Resources for Medical Interpreters

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• Medical Interpreters and Gov

• medical translator

• Medical Interpreter Training

National Council on Interpretation in Health Care - About

• The Role of the Health Care Interpreter An Evolving Dialogue

• Guide to Initial Assessment of Interpreter Qualifications. May, 2001

Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) - About

• Introduction to Medical Interpretation

• Interpreter Services

• training programs for providers

• Educational Materials - Videos - Articles

  • Bridging the Gap Interpreter Handbook - goes with 40 hour course, $50

  • Interpreter's Guide to Common Medications $10

  • Survey of Interpreter Services Utilization

  • Voices of the Communities- Survey Highlights

  • Medical Glossaries

  • Death and Dying in Ethnic America

Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society

• About Translating & Interpreting

• Translator & Interpreter Organizations

Office of Minority Health - About (Part of HHS/Office of Public Health and Science)

• Cultural Competence Standards - Full Report and Commentary

Diversity Rx

• Interpreter Practice

• Models And Practices; Interpreter Associations

• Interpreter Practice and Ethics

Missouri Southern State College

• Translation and interpreter services, including medical interpreter training

Massachusetts Medical Interpreter Association

• Standards of Practice $18.50

• Code of ethics

• Most commonly used medical terms & words - Medical Terminology Survey

• Local area Medical Interpreter training programs

• Special course information - 60-Hour Emergency Room and Acute Psychiatric Care Training for Medical Interpreters $25 MMIA members

• UMass 2.doc

American Translators Association - About

• Chapters, Cooperating & Local Groups

  • National Capital Area Chapter - About

The New England Translators Association - About

• Business Practices - Sample Contract - Conflict Resolution

• NETA Fair 2000 - List of contacts and webpages

Oregon Health Sciences University

• OHSU Patient Education Resources for Clinicians

  • OHSU Interpreter Services

  • An Index of Translated Patient Education Handouts

American Public Health Association - Improving health care access through medical interpreter services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights

• Guidance to Staff (January 29, 1998) - Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination--Persons with Limited-English Proficiency.

• How to Establish Effective Communication Procedures... (Attachment B) - "A frequent cause of discrimination on the basis of national origin in a health care setting that may violate Title VI is a provider's method of communicating with patients and other persons who, because of their national origin, have limited proficiency in speaking or understanding English"

• N.Y. Task Force on Immigrant Health Research Project -Access Medical Interpreter

  • New York Task Force on Immigrant Health

    • Access Through Medical Interpreter and Language Services

    • Introduction to Medical Interpretation

• Appendix B; Selected Federal and State Laws and Regulations Requiring Language Assistance

• Maine Medical Center and HHS Sign New Agreement on Multicultural Care July 17, 2000

AMA - American Medical Association - 

• AMNews- May 21, 2001. Medical interpreter rule faces review, legislative challenge ... American Medical News

  • AMA to fight interpreter regulations

  • AMNews- Nov. 20, 2000. Doctors resent being forced to find, pay for interpreters ... American Medical News

• AMA:CME Report 5-A-98 AMA Council on Medical Education Report 5-A-98;Subject: Enhancing the Cultural Competence of Physicians

• Translational Ethics- A Perspective for the New Millennium $

• AMNews tech column, May 3, 1999 Translation and Treatment

  • WorldClinic at Lahey