Leukemia for Healthcare Interpreters

 NOTIS and Community Interpreter Division present

Leukemia for Healthcare Interpreters

What is it? How and where is our blood made and why is this important for interpreting for leukemia care? What is leukemia and what is its place among other types of cancer? What is a stem cell transplant? These and many other questions will be answered at the Leukemia for Healthcare Interpreters Workshop. 

This 4-hour workshop will provide an introduction to the process by which blood is created and renewed; the nature of cancer in general; the nature of leukemia and its types; and symptoms, tests, and treatments related to leukemia including stem cell transplantation. Participants will also discuss challenges that interpreters face when interpreting in oncology settings, in particular during appointments related to leukemia, in addition to ways of overcoming them. Participants will be provided with handouts which will include a copy of the PowerPoint Presentation, a glossary, written practice, and role-playing exercises. The workshop will be interactive and allow participants to review the material through group activities and oral interpreting practice.

Who is teaching? Yuliya Speroff is a Russian-English CoreCHI™ and DSHS-certified healthcare interpreter. Yuliya first started interpreting 10 years ago in her hometown of Novosibirsk, Russia and has since interpreted in a variety of settings – from a fighter jet factory to a live brain surgery, and most recently at a number of hospitals in Seattle. Yuliya also holds an MA in Business Management and is certified as both an English and a Russian language instructor with more than 10 years of teaching experience. Yuliya’s The Medical Interpreter Blog focuses on providing medical interpreters with resources and information for continuous professional development.

When?  Saturday, February 29, 2020
Check-in at 8:30 a.m. PLEASE ARRIVE AT 8:30 am to sign in.
Class from 9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m

Where? Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Address: 825 Eastlake Ave E., Seattle 98109, Room G-1006

Cost? $40 NOTIS members, $60 Non-members (Click to Join NOTIS).

CE credits? 4 CE credits for this workshop have been approved by Washington State AOC, Washington State DSHS, ATA, and CCHI. Certificates of Attendance will be awarded to all who arrive on time and stay for the entire workshop. Please allow yourself enough time to get to the site, find parking and sign in before the workshop begins. While latecomers are welcome to stay for the educational value of the workshop, DSHS will not provide CE credit if you arrive late, for any reason.

Registration?  Via the web (before midnight on February 24th) 
Click here to register and pay online.

After registering, you will receive an email confirmation; if you do not receive a confirmation, your registration did not go through.

Please note that registration will be automatically canceled if payment is not received within 15 minutes.

Mail-in registration is not available for this workshop.

If registering for more than one person, please submit a separate registration for each.

Registration will be limited to the first 30 applicants.

Refunds?  We regret that no refunds can be given after February 24th. A $10 processing fee will apply for refunds requested before February 24th. Please contact NOTIS office manager for cancellation. Transfer of credits to other workshops is not available.

Directions?  Directions to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance can be found athttps://www.seattlecca.org/locations/scca-south-lake-union. 

The training room is on the 1st floor of the clinic. Enter through the main door on Aloha Street, turn right and you will see the door to the conference room.

Parking is available in the underground garage for an all-day fee of $16. There is metered street parking along Yale, Valley and Minor streets and free street parking north of the clinic on Eastlake and Fairview.

Refreshments? In order to offer this unique opportunity at an affordable price, no refreshments will be provided. We encourage you to bring your own coffee and snacks.

Anything else? If you require accommodation, please contact the NOTIS Office Manager (officemanager@notisnet.org) at least 3 weeks in advance if possible.

Questions about class content?
Please contact Yuliya Speroff at yuliya.speroff@gmail.com.