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NAMS 2026 Conference
Golden West College · Huntington Beach, California
November 12–14, 2026
Venue: Language Arts – Room 106 clear filter
Thursday, November 12
 

8:30am PST

Interpreter-Clinician Workshop — ¿Nos entendemos? Strengthening Interpreter–Clinician Collaboration in Complex Clinical Encounters
LIMITED
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:30am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Limited Capacity seats available
Workshop
Speakers
avatar for Silvina de la Iglesia

Silvina de la Iglesia

Center for Clinician Multilingualism
Silvina de la Iglesia is an Authorized POLOM Educator and supports administrative operations at the Center for Clinician Multilingualism. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Medical Spanish. With over 15 years of experience as a language access and... Read More →
JG
MA
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:30am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  Workshop, Workshop

3:30pm PST

O2 — A Project-Based Approach to Developing Clinical Communication Skills in Spanish for Health Professions Courses
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 3:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
MM
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 3:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:55pm PST

O4 — An Innovative Approach to Designing the OER Medical Spanish and Cultural Competency for Healthcare Textbook
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Carolyn Nadeau
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

4:20pm PST

O6 — From Provider Perspectives to Pedagogy: Integrating Interviews and Survey Data in Medical Spanish Curriculum
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
SE
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation
 
Friday, November 13
 

10:25am PST

O8 — “Josefina”: A Blended AI–Medical Spanish Model for DPT Education
Friday November 13, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Adrianna L. Ellis

Adrianna L. Ellis

Associate Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch
Friday November 13, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

10:50am PST

O10 — Developing a Medical Spanish Concentration within a PharmD Program
Friday November 13, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
RM
Friday November 13, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

11:15am PST

O12 — More Than an Elective: Building a Longitudinal Medical Spanish Curriculum
Friday November 13, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Brittany Almaraz
CC
GJ
LD
Friday November 13, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

11:40am PST

O14 — Results of Implementing a Medical Spanish Curriculum During Emergency Medicine Training
Friday November 13, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
VZ

Vanya Zvonar

Student, Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Friday November 13, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

12:05pm PST

O16 — Building the Multilingual Clinical Learning Collaborative: An Interprofessional Approach to Multilingual Clinical Education
Friday November 13, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
AZ
GA
Friday November 13, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

1:45pm PST

O18 — Is Building Confianza (Trust) a Sufficient Aim for Providers Speaking Spanish in Medical Settings?
Friday November 13, 2026 1:45pm - 2:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
RL
Friday November 13, 2026 1:45pm - 2:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

2:10pm PST

O20 — Beyond Translation: Advocacy, Dialysis Education, and Critical Pedagogy in Medical Spanish
Friday November 13, 2026 2:10pm - 2:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106

Speakers
EN
Friday November 13, 2026 2:10pm - 2:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106

2:10pm PST

Beyond Compliance: Language Access and Justice Initiatives as Tools to Dismantle Barriers, Counter Xenophobia, and Improve Community Trust
Friday November 13, 2026 2:10pm - 2:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
DM
UN
Friday November 13, 2026 2:10pm - 2:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

2:35pm PST

O22 — Competencia y humildad cultural: el lenguaje de la empatía en las prácticas médicas
Friday November 13, 2026 2:35pm - 2:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
NC
AD
Friday November 13, 2026 2:35pm - 2:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

4:30pm PST

O30 — Increasing professional interpreter use to improve patient outcomes in the non-English preferring patient populations
Friday November 13, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
avatar for Kimberly Medina
Friday November 13, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

4:55pm PST

O32 — Language Barriers in Maternal Healthcare
Friday November 13, 2026 4:55pm - 5:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
LM
AA
BC
Friday November 13, 2026 4:55pm - 5:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

5:20pm PST

O34 — Institutional Accountability and Health Disparities in Care for Spanish-Speaking Patients and Children with Developmental Disabilities
Friday November 13, 2026 5:20pm - 5:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
FP
RL
Friday November 13, 2026 5:20pm - 5:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACCESS, Oral presentation
 
Saturday, November 14
 

10:25am PST

O36 — Centering Local Language in Pedagogical Materials for Breast Cancer Care
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
avatar for Martina Visconti
DM
BB
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

10:50am PST

O38 — State Appropriation as a Protective Factor for Clinical Communication Skills in Spanish Education: A Case Study at a Hispanic-Serving Medical School
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
VP
KI
LL
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

11:15am PST

O41 — Farmworkers' Health and Environmental Hazards in Under the Feet of Jesus: Uses of Fiction in Medical Humanities
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
MC
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

11:40am PST

O43 — Character Education in Medical Spanish: Beyond Language and Culture Instruction
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
CP

Carmen Pérez-Muñoz

Wake Forest University
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

12:05pm PST

O45 — Bridging Smiles to Systems (BStS): Advancing Oral Health in Rural California Through Community Participation and Advocacy
Saturday November 14, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
MM
Saturday November 14, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

2:45pm PST

O52 — Same Task, Different Outcomes: Comparing In-Person and Video-Mediated Conversations in Medical Spanish Training
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:45pm - 3:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106

Speakers
LO
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:45pm - 3:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106

3:10pm PST

O53 — Wellness While Waiting: Transformando la Espera en Bienestar
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:10pm - 3:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
JA
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:10pm - 3:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:35pm PST

O55 — Acquisition of Medical Spanish in a Community-based Learning Course
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:35pm - 3:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
CB

Carrie Bonilla

Professor, George Mason University
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:35pm - 3:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation
 
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