Volunteers Needed to Create New Items for the CHI Exams

We are calling for volunteers to participate in creating new questions for the CHI™ exams! Please fill out the application below and submit it by May 5, 2025. 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 May 17 through June 10, and Group 2 will work from May 17 through June 18. The task is to create scripts of items for the CHI exams in English. After this phase is complete, these items will be transadapted by other SME panels of Arabic, Mandarin, and Spanish volunteers for the corresponding CHI exams.

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™, CoreCHI-P™, 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

1. Be able to complete a self-paced online orientation module between May 17-27, which would require approximately 3-4 hours of time.
2. Be available for live Zoom video conference meetings, of 2-hour duration each, at 8-10 pm Eastern Time on these dates:

Group 1 – Item Writers – one live meeting on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 (and writing assigned number of items between May 29 and June 10)

Group 2 – Item Reviewers – three (3) live meetings on these Wednesdays:
June 4, 11, and 18

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 4 general CE instructional and 2 CE non-instructional hours for participation, and issue a voucher of $100 value that can be applied towards the certification renewal fee.

How to apply?

Click here to download CCHI’s SME Application in MS Word format and here to download it as a fillable pdf file (you’ll have to create a separate file for the essay and bio).

Please fill it out completely (choose the CoreCHI exam and indicate if you wish to be an item writer or item reviewer), and to submit, email the application (including 2 references) AND your current full resume, to solutions@cchicertification.org by 05/05/2025. Only electronically submitted, complete applications will be considered.

If you have any questions about this project or about the SME application, contact us at solutions@cchicertification.org.

You will be notified if you are selected to participate in this project by May 13, 2025.

Thank you for your interest and support!