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The purpose of this series of classes is to improve the skills of individuals who provide or wish to provide interpreter services in any language in health or human services settings. Participants will learn the primary roles, ethics, and techniques of professional interpreting. The importance of cultural competence and confidentiality issues are stressed.

Each level has self-paced modules, followed by a short Zoom meeting with the group and instructor. You will have access to the modules one week before the Zoom meetings with the instructor. The modules are required to be completed before the Zoom meetings. 

Note: Most of the levels have prerequisites. If you do not complete the modules and attend the Zoom meeting for a level, you will not be able to attend future levels.

Forty hours of medical interpreter training is one of the prerequisites to take the National Interpreter Certification Examination. The first four classes in this series, combined, fulfill this part of the the requirement To learn more about each level or to register, please click links below.

Summer 2025 Medical Interpreter Series Dates

• Level 1: Foundations of Professional Interpretation for Health and Human Services - Click Here to Register
  Registration Deadline: April 30
  Access to Course Modules: April 30
  Live Webinar: May 7
  
  
• Level 2: Interpreter Training for Health and Human Services: Ethics, Skills Improvement, and Practical Study - Click Here to Register
  Prerequisite: Level 1
  Registration Deadline: May 7
  Access to Course Modules: May 7
  Live Webinar: May 14
  
  
• Level 3: Medical Interpreter Training: Introduction to Anatomy/Physiology and Medical Terminology - Click Here to Register
  Prerequisite: Must be Spanish-English Fluent
  Registration deadline: May 14
  Access to course modules: May 14
  Live Webinar: May 21
  
  
• Level 4: Medical Interpreter Ethics and Standards of Practice; Sight Translation; and Introduction to Simultaneous Interpretation - Click here to Register
  Prerequisite: Level 1, Level 2
  Registration deadline: May 21
  Access to course modules: May 21
  Live Webinar: May 28
  
  
• Overview of National Professional Medical Interpreter Certification Exams - Click Here to Register
  No Prerequisite
  Registration deadline: May 21
  Access to course modules: May 21
  Live Webinar: May 29
  
  

Who Should Attend
Bilingual individuals who currently provide interpreter services or intend to provide interpreter services, in any language, in any health or human services settings, as well as interpreter supervisors or anyone who writes or implements Title VI compliance policies.

Speaker Bio:
Daniel Holcombe, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Georgia College & State University, where he teaches all levels of Spanish language and culture courses, including interpretation and translation in health care. He holds a BA in Spanish from the University of North Carolina Asheville and a MA and PhD in Spanish from Arizona State University. Dr. Holcombe is an expert on medical interpretation and national certification. He has served as a Spanish-English interpreter for over thirty years and has taught foreign language interpreter training in NC for over ten years.

Provided by:
Northwest Area Health Education Center (AHEC), a program of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and part of the NC AHEC System.