Your Stories: Colleagues Complete Medical Interpreter Training Program

Ten colleagues recently completed Trinity Health Of New England's Medical Interpreter Training Program.

The medical interpreter qualification program is designed to offer full-time bilingual or multilingual colleagues the opportunity to participate in an in-house medical interpreter training. The goal of the training is to provide trainees with the basic foundation for the interpreting profession. As part of the requirements, colleagues must pass a Language Proficiency Assessment (LPA), which tests their proficiency level in their selected language and participate in a 40-hour hybrid training program, facilitated by Interpreters and Translators, Inc. (iTi). At the conclusion of the training, colleagues must pass the medical interpreter examination and Medical Terminology quiz to successfully complete the program.

The most recent cohort completed their training in October and will begin to serve in a dual role as qualified interpreters for their respective departments.

For more information on the Qualified Medical Interpreter Training program, please visit the 3+1 Language Services Program on the Infonet.

Submitted by N. Chineye Anako, Regional Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Trinity Health Of New England.

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