Join Kym McDowell, NAATI’s Regional Operations Manager (WA) at the NAATI x Health Consumers’ Council WA Panel Forum on Engaging Interpreters in Healthcare.
This panel forum brings together consumers, interpreters, community members, healthcare workers and policy professionals to strengthen understanding of the important role interpreters and translated information play in safe, accessible and person-centred healthcare.
This panel forum will:
- build understanding among healthcare workers, consumer representatives, GPs and others about the role of NAATI and professional interpreters in healthcare
- create space for interpreters to share their experiences of working alongside consumers, families, carers and healthcare teams
- encourage open conversation, shared learning and stronger relationships between healthcare providers, communities and interpreter services
- explore how interpreter services and translated information can better support people to understand, participate in and make informed decisions about their healthcare.
Kym will be joined by an experienced panel, including Udani Dhanojanan from the WA Department of Health, Michael Bruderer from Oncall Language Services, Mary Gurgone from the Association for Culturally Appropriate Services, the Perth Foundation for Women, and the Centre for Capability and Culture, and Mohammed Almadi, NAATI-certified interpreter and community advocate for refugees, asylum seekers, and multicultural communities.
This is a live event located in Mt Lawley, WA on 24 November at 10am-12pm AWST.