Medical Healthcare Interpreter Training
This comprehensive 60-hour training is a live, online course that prepares you to become a certified medical interpreter. During this program, you will learn everything you need to take your national certification exam through CCHI and NBCMI.
Live & Online to Learn from Anywhere
Speakers of All Languages Are Welcome
Meets CCHI and NBCMI Standards
Flexible Payment Plans for Every Need
6-Month Tuition-Back Guarantee*
*Pass your national certification exam within 6 months of completing your Medical Healthcare Interpreter Training course or we will refund your tuition. See terms and conditions.
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What You'll Learn
This program is designed to help you gain a deep understanding of your role as an interpreter in medical settings while developing your interpreting skills through immersive practice sessions led by our expert instructors.
Take a look inside the course:
The Basics of Medical Interpretation
The Basics of Medical Interpretation
- Medical terminology and additional resources
- Professional Standards of Practice
- Practical tips and techniques from practicing interpreters
- Exercises to improve your memory skills
- How to prepare for national interpreter certification testing
About Your Interpreter Role
About Your Interpreter Role
- The modes of interpreting and how to use them
- Managing all stages of the interpreting session: before, during, and after
- Where to position yourself in the room for the greatest benefit of both patient and doctor
- How to handle uncomfortable situations professionally
About The Medical System
About the Medical System
- Landmark cases that led to the development of the medical and healthcare interpreting profession
- Facts about the limited English proficiency (LEP) population
- Barriers and challenges LEP patients face when seeking and receiving healthcare services in the U.S.
- Key U.S. legislation regarding language access services
- How the U.S. healthcare system is different from the way healthcare is provided in other countries
During This Course, You Will
During This Course, You Will
- Complete purpose-driven interpreting assignments
- Engage in meaningful learning experiences
- Practice your skills with a language coach and your classmates
- Focus on carefully curated medical terminology
- Receive helpful guidance from your instructor and language coach
Industry Experts
Meet the Instructional Team
The instructors who teach our core course are working certified healthcare interpreters—and all have a great passion for the field and for teaching.
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FAQs
- Purchase your required bilingual assessment. (To save time, purchase the course bundle, which is the bilingual assessment plus the course. If you don’t pass your assessment, we will refund you the price of the course.)
- We’ll email you to find a time to schedule your assessment.
- Complete your assessment at the agreed-upon time. It’s conducted over the phone or via Zoom and lasts about 30 minutes.
- After you pass your assessment, purchase the course.
- We’ll email you information about your course materials and how to log in to the course platform.
The total cost for the program is $695. This includes your bilingual assessment, 60-hour course fees, core terminology e-book, online access to the course textbook and medical terminology book, and the certificate of completion.
Two payment plans are available: A payment plan with 2 installments and a payment plan with 3 installments.
We encourage all of our students to become certified through CCHI or NBCMI after completing our course. If you take your certification exam within 6 months and don’t pass, we will refund your tuition. See terms and conditions.
Our program is taught in English and is language supportive. This means that your languages of service can be any language plus English. Also, your course materials and coaching sessions will be in your language and English.
So yes, you can take the course in your language.
All potential students must pass the InterpreterEd.com bilingual assessment to be accepted into the program. This is a more in-depth evaluation of your language skills and costs $90. You can purchase it by selecting the Bilingual Assessment or the Course Bundle option at the top of this page.
This course caters to qualified, bilingual individuals, 18 or older, who want to help patients with limited English-speaking skills, and their families, communicate better with U.S. healthcare professionals.
Yes, all applicants must take and pass our assessment, regardless of their previous qualifications. It is a qualification prerequisite for our course.
FAQs
*Pass your national certification exam within 6 months of completing your Medical Healthcare Interpreter Training course or we will refund your tuition. See terms and conditions.
**You must pass your bilingual assessment before you can be enrolled in the course.