Advancing Health Equity AMN Healthcare Interpreter Training
AMN’s Oregon-approved training program is a robust program designed to meet the unique needs of professional healthcare interpreters. It provides learners with a solid, yet practical understanding of the interpreting profession in the medical environment.
Training
Attendance Requirements
- Daily schedule will be from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time.
- You are required to attend the entire training program to pass.
No exceptions** We encourage you to plan ahead to ensure you will be available for the entire two week session.
Location
- Class is online via Zoom.
- Stable internet connection, headset, microphone, and camera are required.
Cost
- $950 is due after pre-requisites have been confirmed.
Pre-Requisites
- Trainees are at least 18 years old
- High school diploma, GED, or in-country equivalent.
- Provide proof of proficiency in English and non-English language
Program Objectives
Engagement and Collaboration
You will acquire an advanced understanding of human anatomy and physiology through engagement and collaboration.
Target Language Knowledge
Utilize the terms provided to expand on target language knowledge and equivalence in the medical field.
Interpreting Process
Engage in practicing conceptually accurate interpreting process, given solid standard profession theories for listening, discourse analysis, target language conversion, and note-taking strategies.
Ethics Discussion
Engage in elevated ethics discussion through the basic application of an outcome-based ethical decision-making framework, called Demand-Control schema.
Instructor’s Qualifications:
Carlos Sanchez,
CMI-Spanish
Carlos has been a Spanish Interpreter for over 10 years and currently holds a position as the Training Manager in the Training and Development department. He is responsible for supporting the training team in the areas of training and training facilitation. Carlos is also the founder and general manager of a small English academy, where he oversees all departments and resolves typical operational issues using his problem-solving skills. Before this, Carlos obtained a nursing degree from UACJ. He then went on to work as an ER nurse in Mexico’s public healthcare system known as IMSS. One of Carlos’s recent accomplishments has been keeping his small business running and adapting to unexpected changes brought on by the COVID 19 global pandemic. His core values are based on faith, compassion, contribution, and kindness—all of which strengthen his philosophy that people come first and are at the forefront of any personal or business interaction.
Lorena Castillo
CMI-Spanish, CHI-Spanish, Credentialed Master Instructional Designer
Lorena Castillo is a dual-nationally certified (Spanish) and accomplished Trilingual interpreter (ASL, Spanish, and English), with more than a decade of successful experience in interpreting and interpreter training. Having traveled around the world and interacted with deaf communities from many countries, she specializes in interpreting to the deaf Latino community. When she is not traveling, she is learning or presenting at a national interpreter conference. Her professional training and development include an American Sign Language Interpreting Immersion and American Sign Language Medical Interpreting Fellowship. She also holds a Medical Interpreter Certificate, a Medical Terminology Certificate, and a Master Trainer Instructional Design certificate from ATD. For the past 14 years, she has had the unique opportunity to train new colleagues in the areas of interpreting and customer service. To quench her insatiable thirst for learning, she has also taught herself Italian and is currently working on learning Swahili, a goal that was set to be able to volunteer with the Refugee community in the Tampa Bay area.
Sharon Gonzalez-Reid
CMI-Spanish
Sharon Gonzalez Reid is a Spanish-certified medical interpreter through the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (NBCMI). Her academic background includes International Relations, Chemical Engineering, and Fashion Design. Still, she has dedicated her life to her true calling, interpreting. In her 17 years of experience, Sharon has over 32-thousand interpreted hours in the legal finance and medical fields. She is passionate about using her expertise to help fellow interpreters face day-to-day challenges. Following that passion, she joined the AMN Language Services Training and Development Department two years ago and currently works as an Instructional Designer, developing content to support interpreter colleagues. She is dedicated to developing content to support the continuous education of interpreters and customer service team members. Sharon truly enjoys hiking and visiting new places in Costa Rica, where she currently resides.
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