Medical Interpreter Training

Our Medical & Community Interpreter Training establishes the foundation for all healthcare interpreters by providing specialized training in healthcare, education, and community service interpretation. In addition to expertise in the code of ethics and the modes and techniques of community interpreting, an interpreter must understand cultural systematics that makes communication skills pertinent to healthier & safer lifestyles. Specifically, for those of you in the healthcare system, we teach you to master the most common medical concepts, procedures, and terminology.

The course entails 60 hours of highly interactive practice sessions and role-plays. Each course accommodates up to 15 participants and on average requires 8 hours of homework. 

•The profession of Community and Medical Interpreting;

•Identifying the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice;

•Legal Foundations of Medical and Community Interpreters;

•Interpreting protocols and skills, strategic mediation, techniques, modes of interpreting, and guiding the encounter;

•Medical Terminology for Interpreters and Anatomy & Physiology for Interpreters;

•Cultural Competency and communicating with respect to all cultures;

•Structure and principles of U.S. healthcare;

•Real-time, real-world interpreter training with qualified interpreters;

•Professional identity and Professional Practice;

•Improving Memory Skills Self-Care and Personal Wellness;

•Complete Practicum that allows for leadership and real-life experience;

•Writing skills & techniques;

•And now: Interpreting via telecommunication platforms.