Health Care Interpreter

Why Study Health Care Interpretation at CCC

The study of health care interpretation can lead to a rewarding career in the health care industry.

When you study for the certificate in Health Care Interpretation, you will become skillful, competent, and culturally sensitive interpreters and you will be able to demonstrate professional interpreting.

The Health Care Interpretation Certification Program’s purpose is to prepare bilingual and bicultural individuals to develop skills necessary for effective language interpretation in health care settings, to bridge the cultural gap, to develop cultural competency, and improve linguistic and cultural communication for health care clients. Interpreters will utilize these skills in community-based organizations to provide accurate health care information and perform cultural advocacy as required by Federal law.

Health care interpreters facilitate communication between patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and their physicians, nurses, lab technicians, and other health care providers. The need for health care interpreters has grown swiftly in the last decade, so there is good career potential in this profession.