CCHI-Core | 228 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Community Interpreting - A specialization that facilitates access to community resources Medical Interpreting - Interpreting for patients, their families, providers to facilitate access to healthcare Communicative Autonomy - The capacity of each party in the encounter to be responsible for and control their own communication Which area of interpreting has become more professional - Medical Requirements to become certified - 1. 18 years old 2. HS grad 3. Proof of language proficiency through third party tester 4.40 hr training course Certificate v.s. Certification - Certificate is the 40 hour class, Certification requires the 4 requirements Certification is provided by which two agencies - 1. CCHI and NBCMI What does NBCMI stand for - National board of certification for healthcare workers What does CCHI stand for - Certification Commission for healthcare interpreters What are ethics vs standards - Ethics-what we do Standards-how we do them Ethics are defined as - A set of principles that govern the conduct of practitioners of a professionStandards of practice are defined as - A set of formal guidelines that practitioners use that offer clear strategies and course of action to support professional conduct