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R for I Category: Medical Interpreting Resources

Medical Dictionaries in Other Languages

CHINESE: www.esaurus.org/ Bilingual medical dictionaries and glossaries from the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Glossary of Mental Health Terms for Interpreters and Translators, Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre. English, Chinese, Italian, Spanish and Vietnamese Technical and popular Medical Terms: glossaries organized by language.

MEDICAL DICTIONARIES ONLINE

Spanish Medical Dictionaries MANUAL MERCK DE INFORMACION MEDICA PARA EL HOGARISBN 0911910-14-X ($34.95)The entire manual is available for free consultation online. Spanish medical glossaries. Diccionario de Siglas Médicas: A 105-page volume of medical terms and abbreviations in Spanish. Diccionario medico-biologico, etimologico The Multilingual Lemma Collection. Medical terms in 11 European languages. Medline Plus provides information […]

CLAS STANDARDS

Federal standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS Standards) were developed by the Office of Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CLAS Standards were created for organizations that offer health services. This is a historic document: the first set of national standards to guide service delivery to immigrants, refugees […]

NHeLP

The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) is a nonprofit organization that supports access to health care for low-income residents. It has many excellent documents about language access and language services in health care. To see the page on LEP/language access publications, click here. This website should be checked regularly as NHeLP continues to publish many valuable […]

MEDICAL RESOURCES FOR INTERPRETERS

Refugee Health put together a thorough, succinct and simple list of the most basic, critical information for helping refugee health providers work effectively with an interpreter. This comprehensive free online course from Coursera will give you an excellent understanding of the clinical terms and abbreviations frequently used in U.S. Hospitals. National Council on Interpreting in […]

Medical Interpreter Certification

Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) CCHI is one of two national organizations to certify medical interpreters. Here are some certification preparation resources, including practice tests. The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (NBCMI) NBCMI is one of two national organizations to certify medical interpreters. Here are some certification preparation resources. Do you want […]

No, CCC is an organization dedicated solely to interpreter and cultural competence training. Our mission is language access. However, we do provide graduates of The Community Interpreter® with a list of nearby language companies and public organizations that employ interpreters. We also occasionally send out job postings to our program graduates and/or e-newsletter subscribers at the request of other organizations.

Cross-Cultural Communications is the leading international training agency in the U.S. devoted to community interpreting, educational interpreting, healthcare interpreting and cultural competence. It is also the only organization that licenses community interpreters across the U.S. and in other countries. We regularly train bilingual staff as well as contract interpreters. We also provide training and consulting services to private companies, non-profits and government agencies. Our programs are grounded in a mixture of theory and practical, hands-on activities.

The Community Interpreter® International, or TCII, is a 40-hour certificate training program for interpreters who are just starting out or those experienced interpreters who are looking for a recognized qualification. Subjects covered include the interpreting code of ethics and standards of practice in order to give participants a solid grounding in the profession. This is complemented by practical, hands-on activities such as role-plays and interactive group discussions. The program fulfills the 40-hour training requirements considered by many (certifying bodies employers and industry associations) to be the minimum needed to entire the field.

At the moment, a combination of two CCC programs fulfills this requirement: Medical Terminology for Interpreters (7.5 hours) and The Community Interpreter® International. Since TCII is open to all community interpreters and the subject matter covers education and social services as well as medical interpreting, at the end of each TCII session any participant who is seeking medical interpreter certification will be given a letter from CCC, stating the number of hours that can be counted towards this requirement. Typically 34-36 hours count towards the 40 hour requirement.

Yes, although the CE credits offered for each program will vary according to course length and content. Our programs are currently approved for continuing education credits by the following organizations:

  • ATA (American Translators Association)
  • CCHI (Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters)
  • IMIA (International Medical Interpreters Association)
  • NAJIT (National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators)
  • RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf)
  • OCCI (Ontario Council on Community Interpreting)
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