Breaking Barriers: Enhance Your Skills with Northwest AHEC’s Interpreter Training Series

In today’s diverse world, effective communication is essential—especially in healthcare and community services, where language barriers can impact the quality of care and outcomes. If you’re an interpreter or looking to become one, our Interpreter Training Series at Northwest AHEC is the perfect opportunity to sharpen your skills and make a meaningful impact. Starts May 7th - Blended Format -​Spots are limited, register early!.

Why Choose Our Interpreter Training?

Our series is designed for both new and experienced interpreters who want to enhance their proficiency and confidence in interpreting for healthcare, legal, and community settings. Through engaging sessions led by industry experts, you’ll gain practical knowledge and hands-on experience to advance your career.

What You’ll Learn

• Fundamentals of Interpretation – Understand the role and responsibilities of an interpreter.
• Medical and Legal Terminology – Gain familiarity with key terminology in specialized fields.
• Ethical Standards and Best Practices – Learn the dos and don’ts of professional interpreting.
• Real-World Scenarios – Engage in interactive exercises to build your confidence in live interpreting settings.

Who Should Attend?

• Aspiring interpreters who want to break into the field.
• Professional interpreters seeking continuing education and skill refinement.
• Healthcare professionals, legal professionals, and service providers working with multilingual populations.

Take the Next Step

Invest in your future and become a more effective communicator. Join us for this informative and career-enhancing training series!

Register Now and take your interpreting skills to the next level.

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.

For more information, visit our website or contact us today!

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.