Wait. They're Going to Operate on the Wrong Leg! Advocacy for Community and Medical Interpreters

Course length:  1.5 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): 1.5 CCHI CE hours
• Maryland Court Interpreter Program: 1.5 CE credits
• Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 1.5 OCCI PDUs

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Define advocacy for community and medical interpreters.
• Use a decision-making protocol to determine if, when and how to advocate as a community or medical interpreter.

What you will get:

• Your video instructor: Omari Jeremiah, MA
• 12 interactive exercises, including an advocacy case study, an advocacy road map and a role play in 9 language pairs
• A clear understanding (at last!) of what advocacy is and whether it falls inside the interpreter’s role
• An easy-to-follow “advocacy road map” to help interpreters decide if, when and how to advocate
• Sections from The Community Interpreter®: An International Textbook and The Medical Interpreter: A Foundation Textbook for Medical Interpreting
• Course completion certificate

 How this lesson will improve your practice:

You will:

• Understand what advocacy for interpreters means.
• Know if or when you should advocate.
• Have clear and simple steps to follow to help you make that decision.
• Understand that advocacy isn’t always wrong—but if you do it, you are stepping outside the interpreter’s role.
• Make informed decisions about advocacy in your daily practice.