Medical Interpreter Exam Questions and
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Basic Role of the Interpreter - ✔✔The basic purpose of the medical
interpreter is to facilitate understanding in communication between people
speaking different languages.
LEP - ✔✔Limited English Proficiency Patient
Roles of interpreter - ✔✔1.Conduit
2.Clarifier
3.Culture Broker
4.Advocate
Conduit - ✔✔No adjusting, no omitting, no adding, no editing, no polishing.
Everything is interpreted as it is said.
Clarifier - ✔✔adjusting register, checking for understanding, making word
pictures
Culture Broker - ✔✔providing a necessary cultural framework for
understanding - clearing misunderstandings resulting from cultural
differences
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, The Advocate - ✔✔assisting the patient in solving a problem
7 Ethics - ✔✔1.Confidentiality
2.Accuracy
3.Advocacy
4.Impartiality
5.Respect
6.Professionalism
7.Cultural Competency
Confidentiality - ✔✔Nothing that happens during a session is to be shared
outside -- never disclosing information attained during a different session ---
( Imagine the patient being an english speaker, what information would be
shared?)
Accuracy & Completeness - ✔✔Everything that is being said will be
interpreted including how something is said and gesture
Cultural Competency - ✔✔communication in a cultural context
Impartiality - ✔✔neutral objective interpretation without any prejudices
Respect - ✔✔patient makes their own decisions and MUST be respected
EX: do you need more information? do you need to talk to your family? etc
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Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
Basic Role of the Interpreter - ✔✔The basic purpose of the medical
interpreter is to facilitate understanding in communication between people
speaking different languages.
LEP - ✔✔Limited English Proficiency Patient
Roles of interpreter - ✔✔1.Conduit
2.Clarifier
3.Culture Broker
4.Advocate
Conduit - ✔✔No adjusting, no omitting, no adding, no editing, no polishing.
Everything is interpreted as it is said.
Clarifier - ✔✔adjusting register, checking for understanding, making word
pictures
Culture Broker - ✔✔providing a necessary cultural framework for
understanding - clearing misunderstandings resulting from cultural
differences
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, The Advocate - ✔✔assisting the patient in solving a problem
7 Ethics - ✔✔1.Confidentiality
2.Accuracy
3.Advocacy
4.Impartiality
5.Respect
6.Professionalism
7.Cultural Competency
Confidentiality - ✔✔Nothing that happens during a session is to be shared
outside -- never disclosing information attained during a different session ---
( Imagine the patient being an english speaker, what information would be
shared?)
Accuracy & Completeness - ✔✔Everything that is being said will be
interpreted including how something is said and gesture
Cultural Competency - ✔✔communication in a cultural context
Impartiality - ✔✔neutral objective interpretation without any prejudices
Respect - ✔✔patient makes their own decisions and MUST be respected
EX: do you need more information? do you need to talk to your family? etc
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
