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Healthcare Interpretation Network

Healthcare Interpretation Network. www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca. National Standard Guide for Community Interpreting Services NSGCIS. National Standard Guide for Community Interpreting Services International Standards/other initiatives How HIN help interpreter’s work?.

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Healthcare Interpretation Network

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  1. Healthcare Interpretation Network www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca National Standard Guide for Community Interpreting Services NSGCIS www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  2. National Standard Guide for Community Interpreting Services • International Standards/other initiatives • How HIN help interpreter’s work? www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  3. Elements of professionalization • Standard Training • Orientation Facilities • Community organizations • Colleges (new standard training-Ontario Sep 2006) • Standards:NSGCIS (Nov. 2007) • Professional Accreditation • No designation for CI yet www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  4. National Standard Guide for Community Interpreting Services NSGCIS created by the HIN Policy Committee • International Medical Interpreters Association - IMIA • California Healthcare Interpreting Association -CHIA • National Council on Interpreting in HealthcareNCIHC • ASTM F2089 • National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Australia - NAATI • Austrian Standards Institute. ONORM D 1202 Translation and interpretation services • Standards of practice used in training in Canada www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  5. Stakeholders Healthcare Interpretation Network - HIN Association de l’industrie de la langue Language Industry Association – AILIA Critical Link Canada Association of Canadian Corporations in Translation and Interpretation – ACCTI www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  6. Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee • Composition of Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee • National representation • Multi-sector representation • Non-profit • Academia • Private sector • Professional Associations • Government • Methodology www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  7. Scope • Specifies the requirements for the provision of quality CI services • Applies to community interpreting only • Healthcare • Legal • Education • Social services www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  8. Goals • Promote the highest quality of interpreting when adopted for assessment, training, hiring, performance monitoring and possible future professional recognition. • Provide clear and consistent definitionsof the characteristics and competencies of a qualified community interpreter • Educational tool / Common base of understanding among interpreting parties www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  9. What does the NSGCIS cover? • Definitions of interpreting terminology • Human Resources requirements • Settings • Responsibilities of interpreting parties • Clients • Interpreting Service Providers • Interpreters www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  10. What does the NSGCIS cover? Annexes • Professional Standards of Practice and Core Ethical Principles • Language Classification • Professional Associations • Healthcare Interpreting • Legal Interpreting www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  11. HIN recommendations for professionalization • Wide support of the NSGCIS (clients, ISP, interpreters) • Enforcement of standard training and testing for interpreters • Recognition of CI by the professional associations or a regulatory body www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  12. International Standards/other initiatives • ISO TC37 SC2 WG6 • International Standardization Organization, Technical Committee 37, Sub-Committee 2, Working group 6 • LICS/CEN 15038 • Language Industry Certification System/European Committee for Standardization • IMIA • International Medical Interpreters Association • AILIA • Language Industry Association www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  13. How HIN help interpreter’s work • Unified Code of Ethics • Unified terminology • Basic requirements for the provision of the service • Framework for interaction for the interpreting parties in terms of rights and responsibilities, clarity regarding roles. • Higher client confidence / Improved service performance • Better access to reference and background material www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

  14. For the full text of the NSGCIS Healthcare Interpretation Network www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca

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