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Kokua Mau Meeting with Cindy Roat Working with Medical Interpreters

December 4 @ 3:00 pm 5:00 pm HST

Working with Medical Interpreters

On December 4, join national expert Cynthia Roat for a down-to-earth presentation on your options for bridging the communication gap across languages, considerations for choosing your best option, and concrete steps for working effectively with an interpreter.

Bring your questions and frustrations for this engaging session with one of the country’s leading authorities on language access in health care. Please send your questions ahead of time.

Thur Dec 4
3-4:30pm 

Cindy Roat will be our special guest for this meeting. She is an international consultant and trainer on language access in health care with 30+ years’ experience in the healthcare interpreting field. With an MPH in International Health Services, Cindy has made significant contributions to the language access field in the areas of training, program development, policy formulation, advocacy and organizational outreach.

Cindy will also be the trainer for our Kōkua Mau and HITA proudly presents workshops on zoom: Medical Interpreting for Patients with Serious Illness: Interpreting in Palliative Care later in the month. See our website for details or download the flyer.