About Culture Advantage Mentorship Model
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From a strong foundation to comprehensive evaluation Medical Coaching in English Marlene Obermeyer, or another Subject Matter Expert Mentor, reviews the English assignments and oral exams, and conducts live coaching sessions, and provides real-time feedback and language coaching during English medical concepts sessions. Medical Coaching in the Non-English Language Marlene, along with a language mentor, will review assignments and oral exams and provide feedback to improve accuracy, fluency, and ability to express medical concepts in both languages. Professional Interpreting Skills Coaching with personalized feedback from a healthcare professional. This immediate response, either positive or constructive feedback, deepens the student's learning, helps the student retain the information, facilitates recall, clinical application, and importantly, promotes clinical interpreting accuracy of even complex medical concepts. |
The Comprehensive Final Evaluation (CFE) is a summative evaluation of student performance. The CFE includes 1: Final Exam: Medical Concepts in Both Languages. 2: Sight Translation and Consecutive Interpreting in Both Languages. Both these first two exams are similar to the format of the national certification exams. 3: The Oral Skills Performance Evaluation is a live evaluation of the interpreter's knowledge and skills. It is an all-around evaluation of actual interpreting performance in both languages, with evaluation by a healthcare professional and a professional medical interpreter. Minority Languages and the 40-Hour Program may differ in format from the 60-Hour Program. |
We are proud of our mentors, coaches, and evaluators!
By providing careful attention to each student's progress, monitoring student's performance in both languages,
conducting a three-part evaluation process, each one of us is committed to patient safety as the number one goal for interpreter-facilitated communication.
Anne Nguyen, RN. CoreCHI-Vietnamese.
Anne completed a Culture Advantage Clinical Externship in Vietnam. After graduating from Culture Advantage, she was inspired to go back to college to earn her nursing degree. She is now working as an RN. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Vietnamese.
Christina Wren, LPN, RN. Interventional Procedures Nurse
Christina took the Culture Advantage Program - Vietnamese when she was an LPN. After graduation from Culture Advantage she went back to school to become an RN. She is now working as a Interventional Nurse Specialist. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Vietnamese.
Dalia Elsouhag, MD-Egypt, MPH, MS
Dr. Dalia has a medical degree from Egypt. She completed the Culture Advantage Medical Mentorship Training. Special Lecturer - Biology Department - Oakland University. Professor - Health Sciences Department - Baker College. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Arabic.
Diego Garcia, MD-Colombia. MSHF.
Dr. Diego has a medical degree from Colombia. He has a masters degree in Human Factors from the US. He is a graduate of Culture Advantage MI Program - Spanish. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language Coach and Interpreting Coach- Spanish.
Feiyang Tao, MD-China. MS - Translational Research.
Feiyang has a medical degree from China. She is a Culture Advantage graduate Mandarin Program. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Mandarin.
Ferdos Kassir, MSHA,CHI-Arabic
Ferdos just graduated from medical school. She is an international medical graduate (IMG). Congratulations, Ferdos! She is a CHI-Arabic and graduated from Culture Advantage. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Arabic.
Ha Le, RN, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner.
Ha Le is a family nurse practitioner. She completed the Culture Advantage Program - Vietnamese program. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Vietnamese.
Haiyan Chen, MD-China. PhD- US.
Dr. Chen has a medical degree from China. She currently works in research in the US. She graduated from Culture Advantage - Mandarin program. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Mandarin.
Lyn Ryu, Master of Arts. Certified Medical Coder.
Lyn took the Culture Advantage Korean MI Program for a career change. She is a mentor in the Korean program. Language and Interpreting Coach - Korean.
Jae Kim, BA - Korea. CMI-Korean.
Jae graduated from the Culture Advantage Korean Program. She currently works as OPI and VRI interpreter. Language and Interpreting Coach - Korean.
Liliana Sanchez, MD-Mexico. CMI-Spanish.
Dr. Lily graduated from the Culture Advantage program - Spanish. She co-authored an Advanced MI Course in Diabetes with Marlene. She is an experienced onsite and telehealth interpreter for the Standford Children's Medical Center. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Spanish.
Mary Aleja Van Fleck, MD- Colombia.
Dr. Mary graduated with an MD from Colombia. She enjoys working with students in the Spanish program. She graduated from the Culture Advantage Program - Spanish. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Spanish.
Moumena Saradar. Bachelor of Arts. CHI-Arabic.
Moumena is a lab technician and recently recently completed her bachelor's degree. She graduated from the Culture Advantage Arabic Program. She currently works as an interpreter at the Children's Medical Center in Philadelphia. Language and Interpreting Coach - Arabic.
NuRi Jeong. BA Translation - South Korea. CMI-Korean.
NuRi has a degree in translation and interpretation. She completed the Culture Advantage MI Korean Program. She recently started working as a remote interpreter. Language and Interpreting Coach - Korean.
Sakae Seki, RN, MSN. Clinical Instructor - Nursing.
Sakae took the Japanese Medical Terminology Course and the Culture Advantage Medical Mentorship Training. She is an excellent Subject Matter Expert in Medical Japanese. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Japanese.
Sanjar Babadjanov, MD-Uzbekistan. NY State Legal/Court Interpreter. NY Teacher's License.
Dr. Babadjanov completed the Culture Advantage Program - Russian. He is the Medical Department Coordinator of a college in NY and works in the NY legal system as a Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbekistan Language Interpreter. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Russian.
Sara Avendano, BA-Spanish. QHI - Oregon.
Sara grew up speaking Spanish but she wanted to improve her language skills so she majored in Spanish. She is a State Qualified Healthcare Interpreter in Oregon. She graduated from the Culture Advantage OHA Program - Spanish. Language and Interpreting Coach - Spanish.
Shoreh Setayesh Core-CHI-Farsi. Bachelor's Degree - Iran.
Shoreh completed the Culture Advantage Program with a Farsi-speaking physician as her Culture Advantage mentor. Shoreh is now a mentor in the Farsi Program. Language and Interpreting Coach - Farsi.
Simone Boyce. BA Translation - Brazil. Core-CHI-Portuguese.
Culture Advantage Graduate - Portuguese. Simone is an experienced OPI/VRI interpreter. Language and Interpreting Coach - Portuguese.
Sophia Zhao Qi, MD. CHI-Mandarin. CMI-Mandarin.
Sophia has a medical degree from China. She graduated from the Culture Advantage Program - Mandarin. She is an experienced interpreter working at Stanford Children's Medical Center. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Mandarin.
Tatiana Piccoli, MD-Russia. MPH. CMI-Russian
Dr. Piccoli has a medical degree from Russia and a Masters in Public Health in the US. She completed the Culture Advantage MI Program in Russian. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language and Interpreting Coach - Russian.
Thelma Joseph. Dentistry - Brazil. Core CHI-Portuguese.
Thelma was a dentist in Brazil. She is an experienced dental hygienist. She completed the Culture Advantage Program - Portuguese. Subject Matter Expert - Dental Terminology. Language and Interpreting Coach - Portuguese.
Yan Zhang, BSN. Culture Advantage Graduate - Mandarin.
Yan Zhang completed the program while she was in nursing school. She is now an RN and a mentor in Mandarin program. Subject Matter Expert - Medical Chinese. Language and Interpreting Coach - Mandarin.
Yulia Fitman. MA Translation. CMI-Russian.
Yulia graduated from the Culture Advantage Program - Russian. She is an experienced remote interpreter and is the Interpreter Quality Coordinator at Propio Language Services. Language and Interpreting Coach - Russian.
Other SMEs and Evaluators
Andrea Williams, RN, CCRN. Critical Care Nurse Specialist.
Subject Matter Expert - Medical Portuguese. Language Coach and Evaluator. Andrea is an experienced critical care nurse and a native Portuguese speaker. She completed the Culture Advantage Medical Mentorship Training. Subject Matter Expert - Medical/Critical Care. Language Coach - Medical Portuguese.
Arlene Narvaez, ASL Evaluator.
Arlene holds RID CI, CT - in American Sign Language. She evaluates ASL students performance in the Culture Advantage Program. Subject Matter Expert - ASL Standards.
Dr. Dong Tran, MD. MPH. Vietnam.
Subject Matter Expert - Medical Vietnamese. Language Coach and Evaluator. Dr. Dong Tran is an excellent resource of Medical Vietnamese. He is a pediatrician in Vietnam. He evaluates student's performance in Vietnamese. Subject Matter Expert - Medical. Language Coach - Vietnamese.
Nurhan Kayyali, BA Translation. PMI-Arabic. PMI-Turkish.
Nurhan is a professional translator and a native Turkish speaker. She graduated from the Culture Advantage Program - Arabic and she evaluates students's performance in Arabic and Turkish interpretation. She is located in Doha, Qatar. Language and Interpreting Coach - Arabic and Turkish.