SPAN 5750 - Advanced Healthcare Interpreting

Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Description: This course provides an advanced focus on the techniques and skills needed for bilingual interpretation in the healthcare professional setting, including specialized medical interpreting sub-fields and their respective terminologies. The course studies the code of ethics and the standards of practice, as well as an overview and history of the interpreting industry and work of interpreters, certification, and the variety of consumers and modalities with which interpreters work.