Webinars

Welcome to the DiversityRx ‘Your Voice’ Webinar Series

We think it’s important to keep learning all the time. With support from The California Endowment, DiversityRx is hosting free online webinars on a variety of cross cultural health care topics. Interest is high -- we have between 300 and 1000 participants at each session, which usually features two expert presenters, write-in Q&A during the session, resource documents, and post-webinar follow-up. Join us!

Upcoming Topics - 2011

We will begin a new series of webinars in January 2011.  Check back here after the New Year for more information about topics and dates.

In the meantime, you can also view recordings of previous webinars, presentation slides, and resources:

1. Collecting and using race, ethnicity and language data -- September 21, 2009 
2. Health reform and services for culturally diverse populations -- October 14, 2009
3. Two tablets...¿pero cuándo? Addressing language barriers in the pharmacy -- December 11, 2009
4. Health Literacy: Using a Self-Assessment Tool to Guide Quality Improvement in Primary Care -- February 4, 2010
5. Best Practices for Working with Health Care Translation Providers -- March 11, 2010
6. NCQA multicultural health care distinction program -- April 1, 2010
7. New Joint Commission Standards to Improve Patient-Provider Communication -- April 16, 2010
8. Creating and sustaining a culturally responsive health care organization -- Monday, May 24, 2010
9. Another “Double Helix”: Language and Cultural Challenges in Genetic Counseling Encounters--Monday June 14, 2010
10. The Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters:  The Most Important Elements of a Professional Certification - Wednesday, September 15, 2010
11. The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters:  How to Prepare for and Take Our Certification Exams - Monday, September 20, 2010
12. Mining the Web:  Using internet resources on health, culture and diversity - Tuesday, November 16, 2010
 

All webinars are free during the Your Voice project period, funded by The California Endowment.

For technical difficulties during webinars:  If you registered for a webinar, you should receive an automatic response from GoToWebinar with a URL and phone number to call and join the webinar.  If you did not receive such a response, that is an indication that there is an email filter somewhere within your organization or service provider which has blocked it. Unfortunately, we are unable to troubleshoot individual technical difficulties with logging into webinars.  Please check your spam folder, or contact your IT department or GoToWebinar directly.

Call for Proposals

You can submit a proposal for a webinar presentation or online forum at any time, and we will add new events to the calendar as time and interest permit.

Please review the results of the audience survey to see the highest ranking list of topic areas. We will give preference to proposals that address one of those areas.

You may submit a proposal for the following categories of presentations:

• 15 minute presentation in a 60 minute session (two separate presenters on a common theme—you are not responsible for suggesting both presenters, but may if you like)
• 30 minute presentation in a 60 minute session (one presenter) 
• Peer-to-peer-discussions: 3-4 panelists engage with each other and the audience in a moderated dialogue on a specific topic. While there may be advance materials distributed, there are no formal presentations during the event itself--the emphasis is on discussion, with a short launch to get things started (20-30 minutes prepared dialogue between the panelists followed by dialogue with the audience, 60-75 minute session time)
• Expert in the room: Participants read a journal article, report, or tool-kit in advance, and engage with the authors in a real-time dialogue by teleconference or webinar (5-10 minute launch presentation, 60 minute session time)
• Online forum: A discussion launch (article, essay, commentary) is distributed to participants by email. Expert(s) pose discussion questions or issues to the group, and engage in Q&A and discussion with the audience by email over the course of a week on a listserv or website-based discussion forum. (1-4 featured experts per forum)

You will be asked to include an abstract of no more than 500 words, and a 150 word bio.

Go to the online submission form here. You should be taken to a new window in SurveyMonkey -- this is the submission form. You can return to this form several times to complete your submission -- it should save all previously entered information until you hit 'done' at the end of the form.  (If you would like to submit more than one proposal, or if you have any questions about the online learning series, please contact Julia Puebla Fortier.)

*Definition: Webinars and online meetings or conferences are live  meetings or presentations conducted over the internet. Each participant sits at  his or her own computer and is connected to other participants via the internet by logging onto an internet meeting website. Presentations and interaction can  be delivered through slide presentations, live video, audio-over-internet, text  chat, polls and surveys, and screen sharing.