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National Standards for
Healthcare Interpreter
Training Programs
Building a Profession
Healthcare Interpreters’
Role
Code of Ethics
Standards of Practice
Standards for Training
Certification
Why Standards for
Interpreter Training Programs?
Curriculum developers/trainers
Interpreters
Employers
Steps to Developing
National Standards for Training
Challenges
OR
After careful analysis, these
are some of the reactions
we expect to the Standards:
The Standards
Content Standards
A. Knowledge
B. Interpreting Skills
Program of Study
Content Standards
A. Knowledge:
Knowledge
A.1. The profession of healthcare
interpreting
Knowledge
A.2. Language and communication:
Knowledge
A.3. Ethical principles and standards of
practice:
Knowledge
A.4 Health system:
Knowledge
A.5 Culture
Knowledge
A.6 Resources:
Program of Study
Content Standards
B. Interpreting Skills:
Interpreting Skills
B.1 Message conversion:
Interpreting Skills
B.2 Modes of interpreting
Interpreting Skills
B.3 Interpreting Protocols:
Interpreting Skills
B.4 Cultural competency / brokering:
Interpreting Skills
B.5 Decision-making:
Interpreting Skills
B.6 Translation in the interpreting
context:
Expected Impact
For more information,
contact
The Standards, Training and
Certification Committee
of the National Council on
Interpreting in Health Care
[email protected].