Introduction to Medical Interpretation

Catalog description

The course fulfills the program content standards, instructional methods standards and programmatic standards recommended by the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care's (NCIH) National Standards for Healthcare Interpreter Training Programs. The curriculum is designed to meet the examination requirements of both the NCIH and the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCIH) which administers a national certification program for all healthcare interpreters. The areas covered in the course include: basic concepts of medical interpreting; the Code of Ethics and National Standards; best practices that support the Code of Ethics and National Standards; understanding the role of culture and cultural competence in interpreting; identifying appropriate situations for advocacy and "cultural brokering;" building interpreter skills and knowledge (positioning, note-taking, memory use, etc.); and practicing the modes of interpretation: consecutive, simultaneous and sight translation/interpreting. The focus of the course is to build proficiency in the three modes of interpreting and to learn and apply the ethical standards of the profession in healthcare interpreted-mediated settings. Instruction is in Spanish.