Working with Interpreters

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Gain an awareness of the challenges faced by health practitioners, interpreters and the patients involved in an interpreting session.
• Gain an understanding of the roles and competencies of interpreters.
• Gain skills on how to pre-brief and structure sessions to have better control of the interpreting process.
• Gain skills on how to de-brief post consultation.
• Gain skills for working with interpreters in different settings with non-English speaking patients (group, individual, face-to-face and phone sessions).

On completing this course you will be more familiar with the roles and responsibilities of a professionally trained interpreter, their code of ethics, and some ethical dilemmas they may encounter. You will have developed new skills on how to work effectively with interpreters in different settings and how to remain in control throughout a consultation.

E-Learning online self-paced learning = 3 hours.

OR

Face-to-face in-person (facilitated by an educator) = 4 hours.

OR

Remote face-to-face training via video conferencing = 2 hours. This is an abridged version facilitated by an educator via Zoom.

The following resources will be available after you complete this and other CALD courses:

• Ayurvedic Medicine [Video] - Pre-requisites Modules 1 and 2
• Working with Religious Diversity [Supplement] - Pre-requisite Module 1
• Working with CALD Families - Disability Awareness [Supplement] - Pre-requisites Module 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8
• Working with Asian Mental Health Clients [Supplement] - Pre-requisite Module 1
• Working with Middle Eastern and African Mental Health Clients [Supplement] - Pre-requisite Module 1
• CALD Caring for Asian Children Resource for Health Providers Working with Asian families [Supplement] - Pre-requisite Module 1