UC Davis Medical Center serves many patients from a variety of cultural, economic and social backgrounds. Medical Interpreting Services Department provides interpreting, translation and cultural education services. To request a presentation on working with patients from one of the following cultures, please call our main dispatch line at (916) 734-2321: Latino, Russian, Ukrainian, Hmong, Mien, Chinese, Vietnamese, and deaf culture.

Medical Interpreting Services Department provides valuable tips and insights on patients' healthcare practices and beliefs to healthcare professionals and staff through the monthly newsletter “Cultural News”. To read current and past issues of the newsletter, please click on the links below.

October 2011 Issue (PDF)

September 2011 Issue (PDF)

August 2011 Issue (PDF)

July 2011 Issue (PDF)

June 2011 Issue (PDF)

May 2011 Issue (PDF)

April 2011 Issue (PDF)

March 2011 Issue (PDF)

February 2011 Issue (PDF)

January 2011 Issue (PDF)