Interpreter Practices and Training

Interpreter Practices and Training: Standards of practice, codes of ethics, skills assessments, certification, training and other issues related to the practice of interpretation for health, including the effective use of bilingual employees.

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ScheduleInterpreter.com, Inc.

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ScheduleInterpreter.com, Inc. provides hospitals and healthcare systems with access to ScheduleInterpreter℠ Medical Edition.

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National Standards for Healthcare Interpreter Training Programs

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This document presents standards for the formal preparation of bilingual or multilingual individuals who wish to enter the healthcare interpreting profession.

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Interpreter Practices and Training, Policy, Standards, Language Access, Policy

Communicating More for Less: Using Translation and Interpretation Technology to Serve Limited English Proficient Individuals

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Increasingly, state and local governments are using translation and interpretation technology to provide services to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals, often turning to technological innovations to complement the work of front-line staff, increase the efficiency of in-house translators and interpreters, or directly provide assistance to LEP individuals.

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Interpreter Practices and Training, Video/DVD, Continuing Education, Language Services, Report, Translation, Tool, Publication, Cultural Competence Training, Language Access

Genetic Counseling Cultural Competence Toolkit

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The Genetic Counseling Cultural Competence Toolkit is a website and resource portal designed to provide information to members of the genetic counseling profession, students, and other interested health care providers and consumers.

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If You Build It, Will They Come?

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At the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)  we have gotten into the business of creating implementation tools. We finally realized that you can’t just publish research results and expect people to implement them.

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Interpreter Practices and Training, US - National, Your Voices, Continuing Education, Cultural Competence 101

LanguageMate

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Our transdisciplinary team develops tools that address challenges throughout the care delivery continuum, including patient-provider communication, workflow management, and outreach to vulnerable populations. A significant section of the healthcare workforce is involved in communication with patients and the public on a daily basis.

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Mexican Indigenous Languages

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We get some great questions and responses in our CLAStalk email discussion list and occasionally we share them here with the permission of the authors. These have been edited for brevity, privacy, and clarity.

 

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How to Work Effectively with Trained Interpreters: A Training for Physicians, Residents and Medical Students

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This toolkit contains resources for either a 1-hour or 2-hour classroom training for health care professionals. The goal of the training is to improve the participant’s communication with patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) by learning techniques for working effectively with interpreters.

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Interpreter Practices and Training, Curricula Development, Curricula, Cultural Competence Training, Language Access, Training & Education

The Terminology of Health Care Interpreters: A Glossary of Terms

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This glossary defines commonly used terms from the language industry as they are used in the interpreting profession today. The goal of this glossary is to provide the end user of interpreting services and professionals in the field with the vocabulary necessary to engage in meaningful dialogue.

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Interpreter Practices and Training, Guide, Publication, Language Access

Sight Translation and Written Translation: Guidelines for Healthcare Interpreters

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This position paper focuses on the special demands of sight translation and written translation in the context of the work of spoken language interpreting. It offers general guidance on the appropriate provision of sight translation and written translation services by a spoken language interpreter.

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Interpreter Practices and Training, Report, Translation, Publication, Language Access
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