INTALINGO ACADEMY · MEDICAL INTERPRETING
Medical Interpreting Foundations
The role, the ethics, and the room: a practical foundation for interpreting in clinical settings.
About this course
Build the core skills for clinical interpreting: the conduit role and first person, confidentiality and HIPAA basics, positioning and register, and when to act as a culture broker. Written for new and practicing medical interpreters alike.
Course outline
The role and the boundaries
First person and the conduit roleReading
Confidentiality and HIPAA basicsReading
Check your understanding: role and boundariesQuiz
In the room
Positioning, register, and managing the flowReading
Culture brokering and when to interveneReading
Check your understanding: in the roomQuiz