Advanced Medical Training enables organizations to ensure the skills of their bilingual staff and in-house interpreters. As a result, it raises the quality standards to better meet regulatory requirements, increases patient satisfaction and preserves patient safety.

Advanced Medical Training for Interpreters

Advanced Medical Training from LanguageLine^® is the most comprehensive, up-to-date training program, developed by a team of healthcare practitioners and medical trainers with more than 25 years of interpreting and training experience.

This web-based training program is comprised of the same 40 hours of content of the traditional Advanced Medical Training for interpreters, including 10 hours of live, Instructor-Led Sessions over the phone. The convenience of the self-paced training modality eliminates the constraints of time and place to enable participants to access the training from any location, at any time.

Benefits of Web-Based Advanced Medical Training

Group discounts are available for cost-effective training.
Travel time and missed work are no longer a concern and efficiency is increased.
User-friendly format is easily navigated and supported by skilled tech support.
Learning is reinforced through web activities combined with instructor-led sessions.
Convenient, self-paced training modality eliminates constraints of time and place.
10 Continuing Education Points (CEP) from the ATA can be earned upon completion.

Training Components

The Medical Portion Covers:

Anatomy and Physiology
Medical Specialties
Healthcare Practices
Diagnostic Procedures and Testing
Pathology and Treatment

The Interpreting Portion Covers:

Code of Ethics
Linguistic Challenges
Sight Translation
Cultural Competence
Consecutive Interpreting Skills
Roles of the Interpreter

Course format

The curriculum is presented in a user-friendly format with easy navigation and skilled technical support. In addition, self-assessment tools enable participants to focus on their individual areas for improvement.

At the conclusion of any of the above courses the participant will receive a “Certificate of Completion”.

Enroll in Advanced Medical Training

For more information please contact your Account Executive or LanguageLine Testing and Training

Advanced Medical Interpretation

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