Medical Terminology for Interpreters: The Language of Medicine

Course length: 2.5 hours

Course access period: 60 days from purchase date

Once purchased, course access cannot be paused. 

Course completion requirements: Pass one exit test (score of 70% or above).

Certificate: Downloadable certificate available immediately upon passing the exit test.

CEUs: 

• Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI): 2.5 CCHI CE hours (1 Performance-Based)
  
• International Medical Interpreters Association: 0.25 IMIA/NBCMI CEUs
• Maryland Court Interpreter Program: 2.5 CE credits
• Pennsylvania Interpreter Certification Program (ICP): 2.5 CEUs
• Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 2.5 OCCI PDUs
  

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Analyze and accurately interpret different language registers in medical terminology.
• Interpret basic terms for tests and procedures, signs and symptoms and medical abbreviations.

What you will get:

• Your video instructor: Sylvana Fernández-Ellauri, MD (Uruguay), CMI, Spanish
• A step-by-step analysis of common medical language with videos, audio, visually engaging materials and easy-to-understand activities
• 15 interactive exercises, including a medical role play on signs and symptoms followed by a self-assessment
• Doctor-approved resources for medical interpreters
• One handbook in ebook format: Medical Terminology for Interpreters
• All course material reviewed by an MD and Certified Medical Interpreter (CMI)
• Course completion certificate         

How this course will improve your practice

You will:

• Be able to interpret for doctors who speak complex language that the patient may not understand.
• Interpret in healthcare settings for high, medium and low registers.
• Understand the difference between signs and symptoms.
• Use best practices to interpret medical abbreviations.
• Interpret common types of medical tests and 44 important medical tests and procedures.
• Understand why these tests are performed.
• Select appropriate resources for professional development in medical terminology.