2017 Spring Conference Advanced Medical Interpreting Friday, March 24th - Sunday, March 26th House of Comedy at Mall of America 1.8 RID PS CEUs Available Schedule Registration: 8am daily Workshop: 9am - 12pm daily Lunch on your own: 12pm - 2pm daily Workshop: 2pm - 5pm daily - Registration MRID Member: $180 Non-Member: $200 Student/Associate Member: $150 A La Carte Option: $40 per workshop - Register online now at www.mrid.org Questions? Email: MRIDConfChair@gmail.com
Friday Schedule 9:00am - 12:00pm The Process: Are They Really Letting Me Do This Unsupervised? Heather L. Brown, M.S., PA-C, DFAAPA Anna McDuffie, B.S., CI & CT, NIC, SC:L This workshop will break down the interpreting process from start to finish in a medical interpreting assignment. Highlight topics: assignment preparation, what to do upon arrival, specific tips and best practice for working in a doctor s office vs. a hospital setting, the art of giving report to the next interpreter at the hand-off, HIPAA considerations for interpreters, Universal Codes, and Informed Consent. The workshop will be a blend of lecture, role play and group activities. Presented in English with ASL Interpreting and CART captioning. Lunch on your own 12pm - 2pm 2:00pm - 5:00pm The Science: Danger! Danger! Don t Get Any On Ya! Heather L. Brown, M.S., PA-C, DFAAPA Anna McDuffie, B.S., CI & CT, NIC, SC:L This workshop will prepare medical interpreters to work in medical settings while remaining safe and avoiding infection exposure. Concepts taught during this session include: infectious diseases, PPE (personal protection equipment), contact precautions, droplet precaution, airborne precautions, interpreting in the operating room including specific instruction on the sterile field, bioterrorism and suggested vaccinations. The workshop will consist of lecture, demonstration, and group scenario practice. Presented in English with ASL Interpreting and CART captioning.
9:00am - 12:00pm The Mechanics: Can I Buy A Vowel? Heather L. Brown, M.S., PA-C, DFAAPA Anna McDuffie, B.S., CI & CT, NIC, SC:L This workshop will consist mainly of two parts. The first half will focus on medical terminology and how to break down complex medical terms for meaning. The second half will focus on interpreting medical questions by using several recommended strategies. Medical question can be extremely tricky and complex. It s important to have strategies to interpret them accurately. After these techniques are demonstrated, participants will practice implementing them in groups using medical question scripts provided by the presenters. Presented in English with ASL Interpreting and CART captioning. Lunch on your own 12pm - 2pm Saturday Schedule 2:00pm - 5:00pm The Switcharoo: Things Just Got Complicated. Heather L. Brown, M.S., PA-C, DFAAPA Anna McDuffie, B.S., CI & CT, NIC, SC:L Often when we arrive at medical assignment, it can end up being more than we bargained for. Discussions will center around medical assignments that become legal, mental health or that involve child services or palliative care. Strategies on how to navigate complex medical situations will be discussed. Participants will also go through multi-layered scenarios that synthesize all concepts taught in the previous 3 workshops. Presented in English with ASL Interpreting and CART captioning.
Sunday Schedule 9:00am - 12:00pm You Want To Put What In My Body? Gloria Nathanson, Au.D., CCC-A Brenda Beabeu, M.S., CI & CT f Have you ever thought about how a medical device is created? How do people know that a medical device could be an option for them? How do you understand a clinical trial and/or procedure fully before consenting to participate? How does this apply to the interpreting? These questions and many more will be answered in this interactive workshop about medical devices. This workshop will explore several medical devices to show how they go through the process from a concept, to be used with humans, the FDA approval process and then finally marketed to the general public. This workshop will explore the informed consent document that a patient may sign before being involved in research or a clinical trial. This workshop will also provide an opportunity to watch ASL models of how to describe various organ anatomy, its physiology, then applying some of these devices in conjunction with them. Presented in ASL with closed mic English Interpreting and CART captioning. Lunch on your own 12pm - 2pm 2:00pm - 5:00pm The Sweet Life: A Crash Course In Diabetes 101 Joy Udvig, M.Ed, NAD III, NIC Advanced f This workshop will cover the basics of diabetes. The two main types, Type 1 ("juvenile"), Type 2 (adult onset) as well as less frequently diagnosed types such as gestational diabetes, LADA, MODY, and Type "3". The types will be detailed, as well as differentiated. Diagnosis, treatment for each type, various medications and medical devices with examples. Complications such as hyper and hypoglycemia as well as symptoms and prognosis will be discussed. Diabetic Ketoacidosis will be discussed as well. Some complications can cause trouble communicating, strategies will be discussed. Some of the medications used to treat diabetes will be explained in great detail, to enhance background knowledge for interpreters working with diabetic patients. Facts and myths about Diabetes will also be discussed. Presented in English with ASL Interpreting and CART captioning.
Anna McDuffie, B.S., CI & CT, NIC, SC: L A native of Atlanta, graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Interpreting for the Deaf. After graduation, she moved to Boston where she worked as a staff interpreter at the Learning Center for Deaf Children, a bilingual/bicultural school for the Deaf. She also worked part time at Boston University as an interpreter for various graduate programs. Anna returned to Atlanta in 1999 and has been working as a freelance interpreter for the past 18 years. She earned a Certificate of Interpretation and Certificate of Transliteration from RID in 1999, the Specialist Certificate: Legal from RID in 2008 and the National Interpreter Certification from RID in 2011. Anna began teaching medical interpreting workshops along with her co-presenter, Heather Brown, in 2008 and is very passionate about standardizing best practices for medical and legal interpreting. Additionally, they published an article in a nationally peer reviewed medical journal entitled Health Care Providers and the Americans with Disabilities Act in the Journal of the American Association of Physician Assistants in January of 2011. Anna currently lives in Marietta, Georgia, with her husband, Eric. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her step-daughter, Cece, her fur kids, Lola and Pippa, traveling, and playing tennis.
Heather Brown, M.S., PA-C, DFAAPA A native of Washington, DC, she received her undergraduate degree in Clinical Psychology from Western Maryland College in 1995, with Summa Cum Laude honors and was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa Key. She then attended George Washington University for her PA training, matriculating in 1998. After that, graduated with honors with a Master s of Science in Health Sciences, and a Certificate of Physician Assistant Studies in 2000. She began working clinically as a Physician Assistant, practicing Emergency Medicine for the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore. Heather moved to Atlanta, GA, Mercer University in 2011 to teach full time in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies in the College of Health Professions. She continued to work in both urgent care and emergency medicine, and in 2015, returned full time, to work for Tenet Healthcare and Northside Hospital, in Atlanta, GA, and continues to teach at both Mercer University and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Heather was awarded the Distinguished Fellow Award in 2013 by the American Association of Physician Assistants. She has presented at both local and national conferences, holds a patent with the US Patent Office, and has published articles in nationally peer reviewed journals, including Health Care Providers and the Americans with Disabilities Act in the Journal of the American Association of Physician Assistants in January of 2014. In her free time, Heather enjoys outdoor activities including hiking and running, cooking, and spending time with her husband, Thomas, friends and her two boxers, Millie and Avery.
Gloria Nathanson, Au.D., CCC-A Gloria a Deaf audiologist. She obtained her self-directed B.S. degree in Language Development with Emphasis on Those with Hearing Loss from University of Minnesota and doctorate of audiology (Au.D) from Gallaudet University. She has conducted several research related to hearing and balance. She is an adjunct faculty member at Gallaudet and Associate Professor at St. Catherine University. She has served on the advisory committee for Minnesota Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI).
Brenda Bebeau, M.S., CI & CT Brenda is currently a Clinical Research Associate at a medical device company, Neovasc Inc. She has also been a RID Certified Interpreter for 19 years. She earned her A.A.S in Sign Language Interpreting and Transliterating in 1997 from St. Paul College. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Metropolitan State University in Individualized Studies with an emphasis on Communications and Adult Training and Development in 2011. She earned her Masters of Science in Applied Clinical Research in 2016 from St. Cloud State University. She has been an adjunct faculty member at St. Paul College in the Interpreting Training program and enjoys interpreting and presenting in a variety of settings.
Joy Udvig, M.Ed, NAD III, NIC Advanced Joy is a certified interpreter who's been thriving with Type 1 Diabetes since she was 5, which puts her in the veteran category. She strives to educate people daily about Diabetes, and works to advocate on a casual and volunteer basis with families of newly diagnosed diabetics and celiac patients. She graduated from Saint Paul College for her Interpreting degree, she has a Bachelor s in Psychology from Metro State University, and a Master s in Deaf Education from the University of Minnesota. She has dabbled in various areas of interpreting since 2004 with most of her interest in medical work. She s also a pretty decent baker, crafter, gamer, and mama; you should ask her about it!