Fall SOPHE Conference

[Jamie Olson]

Hello all-

Watch your mailboxes for flyers/information on the fall conferences coming
in October!  We are offering a conference in Bellevue, Portland and Spokane.


Diverse Populations: Providing Education and Care in a Multicultural World: 
Thursday, October 28; 8:00-4:00 pm
Overlake Hospital Annex, Bellevue
Program:
7:45-8:15	Registration
8:15-8:30	Introductions
8:30-9:30	"Enhancing Cultural Competency" Bookda Gheisar, MSW
9:30-9:45    	Break/Poster Session
9:45-11:45  	Breakouts: "Working Effectively with Interpreters" Cindy
Roat, MPH
		         "Death and Dying in East African Comm." Naima
Solomon, Ph.C
12:15-1:15   	"Language & Meaning in Health Care" Robert Putsch, M.D.
1:30-3:30    	"Community Forum and Q&A"
3:30-4:00    	Summing up and Eval.

Towards Cultural Competency in Health and Social Services:
Monday, October 4; 8:00-4:00 pm
Portland, OR
Thursday, October 7; 8:00-4:00 pm
Spokane, WA

Speaker: Ira SenGupta, MA
8:00-8:30	Introductions
8:30-9:30   	"Diversity Defined"
9:30-10:00  	"Principles of Cultural Competency"
10:15-11:00  	Self Assessment
11:00-11:45	"Understanding the Dynamics of Difference"
12:45-1:45	"The Culture of Western Bio-Medicine
1:45-2:15	"Building Alliances with Communities"
2:30-3:00 	"Working Effectively with Interpreters"
3:00-3:45	"Enhancing Cultural Competency in Patient Education"

*SOPHE will award 6 Category 1 CHES credits.

Please call Jamie Olson at 206-297-0113 or Lisa Hawley at 206-215-3660 for
registration or questions.