Supporting Newcomer Health Workshop: Enhancing your skills with interpreters

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Supporting Newcomer Health Workshop: Enhancing your skills with interpreters

The Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota Department of Medicine, is inviting interested health care professionals working with newcomers in clinical settings in dentistry, medicine, nursing, public health, social work, and other professions to a two-hour online simulation-based workshop.

This interactive workshop is designed to build capacity in the area of working with interpreters for interprofessional team members.

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Learn how to effectively collaborate with a professional interpreter during one of the workshop times listed below. Presented by the University of Minnesota Department of Medicine on Zoom.

Register: You're invited to a virtual workshop!

Tuesday, April 29
Monday, May 12
Thursday, May 22

Tuesday, July 22
Wednesday, July 23

Tuesday, Aug. 5
Wednesday, Aug. 6


All dates will have two times offered:

  • Option 1: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. CDT
  • Option 2: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. CDT

Note: Each event has a capacity of 50 attendees.

Workshop objectives

  • Supporting newcomers and improving their care by collaborating with trained interpreters
  • Working as part of an interprofessional team
  • Applying just-in-time training in an online, simulated clinical environment with standardized patients and trained interpreters
  • Discussing practical applications in health care settings

Brief agenda

  • Pre-briefing & just-in-time training
  • Simulated encounter
  • Team feedback
  • Workshop debriefing

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For more information or questions, please contact the Minnesota Department of Health Refugee Health Program at MNCOENewcomerHealth@state.mn.us or 651-201-5414.

The Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health is supported by NU50CK000563 (MN) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.