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Medical Interpreting: Understanding Deaf Patients Varied Background and Cultures
Understanding Deaf patients’ varied backgrounds and cultures increases interpreters’ ability to provide effective communication and full accessibility within medical settings. (0.3 PS RID CEUs)
Date: May 21st, 2022 VIA Zoom Link.
Time: 10am-1pm EST
Links to the workshops will be sent 2 days before the starting date.
Full Participation is REQUIRED to obtain CEU certificate.
This purchase is non-refundable or it can be used as credit to be transferred for the next workshop.
Who is Trix?
Patricia (“Trix”) Bruce, who is Deaf, delightful and dynamic, is an extraordinary performing artist with a spirited audience-participation entertainment style.
More Details
Educational Objectives:
- List/Describe a few differences about Deaf patients’ backgrounds
- List/Describe a few components of Deaf patients’ cultural preferences
- Analyze and list/describe variation in deaf peoples’ language fluency
RID CEUs: Trix Bruce is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for all workshops 0.3 for this webinar at the Little/No to Some Content Knowledge Level.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Target audience: Working, certified, and pre-certified interpreters anywhere in the US.
NOTES: E-Handouts will be provided. The workshop will be presented in ASL. No voice interpretation will be provided. For details on refunds, cancellations, and special accommodations policies, please send an email to info@trixbruce.com . Trix Bruce promotes a learning environment free from discrimination and bias, and encourages mutual respect for all participants.
My workshops benefit participants at all levels. Countless advanced interpreters have let me know that they enjoyed learning updated/new signs that they haven’t seen before, such as regional accents. They also loved it when I explained how to sign messages into ASL, rather than just signing in English word by word. Interpreters appreciate that my workshops are excellent for review as well as for discovering new things that apply within the professional work environment. Students also mentioned that my workshops helped them to understand how to approach their own projects, research, and practice more effectively.
“But I Don’t Even Know It in English!”<br /> .3 CEU<br />
How do you interpret a surgical procedure if you are not an intern? How do you interpret classic literature if you weren’t an English major? How do you interpret computer lingo if you can’t even set the microwave clock? This workshop will help participants develop general tools for dealing a specialized vocabulary, and to broaden the use of the already developed skilled to turn jargon into understandable and sign-able concepts. **Presented in ASL**
HIGH LEVEL OF FLUENCY IN ASL IS NECESSARY
Who is Crom?
Crom Saunders! – performer, presenter, writer, teacher, Cromania!
Crom is in constant motion between his teaching, presenting, performing, and everything in between. he currently holds a main creative writing. Crom has worked for theatre in almost every position possible backstage and on stage, in addition to lecturing on a wide variety of topics.
Medical Interpreting: Questions & Answers
May 15, 2020: Friday @ 1pm – 5pm
Interpreting topics can be challenging to expand with ASL to show meaning more visually. This workshop will provide hands- on practice with expressive ASL visualization in medical interpreting situations. In addition, video clips will offer practice for voice-interpreting visualized signing. Interpreters will have opportunities to improve medical-setting English-to-visualized- ASL and visualized-ASL-to-English. (0.4 RID CEUs available)
About Trix
BIO: Patricia (Trix) Bruce, from Seattle, Washington, is known nationwide as both a workshop presenter and an American Sign Language performer. Trix’s work has been warmly received everywhere, from local community centers, to state, regional and national conferences, Deaf Way II, interpreter conventions and more.
Wildly popular as a teacher of ASL storytelling and ASL interpretation, Trix impresses audiences at all levels of ASL skill, from novices to fluent experts. Trix has been profoundly deaf since she was 6 months old. She went through oral, mainstreaming, deaf classes, and online educational programs. Trix has been involved in the performing arts since 1980. After completing her college program, she became involved with interpreter training. Trix’s main area of study has been ASL Linguistics with a focus on ASL Performance. She has developed a popular website: ww.trixbruce.com.
Whether writing, creating, improvising or starring in her many productions, Trix’s passion for the dramatic arts shines through.
Medical Interpreting: How can I interpret that?
May 16, 2020 Saturday 8 am – 5 pm
Through many mentor sessions working with interpreters, I have kept notes to share. It’s amazing to see how interpreters creatively face challenges as they translate from English to ASL. I treasure opportunities to help interpreters improve their visual thinking, which Deaf audiences appreciate. My workshop offers a myriad of ways to make interpreting more visual.
We will demonstrate how classifiers may be used most effectively to communicate specific information in medical interpreting situations. Broaden your understanding of visual interpreting techniques regarding anatomical and medical interpreting. Learn more about Deaf Culture. Visual clips, visual aids, analysis, current medical terminology, and outlines will be available.
This workshop will focus on surgery procedures, medical tools, birth, and causes of injury, illness and conditions. (0.8 RID CEUs available)
About Trix
BIO: Patricia (Trix) Bruce, from Seattle, Washington, is known nationwide as both a workshop presenter and an American Sign Language performer. Trix’s work has been warmly received everywhere, from local community centers, to state, regional and national conferences, Deaf Way II, interpreter conventions and more.
Wildly popular as a teacher of ASL storytelling and ASL interpretation, Trix impresses audiences at all levels of ASL skill, from novices to fluent experts. Trix has been profoundly deaf since she was 6 months old. She went through oral, mainstreaming, deaf classes, and online educational programs. Trix has been involved in the performing arts since 1980. After completing her college program, she became involved with interpreter training. Trix’s main area of study has been ASL Linguistics with a focus on ASL Performance. She has developed a popular website: ww.trixbruce.com.
Whether writing, creating, improvising or starring in her many productions, Trix’s passion for the dramatic arts shines through.