The Introduction to Health Care Interpreting DeCal is offered by the Volunteer Health Interpreters Organization (VHIO) to train fluent, bilingual students to interpret, or verbally translate, for health workers and patients in various healthcare settings in the San Francisco Bay Area for Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Hindi-Urdu languages. Students of all linguistic backgrounds will be introduced to: 1) the theory, concepts, and skills in healthcare interpreting, 2) the complexity of the roles and responsibilities of interpreters in healthcare setting and skills to carry out those functions, 3) the ethical principles, considerations, and strategies to handle challenges they may encounter as healthcare interpreters, and 4) the anatomical terms and diseases often encountered in healthcare settings. Students will apply these principles and skills and familiarize themselves with common medical terminologies during the language group simulation practice section of the class. The language group practice section will focus on specific areas of healthcare that the Volunteer Health Interpreters Organization (VHIO) will be working on during the semester, such as physical therapy, dentistry, and rheumatology, so that students will be able to get continuous practice that prepares them for actual interpreting sessions at clinics and events.

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