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# Medical terminology for interpreters
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# ONLINE CLASS $224
This healthcare interpreting class helps professionals overcome challenges in the use of medical terminology
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- 8 hours total
- Online
- Two consecutive Saturdays
- CEUs
- Certificate of successful completion
###### Medical terminology for interpreters
# Our class, in detail
Content
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.
Location
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).
Time
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.**
CE credits
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
# More informations
The trainer
#### Cindy Roat, MPH
Cindy is a trainer of interpreters, educators and healthcare providers, and a consultant to healthcare facilities, helping them improve their language access services. An internationally renowned trailblazer in the healthcare interpreting field, Cindy is a founding member and past Co-chair of the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care, a founding member of the Washington State Coalition on Language Access (WASCLA), and a former board member of the Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society (NOTIS), where she organizes and teaches workshops for healthcare interpreters. Cindy is widely recognized as an engaging public speaker and assiduous advocate for limited-English-proficient populations.
Requirements & CEUs
#### Requirements for completion
To receive a Certificate of Successful Completion, participants have to attend 100% of the course.
Participants are required to be on time for every class and to not leave before the end of the class.
Arcos Institute will issue the Certificate of Completion within 1 week from the last day of training.
**Obtaining CE Credits with DSHS:**
Please read paragraph 4.7.4 CE activities on page 46 of the LTC Gateway User Manual. We cannot guarantee that this resource is always up to date. For more accurate information, please contact the organization at dshsct@dshs.wa.gov or [visit the website.](https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/ltcgateway/Home/Main)
**Obtaining CE Credits with CCHI**:
Please read page 20 of the CCHI\_Renewal\_Handbook. We cannot guarantee that this resource is always up to date. For more accurate information, please contact the organization at renewal@cchicertification.org please or [visit the website.](https://cchicertification.org/renew-certification/requirements/continuing-education)
**Obtaining CE Credits with IMIA (for NBCMI):**
For more information please contact the organization attaff@certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org or [visit the website.](https://www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org/get-recertified)
Do you need credits for another organization? Contact us at: contact@arcos.institute
Offers
#### Discounts
Discover the best discount option for you and make the most of your learning experience!
**Team sign-up**
Gather two other interpreters to register with you and receive a 10% discount on your class fees.
**Class Bundle**
Enroll in any two classes within the same year and save 8% on your total registration cost.
**Early bird registration**
Enjoy an early bird discount of 5%! The discount code will be shared here as soon as registration opens for this class.
**Employer sponsorship**
If your employer is covering your professional development, please have them complete and submit [this form.](https://share.hsforms.com/1_QtYAJ8bSSGPomZc8eKT_Q3q50r)
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#### We provide
Online and in-person classes
#### We are based in
San Diego, CA, United States and operate online and internationally
#### Languages we speak
English, Spanish, Italian, French
#### New classes
Every year
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