CONTENT

Palliative care seeks to optimize quality of life and to relieve physical and emotional suffering through pain management, comfort care, and spiritual support. It relies on regular, clear communication between patients, providers, and families. Interpreters are key members of any palliative care team serving LEP families.

For interpreters, conversations involving palliative care are often very difficult to convey. This is especially true with patients who are at the end of their life. The challenge is not only linguistic, it is also cultural and emotional.

This 8-hour workshop, designed by a team of interpreters and palliative care specialists, has been created to support interpreters who work in such settings. It includes:

• An Introduction to Palliative Care

• Interpreting Skills Applied to Palliative Care

• The Vocabulary of Palliative Care

• Sight Translation in Palliative Care

• The Impact of Emotion and Belief on Interpreting

This multimedia, interactive training includes videos, PowerPoint presentations, vocabulary exercises and practice of both consecutive interpreting and sight translation. Bilingual medical glossaries and practice activities are provided in Cantonese/traditional Chinese, Mandarin/simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

REGISTRATION

Early bird registration. Use the following discount code when registering before January 20th: EBPCW2021

Team sign-up. Find 2 other interpreters to sign up with you and receive a 10% discount. Team Sign Up registration form.

Employer registration. If you would like your employer to pay for your professional development, please have them fill out and submit this form.

To register, please click on the purchase button above. 

CE CREDITS

WA DSHS: 8 professional continuing education credits have been approved.

WA AOC: 8 professional continuing education credits have been approved.

CCHI: 7.75 professional continuing education credits have been approved.

REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION

Please read carefully the following requirements for completion:

To receive a Certificate of Successful Completion, participants have to attend 100% of the course. Participants are required to be on time for every class and to not leave before the end of the class. 

Arcos Institute will issue the Certificate of Completion within 1 week from the last day of training.

Obtaining CE Credits with DSHS

As of October 31, 2020, the process to obtain DSHS credits requires that participants submit their certificates of completion within 6 months after completing the course. Arcos Institute can no longer request credits on your behalf.

For more information, please visit the DSHS website.

LOCATION

This class will be offered online. Upon registration, you will receive information on the simple steps you will take to be ready to join the class from your device. We ask that you connect from a device with a big enough screen: please use a computer with a webcam or a laptop.

TIME 

Saturday, February 20th, 10 am to 12 pm [30-minute break] and 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm PST.

Saturday, February 27th, 10 am to 12 pm [30-minute break] and 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm PST.

This is an 8-hour training that spans over two consecutive Saturdays. Participants who complete the training attend both Saturdays.

THE INSTRUCTOR

Cindy Roat, MPH, is a trainer of interpreters, educators and healthcare providers, and a consultant to healthcare facilities, helping them improve their language access services. An internationally renowned trailblazer in the healthcare interpreting field, Cindy is a founding member and past Co-chair of the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care, a founding member of the Washington State Coalition on Language Access (WASCLA), and a former board member of the Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society (NOTIS), where she organizes and teaches workshops for healthcare interpreters. Cindy is widely recognized as an engaging public speaker and assiduous advocate for limited-English-proficient populations.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We also offer private coaching on demand: Private lessons

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