This course is for healthcare professionals who currently work or have worked in the healthcare field and are interested in improving their language and cultural competency skills when working with their Limited English Proficient clients. Students in this field are welcomed.
The Medical Interpreter is a 40-hour professional development program that prepares bilingual individuals to work as medical interpreters. It is used to train novice and experienced medical interpreters, and it is accepted by both accredited national certifying bodies. No interpreting experience is required in order to take the class but you must be bilingual.
Valley Community Interpreters is committed to improving and increasing language access at all levels of New Mexican society. We do this by providing cultural competency and interpreter training to bilingual healthcare, community and emergency services, education professionals and bilingual community members.
Valley Community Interpreters is structured using an innovative hybrid business model. Valley Community Interpreters, LLC provides training for medical, social services and education professionals. The Bilingual Community Interpreter Training identifies, assesses and trains bilingual community members, with foundation support, to enter the interpreter profession, and provides mentoring and guidance to pursue work in the telephonic and video remote industry.
318 Isleta Blvd.