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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].