Medical Interpreter (Spanish/English)

Clover Park Technical College ETPL
The Medical Interpreter training course prepares you to work in hospitals, medical offices and in any healthcare environment where a Spanish interpreter is needed. In addition, the Medical Interpreter training course prepares you to sit in any of the Medical Interpreting examinations available in the country. This course is language specific Spanish/English. You will acquire the three interpreting skills: simultaneous, consecutive and sight translation. You will learn the proper transfer of medical terminology into Spanish, divided into the different areas in a hospital and medical specialties. Intensive online interpreting laboratory practices are included in this training course. Program hours: 200 SOC: 27-3091 - Interpreters and Translators (GES165)
Visit the program website Petra Perkins Assistant Director of Continuing Education Program (253) 589-5575 CPE@cptc.edu

Financial information

Total tuition

$2,595.00

Total required fees

$0.00

Books and supplies

$0.00

Locations

Online

Instructional methods

Online, E-learning, or Distance Learning

Is this program offered on evenings and weekends?

No

Program details

9 Months

Length of training

Certificate

Award type

N/A

Credits

N/A

Clock Hours

Additional details

Award name

Certificate of Completion

Education Prerequisites

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Prerequisite courses and other requirements

Speak English and Spanish fluently; Comfortable using a personal computer using Windows or MAC operating system.

Is this program approved to train veterans?

No

Program languages

English

Certification/license obtained as part of training program

Certification/license test preparation provided

Employment performance results

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.

Top industries for graduates

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.

Student characteristics

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.