City College of San Francisco, CA
City College of San Francisco, CA
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HEALTH 84 Introduction to Interpreting in Health Care
- Bilingual students are introduced to the field of healthcare interpreting. Required for CCSF’s Health Care Interpreting (HCI) Certificate Program, students are introduced to the California HCI Standards, and explore the roles, scopes and practice of health care interpreters. The HCI program will be explained and linguistic proficiencies will be assessed.
HEALTH 80 Interpreting in Health Care I
- Training for bilingual individuals to develop awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary for effective language interpretation in health care settings. Emphasis on basic knowledge of common medical conditions, treatments, and procedures, cultural competency for specific communities necessary in the art of interpretation.
HEALTH 81 Interpreting in Health Care II
- Advanced training for bilingual individuals as integral members of healthcare teams, bridging linguistic and cultural gaps between clients and providers. A focus on specialty areas, such as, genetics, mental health, physical medicine and issues related to diverse populations. Advanced skills development in ethical decision making, memory development, advocacy, active listening, and the art of feedback. Continued development of cultural competency and intercultural communication.
HEALTH 82 Field Experience in Health Care Interpreting
- Supervised practicum provides students an opportunity to observe working interpreters, be observed and receive feedback while carrying out professional responsibilities.
HEALTH 91K Language Access Strategies and Effective Collaboration with Healthcare Interpreters
- Language and cultural barriers can impede the health of individuals and can be costly for health systems. This course provides language access strategies and the effective collaboration with interpreters across language cultural barriers in healthcare settings
HEALTH 91N Coaching Healthcare Interpreters
- Focuses on how to coach emerging interpreters in integrating medical terminology in various languages to their vocabulary, how to create activities that assist the memorization of terminology and how to set up, facilitate and debrief role-plays in which the skills of interpreting are practiced.
“You may be able to listen to a beautiful piece of music and appreciate it, but that doesn’t mean you can sit down at the piano and play it.”
“You may be able to listen to a beautiful piece of music and appreciate it, but that doesn’t mean you can sit down at the piano and play it.”
-Valorie Vega-
-Valorie Vega-
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