Language Interpreter for Health Services
About the Program
17-credit technical diploma
Gain the knowledge needed to provide consecutive or simultaneous medical language interpretation services for limited English proficient patients and families. Interpreters are skilled in both spoken and written translation and interpretation as well as the nonverbal communication and nuances of various dialects and subcultures. Graduates may find employment in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, mental health centers and other medical-related facilities.
Because this is a bilingual program in English and Spanish, students entering the program must be able to speak clearly and correctly in both languages as well as write grammatically correct in both languages.
The State of Wisconsin does not have, at present, a State Certification although it is in development at this time. Therefore, this program is not a State Certification in the field of Language Interpretation.