Federal regulations bar bilingual staff from interpreting unless they become certified, yet many clinics rely on these employees anyway. So researchers tested whether a 1-week long training in medical ...
Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. In a world where communication is key, language should never be a barrier to accessing quality healthcare. Unfortunately, for many non ...
Inessa Dorofeeva leads a full day compliance training session. Alfredo Lorente left Puerto Rico in 1988, and after graduating from Macalester College vowed not to use his Spanish to find work — he ...
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — Alfredo David lay in bed, looking deflated under an Avengers blanket, as a doctor, two nurses, and medical interpreter Veronica Maldonado entered his hospital room. He wrapped ...
As an intern last year, I struggled to explain a life-threatening aneurysm to a patient whose first language wasn't English. I ended up summarizing the diagnosis as an "abnormal bubble on a blood ...
When someone arrives at the hospital who doesn't speak English very well, it's common for workers at the hospital who are fluent in that language —doctors, nurses, even administrative staff — to step ...
USU Moab successfully completed an intensive 40-hour Community Medical Interpreter Training program over the summer.