Learn to interpret in healthcare settings

What’s included in this course

• 17 video lectures

• Quiz to check your knowledge

• List of helpful resources

Who is this Course for

You will find this course useful and beneficial if you are:

• proficient in more than one language and would like to offer your interpreting services to clinics, hospitals, doctor’s surgeries, health centres, etc.

• a translator who would like to branch out into interpreting, or

• a volunteer interpreter and would like to gain more skills and knowledge in healthcare interpreting;

• an experienced interpreter seeking to refresh your knowledge and expand your business

Why you need to take this course

Good interpreting requires certain professional skills and knowledge of specific terminology. When you work as an interpreter in healthcare settings, you deal with sensitive and confidential communications and sometimes with emotionally challenging situations. This course will prepare you for these challenges and ensure that you use your skills in the best possible way to ensure effective communication between the parties.

About healthcare interpreting

Healthcare interpreting is one of the aspects of public service interpreting (also called “community interpreting” in some countries). It is an umbrella term that covers interpreting in such settings as clinics, hospitals, doctor’s surgeries, health centres, etc.

Course structure

During this value-packed training course, you will learn about the fundamental rules, principles and skills required to carry out interpreting work in healthcare settings to your best ability. You will also learn how to prepare for your interpreting assignments, what to expect from them, and how to deal with challenges that you will undoubtedly meet.

Course outcomes for you

Upon completion of this course, you will understand:

the main principles of healthcare interpreting, relevant practices and the code of ethics

• how to prepare for an interpreting assignment and how to complete it successfully

• core interpreting skills and how to use them in practice

• challenges specific to various settings and how to deal with them

• where to find relevant terminology so that you can develop your vocabulary

Student’s Feedback:

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I wish to thank you for this wonderful course. I just completed it, and although I already had experience as an interpreter and have been working in the field of Public Service interpreting, your course was extremely helpful and inspiring! It also taught me many details I was unaware of, and gave me many new ideas.

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Finally, it reminded me of why I love this profession so much. I really appreciated all your advice and the care that transpires in your course.

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THANK YOU! I will definitely take some more courses from your website and recommend them to fellow interpreters.”