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Additional Resources
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Zoom Telehealth Instructions for Patients
We sincerely thank UCSF Health for sharing these simple instructions to patients in several formats and languages:
The following two Zoom Roadmaps are provided courtesy of Clara Lai, interpreter at UCSF Health.
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CCHI Free Mini Glossaries
We invite you to use our Mini-Glossaries and contribute to their creation.
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Exam Preparation Resources
Please review the following materials to get ready for your examinations.
- Candidate’s Examination Handbook
- CCHI Certification Process
- CCHI Exams Study Checklist
- CoreCHI™ Exam Study Tips
- CoreCHI™ Exam: What to Expect & How to Prepare
- CCHI Resources Guide for the CoreCHI™ Examination
- Infection Control and Industrial Safety for Medical Interpreters
- CoreCHI™ Practice Exam (You are not required to take this exam.) First create an account (it’s a different website than your CCHI Profile account), then click on the title to purchase the exam.
- CHI™ Oral Performance Exam: What to expect & How to Prepare
- CHI™ Exam Structure & Interface: video and PowerPoint slides with the exam screenshots.
- CHI™ and ETOE™ Practice Exams (You are not required to take this exam): Available on our training module site http://cchiinterpreters.org. These practice exams are free, just click on the exam title and enter the enrollment code specified in the description.
- ETOE™ Exam Structure and Interface: video and PowerPoint slides with the exam screenshots.
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Healthcare Interpreter Codes of Ethics and Standards of Practice
- The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) – A National Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Health Care
- The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) – National Standards of Practice for Interpreters in Health Care
- California Healthcare Interpreter Association (CHIA) – California Standards for Healthcare Interpreters
- International Medical Interpreter Association (IMIA) – Medical Interpreting Standards of Practice
- ASTM F2089-15 Standard Practice for Language Interpreting
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Medical Terminology in Multiple Languages (external links)
- Use this link to MedlinePlus to find health information in languages other than English: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html
- Practice resources from EU for Spanish, Italian and Romanian (and English, of course!): reACTMe
- Healthy Roads Media provides health information in many languages and multiple formats (printout, audio, web-video, iPod video) at http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org
- Health information translations into multiple languages are available at: https://www.healthinfotranslations.org
- This Australian site has health information in multiple languages (keep in mind that the English language in Australia is different than the U.S. English, yet the site is helpful for practicing non-English terminology): http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/publicationsandresources/resources/publicationsandresources/resources-by-language
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Interpreting or Translation Programs at Colleges and Universities
CCHI does not review or recommend any specific schools, colleges or programs as it will be a conflict of interest.
We refer you to the resources provided by other organizations:
NCIHC – see the sections Training Resources and Educational Programs at https://www.ncihc.org/web-links
ATA – see their list of colleges and universities at https://www.atanet.org/certification/eligibility_approved.php
Translation Commons – see Universities under Organizations at https://translationcommons.org/academy/resources-hub/#1551059941628-04e73007-e995