The National Symposium on Healthcare Interpreting
During the symposium, Judy Shepherd-Kegl, Karen Malcolm and Doug Bowen-Bailey are providing some coverage through this site on what is taking place.
View Karen and Doug’s reflections from the 2012 symposium.
Navigating the Symposium Blog
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2015 On-Site Reflections

Career Lattice for Healthcare Interpreter
This Day 2 morning session was co-presented by Richard Laurion,…

Emerging Trends in Bilingual Health Education
Day 2 of the symposium started off with a fascinating presentation…

Reflections on Day 1
An ASL Reflection on Day 1
https://youtu.be/apG-CaZX7Xc

Greetings, and getting started
This is my third national healthcare interpreting symposium and…

A Panel Discussion on Health Disparities
Jimmy Beldon moderated a panel discussion to follow up on the…

Symposium Keynote: Health Disparities in the Deaf Community
presented by Lori DeWindt and Kelly Matthews
Lori and Kelly…

Provider & Practitioner Panels on VRI
Marc Holmes facilitated two panel discussions. The first took…

2015 Discussion Starts with VRI
Erica Alley started off the pre-conference sharing information…

Symposium Ready to Get Rolling
The name badges are laid out alphabetically, folders are packed…

2015 Symposium Approaches
It's the day before the National Symposium is set to begin and…