Classes for Interpreters
Interpreter Orientation
Interpreter orientations are for interpreters who will be working for the University of Michigan Health System Interpreter Services. At orientation, you will learn how Interpreter Services operates, including an explanation of policies and compliance issues, and how to find your way around the Health System. You must be interviewed and screened before you can attend an orientation.
Dates and location of orientation are to be announced
Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter Training
Cross Cultural Health Care's Bridging the Gap is the nation's premier medical interpreter training program. At many interpreting agencies, the course is a prerequisite for employment. The Health System has entered into a license agreement with the Cross Cultural Health Care Program to provide this training here in Michigan.
Interpreter Services' training coordinator, Jane Chang Miller, is an authorized Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter Trainer. The course is open to interpreters working both inside and outside the Health System. Aspiring medical interpreters can take Bridging the Gap for an introduction to the profession. Working interpreters can also benefit from its emphasis on technique, ethics and cultural competency.
To register, call Interpreter Services at 734-936-7021. Payment is due one week before the start of class. All participants must be screened prior to class, and must score at least 70 percent on the final exam to receive a certificate of completion.
Dates: Fridays, Jan. 4, - Feb. 1, 2008
Time: 8:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Cost: $495 ($250 for UMHS interpreters)
Location: NCAC Conference Room C
Instructor: Jane Chang Miller
Lunch will be provided.
Medical Terminology and Body Systems
This eight-week course teaches the word-building method for learning medical terminology. Students learn to recognize the meaning of a medical term by dividing the word into its three basic component parts: the prefix, root and suffix.
By knowing the meanings of common prefixes, root words and suffixes, you can easily figure out the meaning of hundreds of medical terms. In each class, you will also learn about a different body system. The class includes weekly homework, tests, and a final exam that students must pass to receive a certificate of completion.
Dates: TBA
Time: Tuesdays, from 5:30 p.m. - 8:10 p.m.
Cost: $120 (includes book)
Location: NCAC Training Room A
Instructors: Rita Galin and Maria Militzer
Labor & Delivery Workshop
The program will include:
- An introduction to the Birth Center
- A tour of the Birth Center, including Triage and suiting up and entering the OR if a room is available
- Instructions on where to stand and how to be most helpful to providers
- An introduction to the "players" at the Birth Center
- A presentation by nurses
- A presentation by a nurse anesthetist
- A discussion of potential scenarios at Triage
- An explanation of high risk pregnancies at 4 East
- What to expect in a routine vaginal delivery, and hints to help with labor
- What to expect in scheduled C-sections
- Possible scenarios that may require urgent responses, clamps, suction, and C-sections
- A discussion of issues related to loss, whether to view the baby, grief resources, arrangements for the body, etc.
- An explanation of afterbirth, sutures, ice, pain control, etc.
- A description of baby examination, swaddling, circumcision, Hepatitis B, etc.
- A discussion of breast-feeding
Dates and location are to be announced
In-services
Topic: Child Life
Date: Monday, Feb. 4, 2008
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Location:University Hospital, Room B1C111
Presenter: Julie Piazza
Topic: How to Communicate Bad News
Date: Monday, April 7, 2008
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Location: Danto Auditorium, Room 2314, Cardiovascular Center
Presenter: Michelle Riba, M.D., Karen Hammelef, and Sue Wintermeyer-Pingel
Topic: Patient Education for Respiratory Care
Date: Monday, June 2, 2008
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Location: University Hospital, Room B1C111
Presenter: Mark Gordon
Topic: HIPAA and Compliance for Interpreters
Presenter: Joseph Saul
Dates and location are to be announced
