ATIF 40-HOUR MEDICAL INTERPRETING COURSE

This segment will welcome the attendee and explain the structure and functioning of the course. An explanation of “community interpreting’ will be given as well as an introduction to “medical interpreting’.

The medical interpreting certification process will be explained in detail as well as certain credentials and certificates that can cause confusion.

This segment will deal with laws and regulations that the ‘medical interpreter’ must know and observe.

The first of the body systems: The Digestive System.

This segment will deal with Ethics and Standards of Practices.

This segment will deal with Ethics and Standards of Practices. – continuation.

Practical examples of application of ethics will be reviewed. 

The second of the body systems: The Skeletal System.

Useful working models

The third of the body systems: The Endocrine System.

Review of the first module.

In this segment you will need the patient for the first time.

The fourth of the body systems: The Respiratory System.

Simultaneous, consecutive and sight interpretation will be discussed.

Note-taking will be explored.

The fifth of the body systems: The Reproductive System.

How to correctly intervene and mediate.

The sixth of the body systems: The Circulatory System.
 

The risks and pitfalls of cultural mediation.

The seventh of the body systems: The Muscular System.

The interpreter as an integral entity and safety.