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Open invitation to attend public online meeting:
What Every Interpreter Needs to Know to Get Certified
This is the second open call in an ongoing series of informational forums to provide updates and information to interpreters, stakeholders and the industry at large.
All are invited and welcome to participate!
Topic: What Every Interpreter Needs to Know to Get Certified
Speaker: Nelva Lee, PhD. Chair, the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010
Time: 9:00 a.m. Pacific / 10:00 a.m. Mountain / 11:00 a.m. Central / 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Duration: 1 hour
To access Audio portion of the meeting:
USA Toll-Free: (877) 336-1839 ACCESS CODE: 6248587
(International or USA Caller Paid Toll: (636) 651-0008 ACCESS CODE: 6248587)
To access the Web portion of the meeting:
Meeting Number(s): (877) 336-1839 ACCESS CODE: 6248587
(For international callers or USA Caller Paid Toll dial (636) 651-0008ACCESS CODE: 6248587)
We recommend that you dial in 5 minutes early to avoid issues. The call will be muted to participants to prevent audio issues or background noise. If you have questions in advance, you can also submit them to info@certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org
In case you do not have web access but still wish to follow along, the presentation can be downloaded Here.
If your organization would like an individual presentation, we will be happy to accommodate! Please contact info@certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org
OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL BOARD
The National Board aims to:
- consolidate resources and avoid duplication in the field
- coalesce existing efforts into a ‘single’ national certification program
- further the process and make certification available to the largest number of languages in the largest number of locations
- model a multi-organizational collaboration that recognizes certification efforts and other testing organizations efforts without compromising their intellectual property
- have a comprehensive project planning to ensure NOCA/NCCA accreditation
Purpose of National Certification:
- The purpose of certification is to ensure patient safety by evaluating and assuring the competency of medical interpreters.
For questions, please contact info@certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org
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