The course focuses on how simultaneous interpreting in healthcare settings is different than in other settings (conference, legal, educational) and requires different approaches to being successful. Healthcare interpreters may be expected to simultaneously interpret disfluent speech of a psychotic patient, or instructions of a trauma ER team, or an educational session for diabetic patients. Unlike in other settings, healthcare interpreters may need “just to repeat the words” in some cases rather than interpret the speaker’s intended meaning.
The interpreter faces not only linguistic challenges but also those related to managing the encounter and their role as a care team member. Participants will have some practice of simultaneous interpreting and be offered specific tips on how to develop and improve their subskills needed to interpret simultaneously.
The course is delivered in English. It is accredited for 2 PB CE hours, CEAP ID #08883 and is intended for intermediate- and advanced-level interpreters who have experience interpreting in various healthcare settings.
The cost of this general CE course is $15. To access, login to your account and click on the title to enroll. To receive the certificate of completion, you must complete listening to the webinar recording, view a pdf file with the PowerPoint slides, and answer 3 of the 4 Final Quiz questions correctly. The certificate appears in your account and is also emailed to you as soon as these requirements are met.
Instructor:
Natalya Mytareva, M.A., CoreCHI™, is Executive Director of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) and one of its founding Commissioners.
