National Certification Readiness

A 16-hour Advanced Training for Health Care Interpreters 

 Instructor: Mohamad Anwar

Dates: 2022 Training dates to be announced soon!

Cost: $250

Location: On-site at Saint Paul location in Minnesota

Target Audience: Health Care Interpreters

Program Description: 

Health care interpreters are considered an integral part of the patient health care team. With the introduction of national certification for health care interpreters few years ago, it became an agreed upon standard that health care interpreters should pursue national certification as the pivotal part of their recognition as professionals.

This 16-hour class is designed to prepare participants on the necessary knowledge, skill, and aptitude to achieve national certification.   

Training will focus primarily on preparing participants to pursue the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters' CHI & CoreCHI credentials.

Learning Objectives:

• Introducing candidates to the national certification and navigating the registration process.
• Covering all components of the written and oral exams and enforcing the knowledge, skill, and aptitude needed to pass the national certification exam.
• Extra focus on advanced medical terminology (specialties, procedures, and devices)

Saturday Session (Written Exam Preparation) 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

1. National certification: What is it? What does it test, and why? And How to register?

2. Code(s) of Ethics: What's in the fine print? And how to apply them in the written exam multiple choice questions?

3. Medical terminology: Beyond the basics - What's being tested and what's not?

4. Advanced medical terminology: Specialties, procedures, and devices

Sunday Session (Oral Exam Preparation) 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

5. Interpreter error analysis

6. Sight translation strategy: Re-think, re-structure, and re-phrase (The 3 R's approach)

7. Consecutive interpreting: The do's and do not's & How to measure your progress and how to measure your progress and rate yourself?

8. Simultaneous interpreting: Coping mechanism and how to significantly enhance your simultaneous score by following few techniques.

Training will involve handouts, group discussions, and presentation. In addition, instructor will provide multiple resources both in-print and online for national certification. 

Disclaimer & Disclosure

Attending this training is not a guarantee of passing any certification exam, and participants hold the instructor harmless of any and all legal liabilities related to the use of the training study materials. It is hereby asserted that the instructor is not involved in the preparation, validation, or rating of any national certification exam.

Maximum Enrollment is limited to 25 Participants per session

Instructor: Mohamad Anwar

• Born in Egypt

• Master’s degree in science (1995), CHI-Arabic  credential (2012), Certificate in Management Fundamentals in Health Care Organizations from the University of Minnesota (2012), IMIA Leadership Academy (2013), and a TRIN certificate from Century College (2014)

• Taught graduate classes, held different managerial positions in the medical interpreting field, and authored interpreters’ training materials including advanced training modules and two dictionaries

• Served on several boards of directors of national and local interpreter associations

• Provides healthcare consulting and training services nationwide and volunteers as a language professional at the American Red Cross and the Volunteer Lawyer Network of Minnesota