Medical Interpreters and Community
Health Workers Exam Questions with
Correct Answers
Role of medical interpreters - Answer-- important element of cultural competency
- help LEP patients gain access to health services
- help providers communicate effectively with patients to provide competent care
- must be qualified
Is being bilingual the same as cultural expertise? - Answer-- no: speaking spanish
doesn't mean that one understands "spanish culture"
- well trained interpreters are significant culture-specific resources
1964 Civil rights act - Answer-- banned discrimination
Executive Order 13166 (Clinton) - Answer-- Improving access to services for persons
with limited english proficiency
- recipients of federal funds MUST provide meaningful access to LEP individuals
- connected health care to civil rights
Section 1557 ACA - Answer-prohibits discrimination by...
- any health program/activity that receives federal financial assistance (Medicaid or
CHIP)
- any program administered by a federal agency (Medicaid and the federally facilitated
marketplace)
- any entity created under Title I of the ACA (state based, state partnership and the
federally fac. marketplace)
Basically what this ACA do? - Answer-- hospitals, health plans, clinics, nursing homes,
physicians, and other providers MUST offer qualified interpreters to LEP patients
- illegal for you and other family members to translate for parents, grandparents, etc.
What is a "qualified interpreter" - Answer-- adhere to generally accepted ethics (client
confidentiality)
- demonstrate proficiency in speaking and understanding spoken English and at least
one other language
- can interpret effectively, accurately, and impartially, both receptively and expressly to
and from another language and English, using necessary specialized vocab and
phraseology
Health Workers Exam Questions with
Correct Answers
Role of medical interpreters - Answer-- important element of cultural competency
- help LEP patients gain access to health services
- help providers communicate effectively with patients to provide competent care
- must be qualified
Is being bilingual the same as cultural expertise? - Answer-- no: speaking spanish
doesn't mean that one understands "spanish culture"
- well trained interpreters are significant culture-specific resources
1964 Civil rights act - Answer-- banned discrimination
Executive Order 13166 (Clinton) - Answer-- Improving access to services for persons
with limited english proficiency
- recipients of federal funds MUST provide meaningful access to LEP individuals
- connected health care to civil rights
Section 1557 ACA - Answer-prohibits discrimination by...
- any health program/activity that receives federal financial assistance (Medicaid or
CHIP)
- any program administered by a federal agency (Medicaid and the federally facilitated
marketplace)
- any entity created under Title I of the ACA (state based, state partnership and the
federally fac. marketplace)
Basically what this ACA do? - Answer-- hospitals, health plans, clinics, nursing homes,
physicians, and other providers MUST offer qualified interpreters to LEP patients
- illegal for you and other family members to translate for parents, grandparents, etc.
What is a "qualified interpreter" - Answer-- adhere to generally accepted ethics (client
confidentiality)
- demonstrate proficiency in speaking and understanding spoken English and at least
one other language
- can interpret effectively, accurately, and impartially, both receptively and expressly to
and from another language and English, using necessary specialized vocab and
phraseology
