Publications

General Information

• CCHI Candidate’s Examination Handbook
• CCHI Certification Process
• CCHI Certification Renewal Guide (brief)
• CCHI Certification Renewal Handbook
• CCHI Fact Sheet
• CCHI FAQs for Interpreters
• History of Medical Interpreter Certification
• National Healthcare Interpreter CE Accreditation Program: CEAP Applicant’s Manual
• 2019 National Certification Summit Program

Information about Exams

• CoreCHI Examination Outline
• ETOE Examination Outline
• CHI Examination Outline

Research Reports

• Report on CCHI’s 2022 Job Task Analysis Study
• EtoE Study Summary
• EtoE Interpreter Testing Study Report (2021)
• Assessing Healthcare Interpreting Performance Skills in an English-to-English Format (2018)
• Turning today’s healthcare interpreting challenges into building blocks of the future (Lessons from the first National Certification Summit on 10/12/2019)
• Report on CCHI’s 2016 Job Task Analysis Study
• Report on CCHI’s 2010 Job Task Analysis Study and Results
• Technical Report on the Development and Pilot Testing of CCHI’s Examinations (CoreCHI™ and CHI™-Spanish) NOTE: Prior to June 2014 and before applying for its accreditation with NCCA, CCHI offered the AHI™ (Associate Healthcare Interpreter™) credential. Today, CCHI offers its new certification, the CoreCHI™.
• Technical Report on the Development and Pilot Testing of the Certified Healthcare Interpreter™ (CHI™) Examination for Arabic and Mandarin

Posters

• Job Task Analysis Poster – CHIA 2023
• Gender Neutral Language & Healthcare Interpreting Poster – CHIA 2023