An Appointment in Gastroenterology

Handling Check-In

The first step in a medical interaction generally happens at check-in and does not always include the Deaf patient. Most often, you need to check in at the appropriate desk to either locate the patient, or to be prepared to interpret for that patient?s registering.... read more

Meeting the Deaf Patient

This is a brief introduction to Mary Dykstra who is coming to the doctor for an appointment.... read more

Gathering Background Information – Consecutive

An Appointment in Gastroenterology

The appointment is divided into two sections. In the first segment, the nurse is seeking to gather background information from the patient. The second section is the nurse talking to the patient after the doctor was in to talk to her. (For this project, we did not... read more

A Framework for Observation of Interpreted Interaction

An Appointment in Gastroenterology

This framework comes from the work of Dr. Melanie Metzger as explained in her chapter on “Interactive Role-Plays as a Teaching Strategy” in Innovative Practices for Teaching Sign Language Interpreters. This framework makes it possible to make the most effective use of... read more

Gathering Background Information – Interpretation

An Appointment in Gastroenterology

With the framework provided, now go ahead and view the interpretations. You may choose to focus on one of the features or strategies which Dr. Metzger suggests are a part of interpreted interactions. Gathering Background Information – Interpretation This video... read more