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Dear Lois,

CCHI is excited to announce the new Continuing Education webinar series.  We understand how hard it may be to find continuing education opportunities.  We want to provide certified interpreters with an opportunity to obtain high quality online continuing education free of charge.  The first webinar in our series "Infection Control and Industrial Safety for Medical Interpreters" will be held on December 19, 2014 at 1:00 - 2:45 pm EST.

This webinar is accredited by CEAP for 1.5 CE hours. It is also helpful to interpreters who are beginning their certification process and still need training hours to meet the 40-hour training requirement, and to interpreters who are getting ready to take the CoreCHI™ exam.  You will be emailed a certificate of attendance based on your participation within 10 days of the webinar.

To register for this free webinar please click on this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4311203047593198338.

Our guest presenter is Linda Golley who manages the innovative Interpreter Services program at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. She teaches interpreters and health care professionals on topics such as cultural competence at end of life, medical terminology, barriers to care, and non-print-based patient education methods. Linda’s B.A. is in International Political Economics. Her Masters is in Organizational Management. She builds content for the NCIHC Home for Trainers webinar work group, and is an active trainer for NOTIS and TAHIT. 

Healthcare interpreters have long been considered language workers. While it is true that their expertise lies in communication, medical interpreters must also be considered part of the healthcare workforce. And as healthcare workers, interpreters must acquire the specialized knowledge to be safe members of the healthcare team.

This webinar was produced in consultation with the Infection Control specialists in several major Seattle hospitals and covers the following topics:

• the medical interpreter as vector of disease;
• infection control topics such as reservoir of infection, colonization versus infection, and incubation period;
• necessary immunizations for interpreters;
• discussion of TB testing versus post-BCG symptom check;
• protecting the interpreter from infection;
• protecting the patient from infection;
• personal protective equipment (PPE);
• specific types of isolation for patients on inpatient services;
• particularly vulnerable patient populations;
• industrial safety concepts;
• health worker safety with respect to mechanical danger, dangerous and abusive people, chemical hazards, and radiation hazards;
• mental hygiene measures.

Space is limited. To register for this free webinar please click on this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4311203047593198338.

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