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Community
Cultural Competence and the Clinical Setting:
Community Concerns and Expertise
Ira SenGupta, CCHCP’s Cultural Competency Training
Coordinator, has developed and conducted over 300 hours of trainings in
cross cultural issues for health care providers in the past year alone.
Ira's skills are informed by her experience conducting cultural competency
assessments of healthcare institutions and in facilitating and anaging
major cultural competency initiatives, coalitions, and training programs.
A leader in her own community, Ira has extensive experience working with
ethnically diverse communities, and has gained a deep understanding of
community perspectives on health care.
Ira's research experience in cross-cultural issues and cultural
competency in healthcare, and dynamic training and facilitation abilities
have made her a key resource for cultural competency training and assessment
in numerous healthcare settings.
Ira SenGupta, MA
Cultural Competency Training Coordinator,
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
1200 12th Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98144
Phone: (206) 621-4478
Fax: (206) 326-2471
training@pacmed.org
www.xculture.org
Ira has developed and conducted over 300 hours of training’s
in cross cultural issues for health care providers in the past year alone,
and has trained Bridging the Gap, 40-hour training for medical
interpreters, in a variety of settings, locally and nationally. A natural
leader who began interpreting due to a need in the community, Ira became
a professional interpreter and later went on to become co-founder of The
Society of Medical Interpreters. She has also conducted two large scale
needs assessments in the Seattle area: A Survey of Health Care Experiences
of 22 Medically Underserved Communities in the Seattle Area, and
A Survey of Interpreter Services Utilization in Eight Major
Health Care Institutions in Seattle. Ira holds a BA and MA
in English Literature and has trained as a cultural competency trainer
under Terry Cross of the Northwest Indian Child Welfare Association.
Ira’s research experience in cross-cultural issues and cultural
competency in healthcare, and dynamic training and facilitation abilities
have made her a key resource for cultural competency training and assessment
in numerous healthcare settings. Ira brings to her workshops a genuine
enthusiasm for the subject, a wealth of stories and information, and an
energetic style. NEXT >
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