I was in Houston attending the (April 5–6) CCHI and University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) event, the 2nd National Healthcare Interpreter Certification Summit & Symposium on Language and Health. It was two events combined, and each featured excellent content.
Since the certification of medical/healthcare interpreters was established, thousands of interpreters have sought and received a credential. All of us at InterpreterEd.com are proud of our leading role in training this new generation of interpreters. But more changes are coming in the interpreting industry.
One of our instructors, Marisol Lomeli, CHI™-Spanish, gives some insight into what our medical interpreter training course and the medical interpreting profession are like.
We strongly encourage all medical interpreters who are freelancers / self-employed / independent contractors (i.e., sole proprietors of their interpreting business) to get an EIN.
One of the most frequent questions we get is how to become a certified medical interpreter in the U.S. The process involves first getting trained in medical interpreting, then getting certified.
