities in Chronic Disease Management
Hospitals, Language, and Culture: A Discussion of
the Joint Commission’s Survey of Culturally Competent
Practices
The NASI Report on Medicare and Disparities: What Can Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) do? - December 5,
2006
Quality and Disparities in Health Plans: Is There a Link? -
November 28, 2006 * To download the Audio files, please right click the link and "Save Target As"
Getting it Right: Navigating the Complexities of Collecting
Race/Ethnicity Data – Oct 31, 2006
Getting Started: Building a Foundation to Address
Disparities through Data Collection – Oct 16, 2006 Ø Polyglot Systems – Archived Web Seminars
Polyglot
Systems is sponsoring a series of online events designed to
increase awareness of the impact language barriers have
within health care. Panels of industry experts and thought
leaders discuss a wide array of issues and present
best-practice approaches to improving the delivery of health
care in our increasingly-diverse communities.
Creating Educational Programs About Language & Cultural
Barriers
Date &
Time:
To be determined
Details/Sign up
Using Technology to Improve Access to Language Services
Leveraging Data to Improve the Quality & Availability of
Language Services (V. Good! -rsky)
Language & Cultural Barriers in Health Care – A Growing
Crisis
ProLingua - Adding Technology to meet Language Needs
Web-based Continuing Education Credit Activities - Free! Ø The US DHHS Office of Minority Health offers a web-based CME opportunity titled "A Family Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care." This educational activity is offered at no charge. The CME program keeps track of what sections you have completed, gives instant, on-line certifications for up to 9 hours of American Medical Association Category 1 CME credit and 9 hours of American Academy of Family Physicians' credit. The cultural competency curricula offers information about a variety of cultural, language services and organizational issues using a variety of engaging case studies and real feedback from providers in health care settings. This program equips family physicians with awareness, knowledge, and skills to better treat the increasingly diverse U.S. population they serve. By the end of the program you will be able to: define issues related to cultural competency in medical practice; identify strategies to promote self-awareness about attitudes, beliefs, biases, and behaviors that may influence the clinical care they provide; devise strategies to enhance skills toward the provision of care in a culturally competent clinical practice; demonstrate the advantages of the adoption of the CLAS standards as appropriate in their clinical practice. For more information on this program, please contact info@thinkculturalhealth.org Ø US DHHS Health Services and Resources Administration offers, Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency, a free on-line learning experience that will help you improve your patient communication skills, increase your awareness and knowledge of the three main factors that affect your communication with patients: health literacy, cultural competency and low English proficiency, implement patient-centered communication practices that demonstrate cultural competency and appropriately address patients with limited health literacy and low English proficiency. You may choose to take the course for credit (CEU/CE, CHES, CME, CNE) or not for credit. The course has five modules and is estimated to take a total of 5 hours to complete. You may complete the course at your own pace. Ø Public Health Foundation in affiliation with NH Division of Public Health Services listing of over 40 web-based trainings related to cultural competency with links, ceu info, and reviews. Most courses listed are free. |
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