Medical Terminology for Interpreters: Anatomy and Physiology for Interpreters Part 2

Course length: 3 hours

Course access period: 60 days from purchase date

Once purchased, course access cannot be paused. 

Course completion requirements: Pass one exit test (score of 70% or above).

Certificate: Downloadable certificate available immediately upon passing the exit test.

CEUs: 

• Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI): 3 CCHI CE hours (1 Performance-Based)
  
• International Medical Interpreters Association: 0.3 IMIA/NBCMI CEUs
• Maryland Court Interpreter Program: 3 CE credits
• Pennsylvania Interpreter Certification Program (ICP): 3 CEUs
• Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 3 OCCI PDUs
  

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Define anatomy and physiology and name the main organs and functions of five additional human body systems.
• Interpret basic terms for body parts, functions, common diseases and conditions related to those five body systems.

What you will get:

• Your video instructor: Sylvana Fernández-Ellauri, MD (Uruguay), CMI, Spanish
• A step-by-step introduction to anatomy and physiology, with videos, audio, visually engaging materials and easy-to-understand diagrams
• 19 interactive exercises, activities and quizzes designed to enhance interpreters’ medical understanding of anatomy and physiology
• A role play on Type 1 diabetes
• A sight translation exercise
• A workbook of 24 pages written by your host (a doctor and certified interpreter): The Human Body, Its Diseases and Conditions: A Review Workbook of Basic Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Interpreters.
• 26 anatomical diagrams
• Self-testing of medical terms for 10 body systems
• One handbook in ebook format: Medical Terminology for Interpreters
• All course material reviewed by an MD and Certified Medical Interpreter (CMI)
• Course completion certificate         

How this course will improve your practice

You will:

• Acquire greater medical accuracy as an interpreter through a deeper knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
• Gain a better understanding of how human body systems work together.
• Know how to apply this knowledge while interpreting related terms.
• Enhance your ability to understand and accurately interpret the roughly 75% of medical terminology that derive from Greek or Latin roots.
• Support patient safety through enhanced knowledge and accuracy.