Presented at the 2025 Summit

“Say What?!”: Medical Interpreting Without the Misdiagnosis

0.3 CEUs, PS

Dr. Featherstone, a Deaf board-certified pediatrician with 10+ years of experience in medicine, will share medical cases he personally experienced and will incorporate a wealth of ASL-related medical information/knowledge directly related to interpreting. He presented a similar workshop last year, but will use different cases and more importantly, he will also provide ample interactions and scenarios where attendees will have the opportunity to interpret different medical cases during the workshop.

Workshop Curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome

    • Workshop Handout
  2. 2

    • Workshop

    • Quiz

Reviews from The Summit

Average Rating

4.9/5.0The activity provided opportunities to develop skill and/or awareness.

4.8/5.0The learning materials used were effective and complimented the goals of the activity.

4.8/5.0This activity will contribute to my professional growth.

4.9/5.0The instructor interacted with the participants in a professional manner.

  • Summit Attendee

    This was my first time attending one of Dr. Featherstone’s presentations and wow, fantastic! I learned so much. I really appreciated how he explained the way he trains interpreters to work with him in so many different scenarios. There’s so much more to the dynamic than just interpreting the usual way. That said, the principles he shared can definitely be applied in other settings too. There was so much great info, it was honestly hard to catch it all while taking notes!

  • Summit Attendee

    Excellent presentation! Very important topic for anyone to have more awareness abI really appreciated that he got straight to the content and gave us exactly what we were looking for. A lot of workshops sound like they’ll provide useful signs and clear info, but end up being more generic or filled with “it depends” answers so you leave feeling a little let down. This one was different. We were able to ask real questions and actually get direct, helpful answers. That was really refreshing.out. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and personal experience.

  • Summit Attendee

    Best workshop so far! The conversation, the signs provided, the descriptions of what was going on in the different parts of a doctors appointment, hospital visit, surgery/procedure were exactly what I needed.

Meet Your Presenter

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Zach Featherstone

Dr. Zachary Featherstone is currently practicing at Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital (Elko Nevada) as their primary pediatrician. There, he provides all aspects of pediatric care, including stabilizing critical pediatric patients in the ER and critical newborns in the nursery, managing care of hospitalized patients, serving on medical boards, all on top of working as a Board-Certified General Pediatrician. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Medicine (UNLV). He graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Exercise Science with a minor in Chemistry. Subsequently, he became a certified physician upon graduation from Pacific Northwest University-College of Osteopathic Medicine (PNWU-COM) in 2018. During medical school, he was recognized as the 'Honorable Student Doctor of the Year' and was inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society. After graduating, he participated in research on the health of the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing population using patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) at Gallaudet University, before resuming his residency at UNLV. Dr. Featherstone has served in the executive presidency in the Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses (AMPHL) and remains a proud member of this wonderful organization. He served as the conference chairperson of AMPHL 2022 Biannual Conference in Las Vegas. He is well known for his litigation with PNWU-COM when they rescinded his admission. He has also provided numerous workshops and seminars, including keynote sessions. He remains active in his role as a mentor to many Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing students pursuing careers in the healthcare field.
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