Medical interpreters benefit from discussing the challenges of their daily work, as well as the range of linguistic and cultural issues affecting the field. Paving the Way to Health Care Access, two days of educational conference, sponsored by UMass Chan Medical School's MassAHEC Network, provides this opportunity.

This continuing education event is open to those who have previously attended our medical interpreter training programs and those who work with medical interpreters:

• Medical interpreters
• Interpreter managers and coordinators
• Members of the health care team working with interpreters

Participants choose from different workshops, each of which provides opportunities to explore specific topics and improve knowledge and skills.

2023 Paving the Way to Health Care Access Conference - Live Streaming via Zoom Platform

May 19 & May 20, 2023

Want to be a sponsor for the 2023 Paving the Way conference?  For additional information and to access the sponsorship form please click here.

Accepting Tony Winsor Award Nominations - Deadline for submissions is Friday, March 3, 2023.  Please click here to download/view the flyer for additional information.

Past Paving the Way to Health Care Access Conferences

2022 Paving the Way to Health Care Access Conference - Live Streaming via Zoom Platform

2022 Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor:  AMN Healthcare Language Services | Stratus Video   

Gold Sponsors:

• Language Line Solutions
• ID-Queue

Silver Sponsors:

• Cross Cultural Communication Systems, Inc. (CCCS)
• International Translation Company (ITC)

Bronze Sponsors:

• Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI)
• Health Care Interpreter Network (HCIN)
• UMass Amherst - T&I Certificate & UWW T&I Bachelor's

Sparkle Sponsor:

• Community Interpreter Services at Catholic Charities of Boston

Paving the Way to Health Care 2021 - Workshop Presentations

Ethical Challenges for Medical Interpreters; Case Study: A Medical Interpreting Apprenticeship At Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI; Medical Interpreting: Challenges and Skills; Rise of Remote Professionals: How to prepare your organization for any future health crises; Being Part of the Healthcare Team While Interpreting Remotely; The Essentials of Pharmacology 100+ Prescribed Drugs; Vulnerability and Healing: Supporting Interpreters During COVID-19

Paving the Way to Health Care 2020 - Workshop Presentations

Performance-based Skills Enhancement Techniques for Interpreters, Would You Like to Replenish Your Brain?, Ensuring Quality in Medical Interpretation, Cultural Safety and the Role of the Interpreter, What can Happen When a Clinician, a Manager and an Educator Work Together to Create Medical Interpreter Continuing Education?, When is Advocacy Not Advocacy?, To Stay in the Room Or Not: And Other Trends in ASL Interpreting Ethics, Individualized Education Plan Process for Interpreters

Paving the Way to Health Care 2019 - Workshop Presentations

An interpreter, a psychiatrist and a social worker go into a bar…. How do you interpret this?; Change Management: Implementing and Improving Workflow Management Process; Developing a Character Strengths Language/Perspective  to Manage Burnout and Compassion Fatigue; Diabetes 101: An Overview of Diabetes and its Management; Everyday Challenges for Healthcare Interpreters; Interpreting for Gender and Sexual Minorities; Keynote Speaker - How Interpreters Construct Messages; Mad Skills: Handy Tools and Techniques to Strengthen your Sight Translation and Consecutive Interpreting Performance; Managing the Flow of Communication to Reduce Interpreter Fatigue; Note Taking for Healthcare Interpreters; Position Yourself to Be Successful as a Prospective or New Medical Interpreters; Promoting Health Equity in Healthcare through Cultural Humility; Resume Building for Professionals in the Interpreting Field; Sight Translation; Terminology Research for Portuguese Interpreters; The Interpreter Ambassador; Vicarious Trauma, Self-Care, and Demand-Control Schema: What do they have in common?; When and How to Intervene as an Interpreter; Informed Consent - A Patient Right and Responsibility; Navigating the Link Between Cultural Competence

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Paving the Way to Health Care 2018 - Workshop Presentations

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Paving the Way to Health Care 2017 - Workshop Presentations

Chinese Consecutive Interpretation, Grey Areas: Decision Making in the Field, HIV 101 for Interpreters, How to Collaborate with Mental Health Providers, Interpreting for Gender and Sexual Minorities, MassHealth Program Overview, Breath In, Breath Out: Mindfulness Fundamentals, Neuropsychology Testing, Rounding the Bends of Your Boundries, Sight Translation, The Essential Role of an Interpreter, The Language of Silence, US Dental Literacy, Where is the Line and How Do I Draw It?, The Professional Interpreter in a Bilingual Dental Setting

Paving the Way to Health Care 2016 - Workshop Presentations

Can you Speak Dental!, Embark on a Journey to Become an Exceptional Interpreter with Native Proficiency, Everyone Plays a Role in the Education of Clinical Trials, Clinical Trail handout, How to Interpret about Sexual Topics, Here is another "ism" - Understanding & Dealing with Regionalisms, "Ism" handouts,  Medical Interpretation in Psychotherapy, Organ Donation: Honoring Generosity & Saving Lives, Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors in Immigrant Communties, The Business of Language Interpretation & Translation, Video Interpretation Best Practices, You are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention, Zika Virus      

Archive of Speakers

Since 2005, this annual conference has featured specific topics related to health disparities, language access, and the quality of care delivered to a diverse population.