The Medical Interpreter: From Bilingual to Professional - 48-hour Certificate Program
The program is taught by an instructor with expertise in linguistic, cultural and legal aspects of medical interpreting and a practicing medical doctor with experience in providing services for diverse population groups.
Successful completion of the program satisfies the key requirement of National Certification for Medical Interpreters. The Medical Interpreter is a 48-hour certificate program in medical/community interpreting. The program is based on the industry accepted Codes of Ethics and Standards of Practice and addresses in detail the process of National Certification for Medical Interpreters.
- Interpreting skills;
- Code of Ethics and ethical decision making;
- Standards of Practice;
- National Certification for medical interpreters;
- Interpreter roles and incremental intervention approach to interpreting/mediation;
- Medical terminology for interpreters: Greek and Latin roots, suffixes, and prefixes; human body systems (anatomy and physiology); vocabulary resources for any working language pair; and a strategy for overcoming terminology challenges;
- Cross-cultural communication and culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care;
- Language access laws and the U.S. health care system;
- Note-taking and memory development for interpreters;
- Interpreting in mental and behavioral health settings;
- Remote interpretings;
- Community interpreting (interpreting in health care, education, and human and social services);
Role plays and group exercises provide hands-on experience for skills development. Video segments offer demonstrations of the “right and wrong” ways to interpret. Each student receives e-versions of the training handbook and the “Human Body Systems and Medical Terminology for Interpreters” handbook. A shadowing/internship practicum of up to 150 hours may be available upon successful completion of the program and passing the final written exam.
If you would like to direct specific questions to the program instructor, Eric Candle, please click here to fill out a request form with your contact information.
