MedComm

MedComm aims to bridge linguistic and cultural barriers in healthcare via an accessible online mobile platform, with the help of trained medical students.

[Bertrand LEBOUCHE @Blebthefrench]

McGill medical students awarded a Dialogue McGill grant to tackle language barriers - https://t.co/S7ofXkPjAe
Congrats to my 2 excellent med students. Their excellent work is highlighted!

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We discuss the feasibility, outcome, and challenges of implementing technological medical interpretation services #languageaccess #telemedicine

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Very proud to share our first review titled, Utility of Mobile Technology in Medical Interpretation: A Literature R... https://t.co/gbm8OK5W8V

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This Jan 7 @ 19hEST, our 3 speakers share their take on #languagebarriers in #healthcare!

- Dr Eric Jarvis (Transcultural psychiatrist)
- Dr Juan C. Chirgwin (GP to many refugees)
- Marie Serdynska (Hospital coordinator for interpretation services)

https://t.co/HVX3sgnQBz

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Language in-concordance is one of the biggest barriers encountered by immigrants and refugees getting access to healthcare!
We are proud to invite you to our first panel event on the topic on Jan. 7 2020 at 7pm
DM for the link!

[Ahmed Taher MD MPH @ak_taher]

Check out our latest article on improving patient communication in the #ED @UHN @WoolnerVictoria @chartierlucas. Thank you @EmergencyMedBMJ for highlighting our work. @Hi_QuI_Ps
https://t.co/VSp9Jrwvgw

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Medical/ dental student at #McGill? Speak a language other than French/ English?? Increase your knowledge on #medicalinterpretation and confidence to translate by signing-up for this 2-hr virtual and interactive medical interpretation workshop!!
https://t.co/UsW3I4RKJm

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Launching tonight!

Access to information has never been so vital! #MedComm believes that being an allophone should not prevent you from access to public services.

#breakthelanguagebarrier

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Launching on JUNE 23. This FREE service will available in Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Greek and Urdu.
#breakthelanguagebarrier

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We would like to give a huge thanks to all our volunteers, as well as our partners at parc-ex who have already committed several hours in making this project a reality!

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In collaboration with the Parc-Extension Roundtable, we are extremely excited to be launching this multilingual community phoneline next week on June 23rd!

It will be working Tuesdays & Thursdays:
6-9PM: Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi
5-7PM: Greek

#breakthelanguagebarrier