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    May 1, 2012

     

    Hyatt Place Downtown EXTENDS special room rate until May 4th!

    Earlybird Rate EXTENDED until May 15th!

     

    Register now for NCIHC's Annual Membership Meeting.  The special low rate of $120 has been extended until Tuesday, May 15th! The Hyatt Place Downtown has also extended its reduced rate for overnight accomodations.  Click here to visit the event page and view more information about how to register for the event and make your reservations.  This year's Annual Membership Meeting will take place in the beautiful Madison, Wisconsin on May 31st - June 1st at Hyatt Place Downtown. Registration is available for all members! If you haven't joined NCIHC quite yet - no problem, it's easy! To become an individual member for only $45/year, click here

     

     


     

     

    April 24, 2012

     

    Register for the 6th Annual Membership Meeting

    Earlybird Rate Expires April 30th!

     

    Register now to receive the special low rate of $120 for the entire 2012 Annual Membership Meeting. NCIHC's Annual Membership Meeting is one of the best networking events among advocates of language access nationwide. This year's meeting will take place in the beautiful Madison, Wisconsin on May 31st - June 1st at Hyatt Place Downtown. To visit the event page for more details, click here. Registration is available for all members! If you haven't joined NCIHC quite yet - no problem, it's easy! To become a member, click here.

      

     


     

     

    April 4, 2012

    Members: Don't forget to vote!

    NCIHC Board Elections

     

    The 2012 NCIHC Board elections are underway.  To submit your ballot, please follow the instructions you received via e-mail.  Attached to this e-mail is the elections slate, which includes statements submitted by each candidate.  The last day to vote is Friday, April 20th. All newly elected officers and board directors will be presented to the membership at our Annual Membership Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin on May 31st - June 1st at Hyatt Place Downtown.  To visit the event page for more details and to register for the event at the Earlybird rate, click here.  Registration is available for all members!

     


     

    March 20, 2012

    Earlybird gets the worm: Don't miss the reduced rate for the

    6th Annual Membership Meeting!

     

    Register now to receive the special low rate of $120 for the entire 2012 Annual Membership Meeting. NCIHC's Annual Membership Meeting is one of the best networking events among advocates of language access nationwide. This year's meeting will take place in the beautiful Madison, Wisconsin on May 31st - June 1st at Hyatt Place Downtown.  To visit the event page for more details, click here.  Registration is available for all members!  If you haven't joined NCIHC quite yet - no problem, it's easy!  To become a member, click here.


     


     

    February 12, 2012

    Registration is OPEN for the 6th Annual Membership Meeting!

     

    Our 2012 Annual Membership Meeting will take place in the beautiful Madison, Wisconsin on May 31st - June 1st at Hyatt Place Downtown.  To visit the event page, place your cursor over "Events" in the left menu of our webpage, and select "2012 Membership Meeting", or simply click here to visit the event page.  Registration is now available for all members!  Don't miss out on the great opportunity to network with other advocates of language access nationwide.

      


     

    December 13, 2011

    Collaboration with Refugee Health Technical Assistance Center

     

    The Refugee Health Technical Assistance Center (RHTAC) collaborated with the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) to post resources on language access in health care settings to their website! Click here to read more about the collaboration and to check out the new resources for healthcare providers who work with refugees!

     


     

     

    December 6, 2011

    NCIHC Home for Trainers

     

    Following up on the release of the National Standards for Healthcare Interpreter Training Programs, the NCIHC is pleased to announce its new Home for Trainers.

     

    The Home for Trainers is going to start out with three initiatives:

    1. Monthly skill-building webinars presented by expert interpreter trainers, these webinars will address specific areas of content and specific teaching skills that trainers will need in order to comply with the National Standards. Scheduled to start in February 2012. 

    2. Support for trainers working with interpreters of languages of limited diffusion which will include, among other things, the identification of resources, as well as information and guidance on dealing with language proficiency testing, developing technical terminology, and supporting interpreting students who speak LLDs, including those that have no written form. Scheduled to start in January 2012. 

    3. An interpreter trainer mentorship program to provide a framework for novice trainers to connect with experienced trainers who can provide additional expertise and support on a closer basis. Launch date: May 2012, at the Council’s Annual Membership Meeting. The Council will use this time to seek seasoned trainers to work in a mentoring capacity, train them in mentoring techniques and assure the best match for a successful mentorship program.

     

    If you are interested in applying for committee or sub-committee membership, let us hear from you by filling out an application form. Please indicate whether you would like to be considered for full committee membership, or, if you would like to be considered for a sub-committee, tell us which one you'd like to work on: webinars, LLD, or mentoring. Applications are due by December 15.

     



    September 9, 2011

    Response to MediBabble

     

    Recently two physicians from the University of California San Francisco Medical Center developed a translation tool called "MediBabble."  MediBabble is a free downloadable medical translation application ("App") that is intended to assist providers in communicating with LEP patients.  While some have lauded its creation, others have concerns about its use.  To read an article from two NCIHC members which details those concerns, please click here.

     


     

    August 19, 2011

    Thank you for attending today's NCIHC webinar on

    "IMIA National Accreditation for Training Organizations"

     

     The NCIHC's Standards, Training and Certification Committee invited IMIA to speak about its National Accreditation for Training Organizations.  Izabel Arocha, IMIA's Executive Director, joined us today to discuss the work that has been done to date by IMIA, and the timeline for the work that is pending.


    To view the webinar, click here.

     


     

    July 8, 2011

    Thank you for attending today's webinar!!

     "National Standards for Healthcare Interpreter Training Programs 

                                                 The Final Product"

     

    The National Standards for Healthcare Interpreting Training Programs are a result of a systematic, deliberate and reflective process and are representative of what working interpreters and interpreter educators in the U.S. believe are important in the preparation of healthcare interpreters for entry into practice. Presenters introduced the Standards, provided a short overview on how they were developed, went over Standards themselves and discussed approaches toward the application of these standards to participants’ own training programs or training experience.

     

    To view the recorded webinar, click here.

    To view the Standards, click here.  

     

     


     

    April 4, 2011

    NCIHC  announces the 2011 Language Access Champions

     

    NCIHC is pleased to honor Mary Rynerson, Mara Youdelman, and EthnoMed with the NCIHC Language Access Champion Awards for 2011. The purpose of this award is to honor a person, program, or organization whose work has contributed to improving the lives of all people through the promotion of language access in healthcare. NCIHC will present the awards at the “Interpretini Reception” on May 19, 2011, from 6:00-8:30pm at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, Louisiana.  To read about the awardees, see the press release.  Congratulations! 

     

     

     

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