Attached please find an announcement for the next NCIHC Open Call --
this time with a presentation from the Languages of Lesser Diffusion
Committee and the Certification Development Committee of the National
Coalition on Health Care Interpreter Certification (NCC). Presenters
will be Elizabeth Nguyen, Jonathan Levy, Maria Michalczyk and Valerie
Garza-Collins.



This Open Call will be brought to you via the technology of Elluminate
-- it will not only be a conference call, but also a video call as well!



I hope you can join us on May 1st!



Best regards,

Joy Connell





May 1, 2009 National Open Call/Webinar on Medical Interpreting



Date: May 1, 2009

Time: 9:00 am PDT / 11:00 am CDT / 12:00 pm EDT

Length of Time: 90 minutes

Organization: National Coalition on Healthcare Interpreter Certification
(NCC)

Title:

National Certification Surges Forward: A preliminary report from the
front line



Short Summary:

Come hear the presentation on healthcare interpreter certification
efforts from the NCC's Certification Development and Languages of Lesser
Diffusion Committees. During this open call, the presenters will report
on data collected at two recent public forums held at the CHIA
conference in California and TAHIT symposium in Texas. These forums,
which will be continued around the country, are intended to gather
national input into what will become a robust and comprehensive
certification process aimed to meet the needs of the majority of
stakeholders.

Participants on this NCIHC Open Call will gain further insights into:

* The primary challenges facing healthcare interpreting
stakeholders;

* How a certification process might help or hinder stakeholders'
efforts;

* Stakeholders' attitudes towards proposed certification
elements;

* Stakeholders' thoughts concerning certification for interpreters
of "languages of lesser diffusion."



Format: Elluminate Presentation followed by 15-minutes Q&A (see the
Elluminate instructions below)



Presenters:

Maria Michalczyk, NCC Co-chair, Certification Development Committee

Institute for Health Professionals/Portland Community College

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Jonathan Levy, NCC Primary Representative/ Member, Certification
Development Committee

Cyracom

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Elizabeth Nguyen, NCC Steering Committee / Member, Certification
Development and Languages of Lesser Diffusion Committees

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
CHIA immediate past president

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Valerie Garza Collins NCC Alternate /Member, Language of Lesser
Diffusion Committee

Institute for Health Professionals/Portland Community College

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Contact Person for Elluminate: Maria Michalczyk cmichalc@...
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Elluminate (Webinar) Instructions :


1. Please cut and paste the link below into your browser -- Do not just
simply click on it:

http://elm.elluminate.com:80/PortlandCommunityCollege/join_meeting.html?
meetingId=1240591087645

2. Enter your name at the login prompt.
3. This meeting does not require a password to join. Please leave the
password field blank.
4. Click on "Log in"
5. It will take about 5-10 minutes for the system to download.

Extremely Important:

* It takes about 10 minutes to log in into the webinar so please
plan to start the log-in process 15 minutes before the meeting start
time.
* Please make sure your computer has a microphone and speakers to
be able to talk and hear while you are in the Elluminate meeting.

A few additional tips!



1. A screen will come up that looks similar to this when you are
logging in. There will be a pop up blocker message and you will need to
accept that message.

















Once in the webinar:



1. Click on the tools icon, click on the Audio Wizard and follow
the directions. This will help you determine if your speaker and
microphone are working.

2. The microphone on the left hand bottom of the screen works like
a walky talky: click on the microphone icon to speak.



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