A knowledge of specialized vocabulary is critical to interpreters in any venue, and few venues have more specialized vocabulary than health care. Whether you are a novice interpreter just starting out or an experienced interpreter shifting to work in the healthcare field, this class will help you feel more at home in healthcare settings, be more accurate in your interpreting, and have a strategy for dealing with terminology that you don’t know.

This 8-hour class will cover the following:

• The Latin and Greek basis of medical terminology
• Critical English vocabulary of: the circulatory system - the digestive system - the respiratory system - the male and female reproductive systems - the endocrine system - the musculoskeletal system
• Terminology related to tests, procedures and symptoms
• Common acronyms in health care
• A personal system to expand your bilingual medical vocabulary over time

This workshop will be conducted in English, with opportunities and resources available to build equivalent vocabulary in a non-English target language. With this training you get the book Medical Terminology for Interpreters, 4th edition. This Cross Cultural Communications resource and workbook that will be used both in this class and in the Advanced Medical Terminology class.

This class will be offered online. About a week before the first day of class, you will receive information on the simple steps you will take to be ready to join the class from your device.
We ask that you connect from a device with a big enough screen: please use a computer with a webcam or a laptop (no phone or Ipad/tablet).

This is an 8-hour training that spans over two consecutive Saturdays (half a session in the morning and half a session in the afternoon).
Participants who complete the training attend both Saturdays and all sessions.

For attending this class, continuing education credits will be granted by the following organizations:
WA DSHS
WA AOC
CCHI

Do you need credits for another organization? Contact us at: info@arcos.institute