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Webinar # 4
Technical Toolsfor Teaching Medical Interpreters:Classroom Aids from YouTube to iPhones
By guest Trainer of Trainers Alvaro Vergara-Mery, PhD, CMI Click Some of the comments received:
A recording of this webinar is not available. ********************* Webinar description: Engage your medical interpreter students with multi-media material that emulates real health care experience. Use the power of feedback from self-recorded speech analysis to greatly enhance performance. Attendees learn to: - Use Internet YouTube videos as a tool for practicing interpreting techniques - Use smart phones to record practice and analyze skills - Use medical videos for note-taking practice - Use a language lab to increase terminology proficiency in the weaker language About our guest Trainer of Trainers Alvaro Vergara-Mery, PhD, CMI Alvaro Vergara-Mery is a Senior Medical Interpreter at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. He is in charge of interpreter education and training, language proficiency, cultural competency, translation, and curriculum design. Interpreting Profanity is his most popular advanced workshop. He is also a consultant for Health Equity and Access Consultants. Dr. Vergara-Mery received a bachelor’s degree from Universidad de La Serena, Chile, a master’s in Education and Spanish from Minnesota State University at Mankato, and a doctorate in Spanish from Arizona State University. He has held faculty appointments at colleges and universities around the country. ********************* You may download the Webinar Policies HERE
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