Symposium Schedule

Symposium Schedule

Friday, April 5, 2024

All time is local, Central time zone

9:30 am – 10:00 am Registration, outside Milam Room

10:00 am – 10:15 am Welcome by Dr. Rey Romero (UHD) (Milam Room)

10:15 am – 10:45 am Plenary session: The Language Access Systems Improvement Research Results: What does it mean for the Medical Interpreting Profession? by Mateo Rutherford-Rojas, MATI, CHI™-Spanish (CCHI) (Milam Room)

Milam Room	Travis Room
Medical Spanish	Program Development
11:00-11:30 AM The current state of medical Spanish in undergraduate education in the United States María E. Pérez, PhD, BSN NAMS/Houston Hispanic Health Coalition	11:00-11:30 AM Enhancing Program Evaluation for Optimal Outcomes: Elevating Medical Interpreter Education Program Evaluation for Excellence and Adaptability Valerie Huang, , MA, CHI™-Mandarin, CPXP Nationwide Children’s Hospital
11:30 AM-12:00 PM Promoting Intercultural Competence in the Spanish for Healthcare Class Rosa Calvo, M.A. Spanish as a Foreign Language; M.A. in Spanish Linguistics and Literature Coastal Carolina University	11:30 AM-12:00 PM Hawaii’s Multilingual Medical Interpreting Program–The Community Collaboration model Suzanne Zeng, PhD, Asst Prof (ret.), & Patricia Rolland, PhD University of Hawaiʻi/Kapiolani Community College
12:00-12:30 PM Los retos de la enseñanza del español para profesionales de la salud en Texas: el caso de los estudiantes de herencia Piero Visconte University of Texas at Austin	12:00-12:30 PM Collaborative Teaching and Learning for the Interpreting Classroom: Implementing High-Impact Practices and Mentorship Strategies Michelle Pinzl, M.A., CHI™-Spanish Viterbo University
Lunch 12:30-1:30 PM (on your own, Food Court is on the 3rd floor of the adjacent Academic Building)
Milam Room	Travis Room
Pedagogical Approaches I	Health, Language, & Society
1:30-2:00 PM Interpreting with healthcare practitioners through simulations as an effective pedagogical approach in healthcare interpreting classroom Lisbeth A. Philip, PhD., CHI- Spanish, Louisiana Certified Court Interpreter University of New Orleans	1:30-2:00 PM Pathologizing Mexicans: Revolution, Medical Science, and The History of Typhus Fever in Texas, 1880-1945 Joaquin Davila, Historian of Medicine, B.A. University of Houston
2:00-2:30 PM Internationalizing the medical interpreting curriculum: Virtual Exchange and global competencies Melissa Wallace, PhD, CHI-Spanish, & Ana Isabel Foulquié Rubio University of Texas at San Antonio	2:00-2:30 PM Embracing Language Access as The First Social Determinant of Health to Solve Tatiana Cestari, Ph.D., CHI-Spanish, & Danielle Meder, RID-NIC UpHealth, Inc.
2:30-3:00 PM Open Pedagogy: Involving and empowering students as content creators in a medical interpreting course to prepare them for the CoreCHI Exam Jeff Gabitas, PhD Pima College	2:30-3:00 PM Language Justice in Healthcare Felicity Ratway, MA, CMI-Spanish Oregon State University
Coffee Break 3:00-3:15 PM
Emphasis on Health Providers and Settings	Pedagogical Approaches II
3:15-3:45 PM Health Professionals’ Perspectives on Medical Interpreting Services Joselyn Hernandez	3:15-3:45 PM Teaching Medical Humanities to Pre-Med Undergraduate Students in College Edurne Beltrán de Heredia Carmona, PhD Coastal Carolina University
3:45-4:15 PM Improving Medication Knowledge in LEP Caregivers on 4K During the Inpatient Discharge Using the Teach-Back Method Cinzia Olivanti, MSc; MA; CHI-Spanish; CMI – Spanish St. Jude’s Research Hospital	3:45-4:15 PM The Medical Translation Project: Lessons from Service Learning/Community Engagement with HISD Rey Romero, PhD University of Houston-Downtown

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm Closing Remarks by Vonessa Costa, CoreCHI-P, CCHI Chair