The Language Across Modalities (LingAMod) discussion group will host Michigan Medicine on Zoom to talk about developing Deaf-friendly physicians and the ASL elective for medical students on Thursday, March 24, at 1 pm EST. The Michigan Medicine team will discuss the healthcare access for Deaf patients and the (positive) outcomes of having American Sign Language (ASL) as an elective for medical students, followed by a Q&A and a discussion.

Meetings are conducted in ASL and English with ASL-English interpreting and automated Zoom captions. Participants are expected to follow our Community Norms (linked below).

Passcode: lingamod

Contact Natasha Abner (nabner@umich.edu) for more LingAMod information or for additional accessibility requests.