Professional Interpretation in Health Care with Dr. Mei-Ling Wiedmeyer

This episode features Dr. Mei-Ling Wiedmeyer on the importance of language interpretation in health care.

Dr. Wiedmeyer a family physician and clinical assistant professor in the UBC department of family practice. She works for a community health centre that uses a novel team-based care model with cross cultural health brokers to provide comprehensive primary care to refugees, immigrants and migrant populations. She is also the co-principal investigator of the Evaluating Inequities in Refugee and Immigrants’ Health Access Project.