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Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation
Major: 1902N
Effective Term: 2019 Fall 1   

Award: CCT
Total Clock Hours: 200
CIP Code: 16.0103
 Initiating College: Gateway Community College
SOC Code: 27-3091.00




Description: The Certificate of Competency in Medical Interpreter - Spanish program is a 200-hour introduction to medical interpreting that includes a 40-hour externship. Bilingual individuals who would like to interpret or pursue a bilingual career in a health care setting can gain skills necessary to interpret in a manner consistent with national standards of practice for healthcare interpreters. Students learn medical terminology in English and Spanish, body systems, legal issues, ethics, standards of practice, and cultural awareness. Emphasis is placed on practicing interpretation in the consecutive, simultaneous, and basic sight translation modes. This program exceeds the minimum training requirements necessary for students to take the national Spanish Certified Healthcare Interpreter examination through CCHI (Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters).



Required Courses
MIC101 Fundamentals of Healthcare Interpreting 80
+ MIC103 Medical and Clinical Development 80
+ MIC105 Medical Interpreter: Professional Externship 40
Clock Hours: 200

Program Competencies
1. Define healthcare interpreting terminology without the aid of reference materials. (MIC101)
2. Name each person in the healthcare triad. (MIC101)
3. Apply the interpretive Theory of Translation to solve linguistic dilemmas during a simulated interpreter encounter. (MIC101)
4. Identify at least two ways to support short-term memory and demonstrated related skills. (MIC101)
5. Participate in interpreting practice sessions. (MIC101)
6. Given a sample scenario from one of the body systems, interpret general healthcare information from English to Spanish using the consecutive mode. (MIC101)
7. Demonstrate the ability to clarify information when it is not understood. (MIC101)
8. Identify actions to prepare for an interpreting encounter. (MIC101)
9. Demonstrate the ability to do an interpreter pre-session in English and Spanish. (MIC101)
10. Identify actions to manage an interpreted encounter. (MIC101)
11. State the circumstances for using each mode of interpreting in a healthcare setting: simultaneous, consecutive, and sight translation. (MIC101)
12. Demonstrate the ability to maintain the register of the source-language speaker when interpreting. (MIC101)
13. Demonstrate the ability to maintain a log of interpreted encounters. (MIC101)
14. Utilize basic anatomy and physiology. (MIC103)
15. Utilize medical terminology in Spanish & English for healthcare. (MIC103)
16. Demonstrate correct pronunciation of common medical abbreviations for medical specialists and branches of medicine. (MIC103)
17. Analyze, define and correctly spell medical terms and abbreviations. (MIC103)
18. Identify body systems: cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, musculoskeletal, genitourinary, endocrine, immune, and nervous. (MIC103)
19. Interpret common test procedures for each system. (MIC103)
20. Demonstrate cancer and first response interpretation roles. (MIC103)
21. Prepare for externship. (MIC103)
22. Demonstrate professional conduct. (MIC103)
23. Demonstrate interpreter dress code. (MIC103)
24. Demonstrate bilingual customer service. (MIC103)
25. Identify downtime activities. (MIC103)
26. Interpret healthcare interaction under supervision of clinical remote or hospital preceptor. (MIC105)
27. Apply practical training of healthcare interpreting under supervision of clinical remote or hospital preceptor. (MIC105)
28. Train with staff interpreters or dual-role interpreters. (MIC105)
29. Document the healthcare interaction through use of daily interpreter logs. (MIC105)
30. Utilize preceptor evaluation to improve and attain satisfactory evaluation as required to successfully complete the externship. (MIC105)
31. Meet the clinical facility`s requirements prior to beginning externship. (MIC105)
32. Complete any required training. May include online training. (MIC105)
33. Submit required documents to the facility. (MIC105)
34. Complete required externship hours, which will vary. (MIC105)
35. Provide reliable transportation to travel to available sites. (MIC105)
36. Submit required attendance logs and evaluation to the school. (MIC105)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.
Clock Curriculum Committee Approval Date: 5-1-2019

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.





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