Volunteers Needed to Create New Items for the EtoE Exam

Have you made any New Year resolutions for 2026? How about being more active in the profession? We have a perfect opportunity for you. CCHI is looking for volunteers to participate in creating new items for the EtoE™ exam! Please fill out the application below and submit it by January 19, 2026.

We are looking to convene 2 groups of volunteer Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) – (1) Item Writers and (2) Item Reviewers. Group 1 will work from January 30 through February 27, and Group 2 will work from February 17 through April 9. The task is to create scripts of items for the EtoE exam in English.

CCHI will provide all the necessary orientation and training via online collaboration tools. All tasks will also be performed remotely via video conference calls and other online applications. Please read about the commitment below so that you understand the scope of work.

Please apply only if you are available on the specified days for live Zoom meetings.

Who should apply?

Our goal is to convene a diverse panel of SMEs, CCHI-certified interpreters, who represent healthcare interpreters in the U.S. in a comprehensive manner. We are looking for volunteers – practicing interpreters who have CoreCHI-Performance™ or CHI™ certification (this requirement is mandatory) – who:

• have various years of experience – from 1 to 10+
• work in different modalities and different healthcare settings
• represent different regional varieties of their LOTE (Language Other Than English)
• may also be managers (but still practicing interpreters)
• are not trainers of introductory interpreter courses (but may be trainers of continuing education courses).

What are your commitments (if selected)?

• Sign CCHI’s Confidentiality and Content Security Agreements. (Review our SME Participation Policies prior to applying.)
• Live participation in two-hour meetings on the dates specified below and several hours of independent work
• Be able to complete a self-paced online orientation module: Group 1 – between January 30-February 8/ Group 2 – between February 17-28, which would require approximately 3-4 hours of time.
• Be available for live Zoom video conference meetings, of 2-hour duration each, at 8:30-10:30 pm Eastern Time on these dates:

Group 1 – Item Writers – one live meeting on either February 10 or February 11  (and writing assigned number of items between February 12-26)

Group 2 – Item Reviewers – six (6) live meetings on these Wednesdays:
March 4, 11, 16, 25, April 1 and 8.

3. Be available for independent remote assignments between the meetings.

This is a volunteer project. CCHI will not pay any honorarium for participation in this project. However, CCHI will grant 6 performance-based (PB) CE hours and 2 CE non-instructional hours for participation, and issue a voucher of $150 value that can be applied towards the certification renewal fee.

How to apply?

Fill out the online SME Application – open a Google Form at https://forms.gle/sBdAz85ZifeDTGTf6. 

Please fill it out completely (choose the ETOE exam and indicate if you wish to be an item writer or item reviewer), and submit by January 19, 2026. Only electronically submitted, complete applications will be considered.

If you need us to email you the application in a pdf or MS Word formats OR have any questions about this project or about the SME application, contact us at admin@cchicertification.org.

You will be notified if you are selected to participate in this project around January 23, 2026.

Happy New Year and thank you for your interest and support!