Content of the course includes:
• Health disparities
• Interpreter Code of Ethics
• Modes and Roles of the Interpreter
• Advice and personal narratives from nationally certified interpreters
• Best techniques for effective interpretation
• The basics of body systems, terminology, medical testing, and procedures
• Language Access Legislation
• Cultural competency
• How to find work as an interpreter
- Pro Interpreter’s Toolkit:
- Note Taking Strengthener
- Understanding and Improving Memory
- Register: Navigating Differing Levels of Formality
- Self-Care: Coping with Burnout, Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue
- Scripts for Sticky Situations
- Psychiatric Interviews: The Impact of Language
- National Oral Exam Prep Course:
- Sight Translation
- Simultaneous Interpretation
- The Structure of CCHI and NBCMI exams
- 6 Interpretation Practice Scenarios in your language with accompanying self-evaluation rubrics
- Weekly sessions with a professional interpreter in your language (optional)
- A final written & oral exams
