Presented at the 2024 Summit

Inside The Mind of a Successful Medical Interpreter

0.3 CEUs, PS

To be Inside the Mind of a Successful Medical Interpreter, you need to learn how to prepare for the assignment, before, during and after.

Workshop Curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome

    • Workshop Handout
  2. 2

    • Workshop

    • Quiz

Reviews from The Summit

Average Rating

4.8/5.0The activity provided opportunities to develop skill and/or awareness.

4.9/5.0The learning materials used were effective and complimented the goals of the activity.

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

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

  • Summit Attendee

    "Informative workshop, great attention to the details that we experience during (and before) medical appointments. Great breakout sessions, good discussions and conversations during workshop. A+ highly recommend!!"

  • Summit Attendee

    Highly informative and well presented! The breakout sessions were perfect for discussing challenging questions of ethics and morals in medical interpreting. Excellent!

  • Summit Attendee

    I really enjoyed this workshop it seemed to fly by because of all the interesting information. Thank you!

Meet Your Presenter

CDI, B.S.

Lamar Ray

Consultant, Instructor, Certified Interpreter, Trainer and Mentor Lamar was born and raised in Buffalo NY. He attended St. Mary's School for the Deaf in Buffalo, NY. He graduated from RIT, witha Bachelor of Science in multidisciplinary degree in Psychology/Sociology/Deaf Studies. He has an Advanced Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from the Canadian Institute of English. Lamar is a Nationally Certified Deaf Interpreter, (CDI) and holds RID certification. For over 20 years Lamar has interpreted and taught in many areas:American Sign Language (ASL) Deaf Studies at SUNY Fredonia NY and SUNY Brockport, NY,Team taught Interpreter Ethics, Medical and Legal Training at Holyoke Community College (HCC), Holyoke, MA. ASL Teacher in Bedford HS, Bedford NH, Interpreter Training & Translation at University of New Hampshire (UNH) Manchester. Lamar co-developed a lecture series from: Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture. His articles on Deaf culture have been published in the national RID Views, and he has been used extensively in many ASL translation projects.
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